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FIRAT EDUCATIONAL JOURNAL The Educational Journal of Houston
Sponsored by Firat Educational Solutions, LLC
APRIL 2011 VOL 1 ISSUE 9
Welcome to Firat Educational Journal (FEJ),
April issue.
Our team has prepared a masterful piece of
Educational news for your family. This publica-
tion is written towards parents and children
who want to pursue upscale education in col-
lege. In this edition you are going to read
about how to get rid of “toxic company” and
also have access to amazing hints of Spanish
and Math.
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Dealing with a “Toxic Company”
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By Roberto Noce*
Do you know a toxic person? Of-
ten, when we have toxic people in our
lives, we can't put our finger on it. We just
know that "something's not right" with the
way this person interacts with us and the
world. Therefore, instead of giving you a
definition of a toxic person, I think it
would be more helpful to include exam-
ples. Here are some common traits of
toxic people, as I have experienced
them and others have shared with me:
Someone who invariably has a better
idea than yours ("Yes, but...").
Someone who whines constantly
about everything
Someone who makes you feel sad,
angry or just plain tired.
Someone who seems happier when
things go wrong ("I knew it" or "Told you
so").
Someone who constantly finds fault
with you or others (what you said,
what you're wearing, who you're with, the
decisions you make, etc.).
Someone who will rant and rave and
then act like nothing happened. Someone
who is never satisfied, even when they get
what they want.
Someone who is consistently late,
breaks promises, and always has excuses -
even though their "excuses" never really ex-
plain anything that would make a person
late or unable to meet a commitment.
During a recent conversation on the
topic of the importance of support sys-
tems , someone brought to my attention
how his dealings with some negative and
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APRIL 2011 VOL 1 ISSUE 9
obnoxious people at the office stifled
his ability to work effectively. Similarly,
a father explained how the "bad com-
pany" his son kept caused him to stray
from being otherwise a diligent student
to getting involved with drugs and sub-
sequently being suspended from his
high school.
In this newsletter, I decided to write
about the "company we keep". We all
live in society and are part of
multiple communities. As so-
cial beings
we are af-
fected by
the be-
havior, ac-
tions, and
thoughts of those around us -
family, friends, co-workers.
Additionally, we are in the
company of our thoughts and feelings,
which are in constant development.
Exterior company is always changing;
interior company is ever-present.
For this reason, I view not only the
people around us but our thoughts
and feelings as the "company we
keep". They continuously transform
the essence of who we are, our true
selves, and drive our reactions and daily
behavior. How we deal with both external
and internal company affects how we
deal with those around us. This, in turn, af-
fects their perception of us. Thus, creates
the cycle of interaction that defines our
relationships - to ourselves and others.
Toxic Company
If you have been wise or lucky enough to
eliminate all the toxic people from your
life, congratulations! However,
most of us, either in our personal
or professional lives, must deal
with at least one toxic person: a
family member, a friend, a col-
league, a boss, other profession-
als, etc. They show up, and sud-
denly the day takes a turn for
the worst. They zap us with their
Negativity Rays, draining us of
precious physical and emotional
energy. And then you find yourself spend-
ing time, energy, and emotional strength
trying to deal with them or recovering from
the encounter.
Similarly, have you ever woken up in the
best of moods, stretched your arms way up in
the air, enjoyed a nutritious breakfast, basked
in the smiles of your spouse and/or children,
only to suddenly find yourself bored and up-
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“I view not only the people
around us but our thoughts
and feelings as the
„company we keep‟ ”
Roberto Noce
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set just a few hours later? The same as an
obnoxious boss, these feelings pass
through us and drag us into their dark cir-
cle of influence.
So how do we deal with Toxic Com-
pany? First, we need to recognize these
rascals and be prepared to deal with
them all:
1. Those who drag up old painful events
and then revel in the anger, resentment,
or bitterness that such unhappy memo-
ries hold.
2. Those who pull themselves up by drag-
ging others through the mud. These are
the gossipers, the backstabbers, and the
ones who begin conversations with
phrases like, "Normally I don't talk about
these kinds of things..."
Those who resist the beauty of life. They
trick us into "helping" them by trying to
get them to see the good in life. They
never do.
Their currency is gossip, anger, unhap-
piness, criticism, judgment, and com-
plaints. No one can afford to spend time
with them. Therefore, we must remember
that keeping the company of negative
exterior or interior company is a choice,
NOT an obligation. In both cases, just as
it's possible for us to keep bad exterior or
interior company that pulls us down, so
is it possible to choose to keep positive
company that works to raise us up in
any moment. In other words, we can
choose not to get dragged down when
we find ourselves in the presence of
negative people, and we can choose
not to get dragged down when we are
alone as well. When we don't buy in to
the toxic people around us and the tox-
ic thoughts and feelings inside of us, we
leave them bankrupt.
Good riddance.
*Roberto Noce holds a Bachelor of Science
degree in Mechanical Engineering from the
University of Notre Dame and two masters de-
gree. He is also the founder of Pivotal Changes
~ Life and Business Coaching. Noce chose
coaching as a means to share his insight and
expertise and help others live their passions. He
has also completed extensive continuing edu-
cation on coaching and executive develop-
ment. Noce writes monthly for Firat Education-
al Journal. Contact: roberto.noce@pivotalchanges.com
or 713-505-5576
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By Deyanira Balboa*
In our last Quick Tips for Spanish
we talked about how important is to
develop an “ear” for Spanish and also
avoid to look for perfection in the
learning process. For this month we
are going to see tips 3, 4 and 5. With
those, you will soon become a great
Spanish speaker!
3) Do SPEAKING!
The only way to learn to speak Span-
ish or any other language is by actual-
ly SPEAKING it. You can study for
many years, and try your best at mas-
tering the grammar rules, but unless
you actually practice speaking, the
language will not become fluent. It is
very important that when you prac-
tice speaking you do it out loud and
don‟t be afraid of messing up; be-
cause sometimes only by making a
mistake, we make a correction.
4) Be CONSISTENT
Commitment is the key to be not only good
but successful at anything we do therefore
consistency is far and away the most im-
portant factor. If you can at least commit a
solid 15-20 minutes a day, mostly every day,
you will be way more victorious than if you
“hit the books” for an hour or two, but only
periodically.
5) Be TOLERANT
Advance in language learning does not al-
ways follow a straight-line graph. You can-
not expect to get the same amount of pro-
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Quick Tips For Spanish Learners
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*Deyanira Balboa was born
in Salamanca, Great Mexi-
co. She graduated from
Texas Southern University
with a Bachelors Degree in
Science. Deya has been tu-
toring Spanish with FES for
almost 2 years now.
Besides that, she works for
an Engineering Company and teaches
Tennis when she is not in the office.
gress or results, every day, week or
month. You may find yourself battling at
times, and at the end it might seem to
make no progress so that‟s when you
have to be tolerant with yourself and re-
member that first day on the bike and
how you tried and tried until you finally
got on the road. It is normal to reach
plateaus in your learning progress and
what I‟ve realized and what might help
you to get out of the bump is to go
back reviewing the basics of the area
you are struggling in, and many times
this will help you to be even more ready
for the next level.
“Language is the ar-
mory of the human
mind, and at once
contains the trophies
of its past and the
weapons of its future
conquests”
Samuel Taylor Cole-
ridge
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Spanish Curiosities!
Why are so many Hispanic surnames
hyphenated?*
The two surnames are ancestral, with the
father's family name followed by the mother's
family name. In Colombia, for example, "Ernesto
Escobar Vega" uses two surnames ("Escobar Ve-
ga") as his legal name, with "Escobar" coming
from his father and "Vega" coming from his
mother.
This naming convention is the rule in Span-
ish-speaking countries, says Jeff Kirsch, a faculty
associate in the Division of Continuing Studies at
UW-Madison, "but it's subject to confusion when
people come to the United States. Many Hispan-
ics in the U.S. hyphenate „Escobar-Vega' as their
surname so that people know that „Escobar' is
not a middle name. The concept of a middle
name is foreign to most Hispanic cultures."
Given names can also cause confusion,
Kirsch adds. "The given name of „Juan Carlos
Vargas Blanco ' is not „Juan,' but „Juan Carlos.'"
Some first names are simple, such as Ana, while
others are compound, such as Ana Teresa, he
adds.
What does this tradition say about culture
in Spanish-speaking countries? "It recognizes the
family heritage of the mother, gives her greater
importance than in some other cultures," says
Kirsch.
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Hints Of Math
By Edward Garcia Jr*
Today we will talk about input,
output. When you out a value into a
function you will get another value.
First, let‟s talk about a function. A
function is an expression like:
y = 2(x) + 3
When you look at this expression, you
see an x and a y. Well x is your input
and you y is your output.
Think about a soda machine, when
you put the correct change in, you get
a beverage of your choice. Well the
expression is your soda machine, the x
is your change and y is your beverage.
Let‟s use the same expression for an
example:
Take x = 4, substitute 4 for x
y = 2(4) + 3
y = 8 + 3
y = 11
So your input was 4 and your output
was 11.
Now let‟s add a word problem using
the same expression:
There is a pair of pants Sally really
likes, but the store has a $3 dollar sales
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tax added to every purchase. Sally de-
cides to buy two pairs anyways at $15
each. How much did Sally pay for them?
So now we have the same expression
but;
x = cost of pants and y = total cost
total cost = 2(cost of pants) + $3
x = $15
total cost = 2($15) + $3
total cost = $30 + $3
total cost = $33
Sally ended up paying $33 for her two pairs
of pants.
Next month we will continue about the
same topic but introducing coordinate
points. See you then!
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*Edward Garcia Jr. is a
graduate from the
University of Houston-
Downtown with Bachelor’s
in Science for Applied
Mathematics and a Minor
in Statistics. He is also one
of FES Math tutors.
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