Natasya Haridas said she has always wanted to go above and beyond when working towards her goals. She explained education in Singapore is very competitive, and she got looked down on for attending school overseas because there is a stigma if someone doesn’t get into the top schools, they won’t make it very far in life.
Ann Springer of the Faculty of Business & Government said she worked for several years to bring a marketing agency class to BYU–Hawaii where students gain real world experience, and she is thrilled to see it start.
With face-to-face classes returning tomorrow, Bridgetown was bustling as people rushed to buy last minute school supplies. In Swan Street, parents were busy trying to get their children prepared for face-to-face classes. Ann Springer operates a small stall along a side alley, selling children’s socks, vests and undergarments, among other items. She said she had been “quite busy”. “I brought in stock back in September but there was no school …
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BYU–Hawaii professors, Rebekah Strain and Ann Springer, say nature provides for them a much-needed escape from life’s distractions. Reconnecting with nature and viewing the world from the top of a mountain, Strain said, helps her to see problems from a new perspective and has given her peace, solace and healing.
Health benefits
According to a CNN article, “Doctors are prescribing nature to patients in the U.K.’s Shetland Islands,” the National Health Service of the Shetland Islands. Doctors are giving “nature prescriptions” to patients with high blood pressure, anxiety and depression.
CNN reported research has proven being in nature can treat depression, reduce stress, improve blood pressure, and enhance creative and cognitive abilities.
wasting resources that could be used to build homes and bring jobs environmentalists disagree ann springer has this report from oregon. sparked by lightning, this wildfire scorched 48,000 acres of forest last summer. crews are busy salvaging the trees killed by flames. charred logs of stacked and cut into lumber, ready for home building. it creates jobs, it creates housing for the counties. it s a different story right next door. red tape leaves valuable wood untouched and rotting. a big frustration for the private landowners is it makes a lot more sense to do the salvage logging on public land while they re already here hauling their dead trees out. also, these burned government