Sample Essay Date Class Comparison/Contrast Searching for the Perfect Pet When my husband and I were dating, we learned pretty quickly that we disagreed on one fundamental issue: pets. I'm a cat person while he loves dogs. Many of our dates involved arguing over which species was better. Quite seriously, our argument about pets may not seem like a major issue to a lot of people, but it was for us. We definitely wanted a pet once we were married, so we each argued our side vigorously. Finally, in an effort to resolve our differences, we sat down and compared cats and dogs based on smell, behavior, and dependence, and the answer became obvious. First I pointed out the problem with smell. Dogs are stinky. With all that hair and all their energy, they cannot help but stink. Furthermore, their odor would make our whole house stink unless my husband committed to weekly dog baths or trips to the groomer. Cats, on the other hand, regularly clean themselves and do not stink. At that point, my husband corrected me. Cats need litter boxes, and litter boxes stink. He continued by adding that the pungent aroma of kitty’s seafood dinner left an unpleasant case of bad kitty breath. I reluctantly admitted that his points were true before moving on in our discussion. Dogs, my husband pointed out, are known for their loyalty, trainability, and heroic behavior. Dogs are often trained as service animals and police K-9 units. Many dogs have saved a human lives or intervened in criminal activities he explained. I had to acknowledge that, yes, dogs have saved human lives, but Reader's Digest has published stories about cats saving lives too. In one story that I remember, a cat pawed her owner's chest until the owner awoke to find the house full of flames. I also related a story of a feline that could smell when her diabetic owner was in need of insulin. Once again, my husband and I soon realized that both types of pets shared commonalities. As the discussion progressed, we talked about the dependence of each animal. I reminded my husband that a dog must be walked and bathed regularly. I added that dogs must be fed on a schedule. I went on to explain that cats are independent animals that do not require scheduled walks around the block, nor do they need scheduled feedings since they will “graze” from their food dishes unlike dogs that will gobble every piece of kibble up rapidly. My husband exclaimed that in spite of their dependence on their humans dogs are fun. They will listen to their human’s problems while on walks; they will go swimming; they will play Frisbee. His list went on and on, and I had to agree. However, I interjected that cat owners find the soft kneading of little paws on our laps comforting, and we enjoy the entertainment that comes from a cat chasing a little, red laser light or a piece of string. In the end, my husband had to admit I .

1. Sample Essay
Date
Class
Comparison/Contrast
Searching for the Perfect Pet
When my husband and I were dating, we learned pretty quickly
that we disagreed on one
fundamental issue: pets. I'm a cat person while he loves dogs.
Many of our dates involved
arguing over which species was better. Quite seriously, our
argument about pets may not seem
like a major issue to a lot of people, but it was for us. We
definitely wanted a pet once we were
married, so we each argued our side vigorously. Finally, in an
effort to resolve our differences,
we sat down and compared cats and dogs based on smell,
behavior, and dependence, and the
answer became obvious.
First I pointed out the problem with smell. Dogs are stinky.
With all that hair and all their

2. energy, they cannot help but stink. Furthermore, their odor
would make our whole house stink
unless my husband committed to weekly dog baths or trips to
the groomer. Cats, on the other
hand, regularly clean themselves and do not stink. At that point,
my husband corrected me. Cats
need litter boxes, and litter boxes stink. He continued by
adding that the pungent aroma of
kitty’s seafood dinner left an unpleasant case of bad kitty
breath. I reluctantly admitted that his
points were true before moving on in our discussion.
Dogs, my husband pointed out, are known for their
loyalty, trainability, and heroic
behavior. Dogs are often trained as service animals and police
K-9 units. Many dogs have saved
a human lives or intervened in criminal activities he explained.
I had to acknowledge that, yes,
dogs have saved human lives, but Reader's Digest has published
stories about cats saving lives
too. In one story that I remember, a cat pawed her owner's chest
until the owner awoke to find
the house full of flames. I also related a story of a feline that

3. could smell when her diabetic
owner was in need of insulin. Once again, my husband and I
soon realized that both types of
pets shared commonalities.
As the discussion progressed, we talked about the dependence
of each animal. I
reminded my husband that a dog must be walked and bathed
regularly. I added that dogs must be
fed on a schedule. I went on to explain that cats are
independent animals that do not require
scheduled walks around the block, nor do they need scheduled
feedings since they will “graze”
from their food dishes unlike dogs that will gobble every piece
of kibble up rapidly. My
husband exclaimed that in spite of their dependence on their
humans dogs are fun. They will
listen to their human’s problems while on walks; they will go
swimming; they will play Frisbee.
His list went on and on, and I had to agree. However, I
interjected that cat owners find the soft
kneading of little paws on our laps comforting, and we enjoy
the entertainment that comes from
a cat chasing a little, red laser light or a piece of string.

4. In the end, my husband had to admit I was right about cats.
The bad thing was that I had
to concede that he was right about dogs. So we came up with the
obvious answer. We'd have to
get both. So he now has his dog, a big, slobbery Labrador
retriever, and I have little Tootsie, a
sweet orange cat who cuddles up with me and purrs when I
watch chick flicks. Now our little
family is a picture of domesticated bliss.
572 words
Modified from My Lab and Mastering
335883 Topic: l02 AND l03 use the practice themes as a
framework for reflection
Number of Pages: 9 (Double Spaced)
Number of sources: 3
Writing Style: APA
Type of document: PowerPoint Presentation
Academic Level:Undergraduate
Category: Healthcare

5. Language Style: English (U.K.)
Order Instructions: ATTACHED
USE THE PRACTICE THEMES AS A FRAMEWORK FOR
REFLECTION see below
INDIVIDUAL REFLECTION POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
USING 10 SLIDES, 500 WORDS OR MORE
AND A 2,000 WORD ESSAY WHICH HIGHLIGHTS THE
THEMES AND IS A INDIVIDUAL REFLECTION IN THE
WORK PLACE COVERING AREAS NEEDED
10 SLIDES 500 WORDS USING PRACTICE THEMES BELOW
EXPAINING HOW THE PRACTICE THEMES CAN BE USED
TO UNDERPIN REFLECTION IN LEARNING AND
PRACTICE
ILLUSTRATE IN DETAIL THE LINKS BETWEEN THE
PRACTICE THEMES AND OTHER PERFORMANCE
INDICATORS

6. 2,000 WORD ESSAY DEMONSTRATE ACTIVE , ONGOING
CRITICAL REFLECTION OF LEARNING EXPERIENCES.
EXPLAIN METHODS USED TO GAIN EXPERIENCE OF
EFFECTIVE REFLECTIVE PRACTICE IN OWN AREA OF
WORK PRACTICE
PRODUCE A PORTFOLIO OF EVIDENCE OF REFLECTION
USING THE PRACTICE THEMES AS A FRAMEWORK
DPPV PRACTICE THEMES
1. Law, Regulation and Ethical Practice demonstrated through:
Evidence of understanding and experience of working in line
with regulated ways of working and duties in supporting and
caring for individuals and others, e.g. responsibilities and duty
of role, case management, supervision and teaching, personal
development, team working, assessment of
individual’s needs, communication strategies, personal centred
care and wellbeing, physiological care, risk management,
equality and diversity and quality care procedures

7. Evidence of taking personal responsibility, working
independently within defined parameters of practice.
Using initiative in a variety of situations and performing a
range of skills consistent with own roles, responsibilities and
professional values
2. Professional values, attitudes and behaviour in health and
social care practice evidenced through:
Exploring own values, attitudes and behaviours and how they
impact on the work done with others.
The values, attitudes and behaviours of others and how to
promote positive working and caring relationships.
Exploring own communication style and how to use and adapt
communications to different audiences reflecting individual
needs of others.
Communicating purposefully and appropriately using verbal,
written, electronic, and non-verbal.

8. Exercising own skills attitudes and behaviours to support
personal development of self and others.
Commitment to adopting a person-centred approach, working
with colleagues and individuals to promote quality care and
services that ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of
individuals.
Demonstrating courage to challenges faced in different contexts
and be adaptable to change.
3. Health, Safety & Safeguarding through the Lifespan
evidenced through:
Carrying out roles and responsibilities in ensuring the health,
safety and wellbeing of colleagues, service users and others
visiting the premises.
Own roles and responsibilities following and adhering to
principles of safeguarding and protection, e.g. whistleblowing,
recording and reporting, knowing when to escalate concerns and
seek support.
4. Valuing and promoting diversity, difference and inclusion

9. evidenced through: Own fair and equitable treatment of and
response to individual service users & others, inside and outside
own work setting, regardless of their personal defining
characteristics.
Making adjustments to own working practices, behaviour and
approach to meet the needs of individual service users and their
loved ones
Making adjustments to own working practices, behaviour and
approach to meet the needs of the organisation, colleagues and
other professionals
Actively valuing and promoting the individuality, diversity and
inclusion of others to include: age, gender, ethnicity, disability,
sex, religion, culture and other protected characteristics.
5. Promoting physical, mental health & wellbeing in HSC
practice Demonstration of knowledge and skills in supporting
individual needs of service users
Knowledge of different needs, possible outcomes where quality
support & care is not provided

10. Developing and sharing strategies for disseminating awareness
to others of needs of individual service users using evidence-
based practice
6. Applied mathematics Use of IT technologies, e.g.
healthcare-specific technology
Technologies used in GP practices, Administering medications
Taking, recording and interpreting accurate physiological
measurements from patients or service users.
Identifying statistical trends and use of statistics in research,
office work and other daily activities
I WORK IN A RESIDENTIAL HOME SERVICE USERS
WHICH HAVE LEARNING DIFFICULTIES.
MY CHARACTER CAN BE SHY BUT CARING. VERY
MOTHERLY AND CONCERNING. IAM A SINGLE MOTHER
OF 3 CHILDREN AND WORK 2 OR 3 DAYS A WEEK. THE
AGE RANGES I WORK WITH ARE BETWEEN 10 AND 60
YEARS OLD. I WORK WITHIN 3 SERPERATE HOUSES
SITUATED ON THE SAME STREET. I ADMINISTER
MEDICATION (SUPERVISED). I COOK ALL MEALS AND
CLEAN THE RESIDENTIAL HOME. TAKE SERVICE USERS

11. OUT ON OUTINGS. SUPERVISE THEM, GIVE THEM
PERSONAL CARE AND PUT THEM TO BED AT NIGHT. all
service users have challenging behaviour, some have diabetes,
down syndrome, autism aswell as mental health issues. no
breaks are given at work. work is tiring. we work 8 or 15 hour
shifts no breaks. I AM PROFFESSIONAL AT WORK. WE
HAVE PAPERWORK TO FILL IN ASWELL AS COMPUTER
BASED WORK. WE DO COURSES TO LEARN NEW SKILLS.
WE MEET WITH SOCIAL WORKERS TO DISCUSS CARE
PLANS AND INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF THE SERVICE USER.
WE TAKE THEM TO THE GP AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS