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Sharon Brangman knew at a young age - around 10 years old - that she wanted to be a doctor one day.

So when a school guidance counselor put her in typing and home economics classes, her mother, Ruby Brangman, wouldn't have it. Ruby made a trip to her daughter's school to address the matter.

"Grandmother was like, 'Oh, no way,' " Sharon tells her daughter, Jenna Lester, in a StoryCorps interview in New York City. "I remember she went up to the school and said, 'I want my daughter transferred so she could go to college.' "

Ruby was one of the first black women nurse practitioners in the state of New York. She received her license from the University of Rochester in 1974, when the role of the profession was still being defined, according to the school's medical center.

Sharon, now 62, recalls one of her medical school professors, a white man, holding up a picture of a Negro League baseball player while he talked about muscles in "black dialect." The same professor showed Playboy centerfolds when discussing anatomy.

"When you were taking a really hard test, he would walk behind, linger over your shoulder," Sharon says. "And he had this horrible pipe. You'd hear a little puff sound and smell this smoke come over you. And he would do that to all the black students."

Looking back, Sharon says she remembers her mother telling her that it didn't matter if her teacher liked her or not. Her job there was to learn.

"She didn't go to college, but if she had come up in a different era, I think she would have been the first physician in the family," Sharon says.

Instead, Ruby's determination set Sharon on that path - the same one that paved the way for Sharon's daughter, Jenna, who's finishing up the final year of her dermatology residency in California.

Jenna, 29, recalls one of her more vivid memories that helped her gain a greater understanding of her mom's profession. On a visit to Jenna's first-grade classroom, her mother split open a cow's heart and showed the class the different chambers and valves.

"The typical person who has a long line of doctors in their family are often white men that I sit next to in class, whose father, grandfather, great-grandfather were doctors," Jenna says. "And it's cool to be a part of the same thing, but it looks very different."

"To realize all the things that you had to go through and that Grandma had to go through to get me to where I am today," Sharon says, "I feel like I'm working for a little bit more than just myself."

Audio produced for Morning Edition by Mia Warren and Danielle Roth.
StoryCorps is a national nonprofit that gives people the chance to interview friends and loved ones about their lives. These conversations are archived at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, allowing participants to leave a legacy for future generations. Learn more, including how to interview someone in your life, at StoryCorps.org.

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For These 3 Women, Medical Careers Are A Family Affair

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Sharon Brangman knew at a young age - around 10 years old - that she wanted to be a doctor one day. So when a school guidance counselor put her in typing and home economics classes, her mother, Ruby Brangman, wouldn't have it. Ruby made a trip to her daughter's school to address the matter.

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There are many reasons someone might choose to study health education:

1. Understanding the multifaceted value of personal health.

2. The impact of poor health and/or chronic disease on quality of life.

3. The economic impact of a healthy or unhealthy population which impacts all of us.

Understanding how to use both qualitative and quantitative data to plan, implement and evaluate programs based on best practice, HIPPA, GINA and ADA compliance, social marketing principles, behavior theories and budgetary constraints.

The broad scope of what a health educator can do within the field makes health education appealing to many who find their interests more within education rather than a clinical area of focus.

Health Educators who have been academically prepared have the opportunity to pursue the credential of CHES: Certified Health Education Specialist . The CHES is an entry level certification intended for new professionals and is an added assurance to prospective employers that the recipient has gone above and beyond within their professional pursuits to attain it. The MCHES: Master Certified Health Education Specialist is an advanced credential for those who have additional academic achievement such as a master's level or doctorate in the field.

Having lead/facilitated virtual study groups for those preparing for the CHES and MCHES exam I can say from personal experience that the professionals within health education are broadly diverse with a single connecting thread that is caring about people and a desire to have a positive impact.

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What is the purpose of studying health education?

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Answer: There are many reasons someone might choose to study health education: 1. Understanding the multifaceted value of personal health. 2. The impact of poor health and/or chronic disease on quality of life. 3. The economic impact of a healthy or unhealthy population which impacts all of us. ...

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Good Health is the greatest blessing of life. Life is a weary burden to a person of broken health. The richest man with bad health always suffers and groans. He is unhappy in spite of his great wealth.

The importance of good health

Good health is very important because a person of good health can put through a large amount of work in a short time.

A person of perfect health does not shirk his duties. He can work properly and leaves nothing undone. As a student, he shines in his examinations. As a public worker, he renders valuable service and is duly rewarded.

The cultivator generally enjoys excellent health. He works in the field year in and year out and produces plentiful crops.

A sound mind in a sound body is a very popular and wise saying. A person in the pink of health enjoys all the good things of life. He finds vigor and strength to do his work. He relishes the food he takes. He feels life in every limb.
He keeps a cheerful temper and goes through life's journey with joy.

Therefore, good health is a priceless blessing in life. The famous saying ' Health is Wealth ' highlights the importance of good health in our life.

Also read: Short Paragraph on Importance of Good Health

Top ways to maintain good health

1. Physical exercise: Good health can be gained and preserved by plenty of exercise in the open air. They may take exercise in any gymnasium regularly. However, too much of exercise is bad and harmful. Physical exercise should be taken regularly and only for a short period.

2. Early morning walk: We should get up early and take a brisk walk.

3. Play: Younger men may play football or cricket and any outdoor game. They may swim or row boats.

4. Balanced diet: Our diet should be balanced. We should take proper food. Ordinary, food that we take is enough for health, if we take it fresh and in proper quantity. Too much eating in extremely bad for health. The food that we eat is to be taken in regular hours. Another important thing about food is that we should not bolt our meals. Food taken hurriedly is not well digested.

5. Proper rest and sleep: Another thing about health is that we should rest and sleep in time. Early to bed and early to rise is the golden rule of health. A person, who labors too hard may ruins health soon.

6. Keep anxieties away: The essential thing for staying in good health is to free the mind from cares and anxieties as far as possible. A care-worn man cannot enjoy his rest or sleep soundly at night.

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Why Health is Important? How to maintain Good Health? - Important India

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Good Health is the greatest blessing of life. Life is a weary burden to a person of broken health. The richest man with bad health always suffers and groans. He is unhappy in spite of his great wealth. Good health is very important because a person of good health can put through a large amount of work in a short time.

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Let's explore an essential question: Why is it important to incorporate the concepts of fun and play in learning? Fun is a relative term. What's fun for some may not be for others. For instance, some folks enjoy getting up and exercising to have fun. Another's idea of fun is sitting and doing a sudoku puzzle.

On the other hand, the word "play" in our question is the more important idea, which we'll go into in more depth later. Ultimately we'll tie the two terms together to show how learning takes place.

Why Should Learning Be Fun?

When you subscribe to the idea that learning must be fun you automatically feel learning must be tailored to fit every child. This is a tall order; on top of that, when you decide that teaching should be fun, now you've got to be able to entertain everyone. Right? Not necessarily.

Play in learning isn't saying "throw all organization to the wind." You still need to have impeccable class management skills and be consistent. No one is saying go against your own personality. If you're an , know that you have a place in the classroom.

Let's talk about the "play" aspect of the driving question. Fred Rogers used play extensively in his Mister Rogers' Neighbourhood series. He knew that imagination and make-believe was a safe place for children to engage and learn about themselves.

The Child Life Council has this to say in their on play in emergency room situations:
"Children from all cultures play. Even in cultures where young children are expected to assume adult work responsibilities, anthropologists cite examples of how children manage to integrate play into their daily tasks. This suggests that play is not only universal but essential to human development. "Indeed, research has repeatedly shown that the benefits associated with play are profound and wide-ranging. Following a meta-analysis of 800 studies, ... there was cogent evidence for the positive impact of play on children's developmental outcomes. "Play was found to significantly promote cognitive and social aspects of development and these effects were magnified when adults participated in play with children."
Play is multisensory. It is tailor fit to each child. Play in learning is also a means of feedback. You can learn much about their development from observing a child play.

Meet "Shaggy"

I was recently inspired to teach my 4-year-old how to play flute a little differently than I'm used to. Instead of instructing him using technical jargon and correcting his deficiencies, I decided to approach it through his world.

He carries around a teddy bear called Shaggy. I said to him, "Why don't you teach Shaggy how to play your flute?" He immediately took to the task and seemed to enjoy it, making believe that his bear was holding the flute, placing it to his mouth and playing "Hot Cross Buns."

I asked, "Did Shaggy cover all the holes completely? Did Shaggy bow after he performed? Did Shaggy announce his song before playing? How did Shaggy sound?" With these prompts, my son engaged in an imaginative critique of how his bear "performed."

Later, when my son was asked perform on his own, he was less fearful and was able to call on those concepts which he taught his teddy bear.

We never lose our desire for "play," regardless of our age. While our experiences change over time and our imaginations tend to be more geared toward our life situations, it is "play" and connecting to what is familiar and safe that can be a bridge to learning. In this way, learning will never cease to be "fun."

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Play in Learning: Teaching and Learning Should Be Fun

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Parker J. Palmer, Founder and Senior Partner Emeritus of the Center for Courage & Renewal, is a world-renowned writer, speaker and activist who focuses on issues in education, community, leadership, spirituality and social change. He has reached millions worldwide through his nine books, including Let Your Life Speak, The Courage to Teach, A Hidden Wholeness, and Healing the Heart of Democracy.

Parker holds a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California at Berkeley, as well as eleven honorary doctorates, two Distinguished Achievement Awards from the National Educational Press Association, and an Award of Excellence from the Associated Church Press. In 2010, Palmer was given the William Rainey Harper Award whose previous recipients include Margaret Mead, Elie Wiesel, and Paolo Freire. In 2011, he was named an Utne Reader Visionary, one of "25 people who are changing your world."

He is the author of nine books, including several best-selling and award-winning titles: Healing the Heart of Democracy, The Heart of Higher Education (with Arthur Zajonc), The Courage to Teach, A Hidden Wholeness, Let Your Life Speak, The Active Life, To Know As We Are Known, The Company of Strangers, and The Promise of Paradox.

His latest book, Healing the Heart of Democracy: The Courage to Create a Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit, was chosen by Spirituality & Practice as one of the best books of 2011 on contemplation and social activism.

In 1998, the Leadership Project, a national survey of 10,000 educators, named Dr. Palmer one of the thirty "most influential senior leaders" in higher education and one of the ten key "agenda-setters" of the past decade.

Since 2002, the Accrediting Commission for Graduate Medical Education has given annual Parker J. Palmer "Courage to Teach" and "Courage to Lead" Awards to directors of exemplary medical residency programs.

In 2005, Living the Questions: Essays Inspired by the Work and Life of Parker J. Palmer, was published (Jossey-Bass) by Sam M. Intrator (Editor).

A member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quaker), Dr. Palmer and his wife, Sharon Palmer, live in Madison, Wisconsin.

Enjoy this On Being podcast in which Parker Palmer, Courtney Martin, and Krista Tippett come together for a cross-generational conversation about the inner work of sustainable, resilient social change - taped in a live conversation at PopTech: Rebellion in October 2014. And below is the full video of that PopTech conversation:

A Note from Parker: Some Thoughts About Legacy

I'm at an age where people have begun to ask me what I want my legacy to be. I always say, "It's not my legacy-it's ours." It's a shared legacy created by the folks who design and offer Courage & Renewal programs and the folks who participate in them.

As a writer, I've always wanted to "put wheels" on my ideas so people can make use of them. For the past twenty years, I've partnered with the Center for Courage & Renewal to do exactly that. Together we've created vehicles for people to ride those ideas toward life-giving destinations-inner as well as outer destinations. Our programs have allowed many people in many walks of life to develop visions and take actions that make our world a better place.

I've always believed that the Center's success should be measured by its ability to attract competent, committed, caring people who are doing work that serves the human possibility. That's exactly the kind of people we've attracted. So by my lights, we've succeeded!

And what about my writing? In my office, there are two bookcases with three shelves each. They are packed to the max with books I've written in various editions and translations; books for which I've written forewords or chapters; and periodicals for which I've written articles. That's a lot of words! But for me, those words-sitting there inert on the page and shelf-are not the legacy.

A legacy is a living thing. What's important to me is the way people have taken my words into their own lives in their own way-and then carried all of that into communities, institutions and the larger society. Without the deep, long-term partnership I've had with the Center for Courage & Renewal, none of that would have happened on the scale it has. I'm forever grateful for this gift of colleagues, friends and fellow travelers.

My personal legacy? I'd like it to be one of good humor, good will and generosity. I'd like it to be said that we had a lot of laughs, we extended a lot of kindness, and we built an abundant storehouse of heart-and-soul resources that anyone can draw on. I can't imagine a better legacy than that.

Parker J. Palmer

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Biography * Books * Podcasts * Speeches & Interviews * Videos * Writings Follow Parker J. Palmer & OnBeing.org Parker J. Palmer, Founder and Senior Partner Emeritus of the Center for Courage & Renewal, is a world-renowned writer, speaker and activist who focuses on issues in education, community, leadership, spirituality and social change.

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