Rowan Finley
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Father. Academic Advisor. Musician. Writer. My real name is Jesse Balogh.
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What Growing Up in Florida Was Like
I grew up in a very tiny town in central Florida. There were mostly woods around my house. The interesting, somewhat strange thing, about where we lived was that pretty much all of my extended family on my mother’s side lived on the same 90 plus acres. My grandparents lived in a house across the pond. Then I had three sets of uncles and aunts spread across the property. My grandpa, being quite the visionary that he was, thought that it would be nice to give each of his adult children a piece of property to live on and raise their families. As children, my cousins and I were practically in paradise with all of the trees to climb and plenty of woods to tramp through. We would spend hours building forts out of pine trees and palmettos. Sometimes we would dig giant holes in the ground and cover them up with ply wood. One of my aunts had several horses so we would go on the great horseback rides, taking the horses over the railroad tracks, down long trails. There was always something to do or some great adventure to have. When the ponds were full during the rainy season we would have mud fights and go redneck surfing. Redneck surfing consisted of sitting on a pool boogie board, using a rope to tie it to the back of a four-wheeler, and hanging on for dear life as it raced through the muddy water. Many times we would canoe through the ponds to each other’s houses. The summer time was truly our favorite time of the year!
By Rowan Finley 6 years ago in Families
Australia's Healthcare System Versus America's Healthcare System
As the population’s life expectancy continues to rise, the elderly are developing more chronic health issues. Both the U.S. and Australia are faced with providing accessible, affordable, quality healthcare for their citizens. The U.S. healthcare system is one of the most expensive systems in the world with health expenditure as a percentage of the gross domestic product of 17.7 in the year 2010 (Niles, 2015 p. 60). Australia on the other hand had health expenditure as a percentage of the gross domestic product of 8.9 in the year 2010 (Niles, 2015 p. 59). While Australia runs a universal healthcare program which has proven to be successful, the U.S. has attempted some wobbly steps toward achieving universal healthcare, but is far from the strong strides which are needed.
By Rowan Finley 6 years ago in Journal
ESFJ's are Incredible!
ESFJ’s are one of the most popular personality types in the general population. There are far more females who have this specific personality type. Male and female ESFJ’s will certainly have a lot in common, however there are some major differences as well. ESFJ’s tend to want to fit easily with society so they will go to great lengths to fit into their own perceived gender roles. People with this personality type are very outgoing, gregarious, fun-loving, warm, friendly, emotional, sensitive, and somewhat dramatic at times. ESFJ’s are well-liked by most people which is a good thing because there are a lot of them in the world!
By Rowan Finley 6 years ago in Humans
