When I walked into high school four years ago‚ I never thought that I would become involved in student council or National Honor Society. Today I am the student body vice president and National Honor Society President. These experiences have helped me to build my leadership skills that I will be able to use for the rest of my life. My experiences in student council have allowed to work with others in leadership positions and to plan activities for large numbers of people. The main responsibilities
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In the story‚ The Crucible‚ Abigail Williams showed that she was very different from all the other girls. When all the girls were in the forest with Tituba she whispered to her that she wanted to sacrifice her turkey so she can kill John Proctor’s wife‚ Elizabeth and be with John. When Tituba told her no‚ she smashed the turkey’s head and drank its blood hoping to kill her. The next day‚ when the girls are acting funny and John Proctor hears about it and comes into town‚ she sees him at her house
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In 1692 nineteen men and women and two dogs were convicted and hanged for witchcraft in a small village in eastern Massachusetts. By the standards of our own time‚ if not of that‚ it was a minor event‚ a spasm of judicial violence that was concluded within a matter of months. The bodies were buried in shallow graves or not at all‚ as a further indication that the convicted had not only forfeited participation in the community of man in this life‚ but in the community of saints in the next. Just how
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understanding of globalization. It allows people to create their own opinion. The image and the multimodal video used to support Pico Iyer’s argument gives off two sides of globalization‚ along with the multimodal video to depict globalization. Pico Iyer’s essay uses the image to focus on the good side of globalization‚ whereas the multimodal video supports the bad side of globalization because of the visuals that are used. Pico Iyer views that the world is attaining a level of globalization that was only
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stopped.  Brazil: A man who confessed to stabbing his wife and her lover to death is for the second time acquitted of murder by an all-male jury. The acquittal is based on the argument that he acted in legitimate defense of his wronged honor.  India: A 10-year-old girl is rescued by a flight attendant who noticed her crying. Her father has sold her to the 60-year-old man sitting next to her for the equivalent of $240US.  Ireland: A 14-year-old girl‚ raped by her best
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Everyday people all over the world undergo change. In Arthur Miller’s classic American drama‚ The Crucible‚ Reverend Hale of Beverly arrives in Salem in 1692 at the onset of the infamous witch trials in an effort to root Lucifer out of The New Land forever. Throughout the course of the play‚ Reverend Hale goes from a strict‚ religious figure devout to the destruction of evil‚ to somewhat doubting the accusers to quitting the church and asking innocent people to lie for the efforts to save their lives
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The honors program also required us students to participate in community service and group activities. I did not mention this before but I was a very shy‚ quiet child which led to me not easily making friends later in life. I don’t think I spoke to anyone during the semester I spent at the university in Texas and probably only a few people the entire time at the community college. The honors program basically forces students to interact with each other and with the community and the group projects
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“A Question of Honor” by William Chace was published in the American Scholar‚ Spring of 2012. In this article Chace explains the growing problem of cheating and plagiarizing in Higher Education. He uses many different views from deans of universities to explain the issues of cheating. Chace first begins his article referring to a recent report. He states that from this article one can concur that student are learning less every day in Higher Education. From there Chace then asks the question of who
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Tenzin Woesar Kelpy Per. 4 The Crucible Essay Questions 1. Discuss the role that grudges and personal rivalries play in the witch trial hysteria? The Crucible takes place in the Town of Salem which is an odd town‚ they’re very easy to believe in superstitions yet they are very religious and take faith in God and God’s power. With all of this going on‚ there also some grudges that people hold against each other‚ so when people are given the power‚ they take advantage of the trials and take revenge
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National Junior Honor Society National Junior Honor Society is a great opportunityfor me; something that I am really excited to have. I wouldlove to be involved in NJHS and share my ideas/listen toothers ideas about fundraisers and collecting donations‚etc. I love helping the needy and have participated incountless things. For example‚ I made bears for those whohave to live in hospitals and helped throw a Christmasparty to give them their bears and play games‚ I havecleaned up a junkyard full of
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