I feel honored to be considered for acceptance into the National Honor Society. I feel a great pride to even be considered by such a stellar organization. I feel that I am deserving of admittance into the National Honor Society by way of my leadership qualities and academic performance during my high school career. I am student that is involved in the arts and sciences more than sports. I never played a team sport in high school‚ but I feel that marching band and musical alike have allowed to
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joined Alpha Beta Gamma. The thought of belonging to an honor society excites me‚ from the day I received an invitation letter to this present day. I initially saw it as an opportunity to boost my resume‚ but now I see it in a whole different perspective. Honor societies are organizations intended to benefit and group like-minded individuals together based on academic excellence. However‚ Alpha Beta Gamma is more than just your average honor society. It is a place where intelligent minds come together
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The Honors Forum meeting that has influenced me the most in the last month was the meeting on what is considered proper dress attire. I’ve never been the most well dressed person‚ so having someone lay out what is appropriate was very helpful. Something that that stuck out to me was the way that people perceive you based on what you wear. It makes complete sense now that someone has said it to me‚ but it has begun to change the way that I see myself. In the line of work that I am going into where
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the holocaust. So many suffer mental wounds from the pain they encountered that most believed wasn’t possible. But do you know what happened to the survivors? What effects did this tragedy have? According to an article labeled Results and Effects of World War 2‚ “The long range of psychological effects the Holocaust had on survivors are indeed multitudinal. There can be no doubt that profound shock enveloped those arriving at the death camps.” The occasional hushed rumor about the holocaust was
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I was walking to the Meissen market from my house on the bank of the Elbe river to get food for my family when I saw German troops walking down the hill. “Finde alle Juden! Wir werden jeden töten‚ der heute nicht deutsch ist!” The Commander said. I don’t understand German that much so I carried on walking my down to Meissen. When I was coming back to my house the same troops came marching by and the commander said‚ “Diese Christen hatten keine Chance!”. They all laughed at that comment. When I
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1. I was sitting with my family at the breakfast table drinking milk and eating a piece of burnt toast; that was when I heard the feint sound of sirens coming from the east end of the block. My dads face grew pale and my mother quickly stood up and grabbed my brother and mines hand. She guided us towards the back of the house through a small opening in the floor. Once we reached the hole‚ she took my brothers hand and placed it in mine‚ telling him to watch over me. We were put into the hole and
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I would like to be a part of National Honor Society. Before selecting me to be a part of National Honor Society I think you should understand my beliefs and views on topics such as scholarship‚ leadership‚ character‚ and service. I believe that success in scholarship is very important. I think that you should earn good grades more for self-satisfactory reasons rather than for rewards that your parents give you. I feel accomplished when I work hard and do well in a difficult class because I know
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Take a moment and put yourself in the shoes of a Holocaust survivor. Would you fear the sound of fireworks because they sound identical to gunshots? Would you be afraid of soldiers? Would you fear the word “camp”? Holocaust survivors are living with those memories every single day. Survivors of the Holocaust have gone through much trauma‚ and for them to open up and tell their stories is frightening. Yet‚ many have found that sharing their experience can be quite therapeutic‚ in addition to joining
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Cultural Memory of the Holocaust Lillie Taylor LIB:316 Historical Context & Literature (BPC1504A) Sherane Heron February 23‚ 2015 This paper will examine and analyze the turning points in the construction of Jewish memory and the identity in Israel as influenced by and based on the events of the Holocaust. This subject is also important for Poland as a country to come to grips with the last decade of the 20th century when it entered onto the path of social dialogue and bilateral
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the Jewish people. It is very specific‚ sad and instructive. In order to properly clarify this picture‚ we have to start from the beginning‚ shed light on the history of the Jewish people‚ and pay particular attention to the dark times during the Holocaust‚ and particularly refer to the Jewish understanding of the holiday. Jewish history tells us about how the Jewish people lived from the time when they appeared up to the present day. The nation is like a big family‚ and a large family can be compared
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