Hi‚ I am an international student from Czech Republic and I am applying for college preparatory boarding school in USA. This is my short essay (100-200 words)‚ topic is "Tell us about yourself and why you would like to become a part of our school family." My story is similar like the story of thousand of other children: My father struggled with alcohol and drug problems which caused him to leave my mother and me‚ so I grew up with only my mother. Nevertheless‚ I realized what I want from my
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Two explanations on the maintenance of relationships One of the main theories for the maintenance of romantic relationships was created by Thibaut and Kelly in 1959‚ called the Social exchange theory. It views all relationship behaviour as a series of exchanges based on rewards‚ costs and profit. Each person attempts gain the most out of the relationship and lose the least. The exchange element occurs when individuals receive rewards and thus feel obliged to reciprocate‚ such as a person being hugged
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Child Emotions vs. Adult Emotions By Andrea Lee All appearances said that Catherine Linton was as grown up as she could be‚ she was married and quite past the age when one is considered an adult. But‚ if one would look just a little farther‚ they could see that in all her rebelliousness she is maintaining a carefully constructed façade‚ created to look adult while she spends hours of time dreaming about the childhood that she wished would last forever. When we first see Catherine enter Nelly’s
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Part 1: What are the similarities and differences between Rogers’ and Maslows’ interpretation of “self actualization”? According to Carl Rogers “actualization is a tendency to develop capabilities in ways that maintain or enhance the organism” (Carver & Scheier‚ 2008‚ p. 322). He felt that if there weren’t strong forces working against an individual‚ then there was a stronger possibility of a positive‚ healthy growth. Rogers tended to shied away from the term "self actualization"‚ which implies
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create one’s personality. According to ManageTrainLearn.com‚ "Personality is the mixture of relatively permanent personal characteristics in the way a person constructs the world‚ acts in it and reacts to it." By taking a simple test you will be able to figure out where you fall on the personality spectrum whether you are an extrovert or introvert‚ sensitive or intuitive‚ whether you choose feeling over thinking‚ or if you are a judger or perceiver. After taking the Myers Briggs Personality test‚ I
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things at the same time; such as talking while walking‚ or smiling while dancing. No‚ I mean that it is impossible to multitask - to do two things at the same time - as long as the two things that should be done at the same time‚ requires a lot of concentration and attention to be done correct. I guess you yourself are able to distinguish between which tasks that requires a lot of concentration‚ and which requires less. Whether you’re driving a car while talking on the phone‚ or if you write e-mails
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An essay is a short piece of writing on a topic and presents the author’s point of view on the matter. It is a pure non-fiction presentation of the writer’s outlook on the topic that is the focus of the essay.1 An essay should be structured in different sections that make it easy for the readers to read and follow the author’s thoughts clearly. It is composed of the introductory paragraph‚ supporting paragraphs and the summary paragraph. The introductory paragraph is the first paragraph of
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We currently have four different theories of how personality forms. These are the psychodynamic perspective‚ behaviorist perspective‚ trait perspective‚ and the humanistic perspective. Our personality is very complex and each on these theories serve as a good base for grasping its concept. Each of the four are unique. They each also present some advantages and disadvantages. The psychodynamic perspective theory ideas was pioneered by Sigmund Freud. He believes that much of the behavior
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Narcissistic Personality Disorder is a specific kind of personality disorder. A personality disorder is when people have traits that cause them to feel and behave in socially distressing ways‚ it limits their ability to function in relationships and in other social aspects in life (Mayo Clinic). Narcissistic Personality Disorder entails people having an inflated sense of self-importance and a deep need for admiration from others. People with Narcissistic Personality Disorder believe they are superior
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How does Usamah view the European Crusaders‚ or ’the Franks’‚ as he calls them? Usamah seems to view them with mixed emotions. I think generally‚ he has a good relationship with the ones he’s grown to know. In fact‚ he even befriends one. What I find curious is that Usamah states‚ that the Frankish knight that befriended him‚ called HIM brother‚ and although he says there were mutual bonds‚ never refers to the knight as his brother. The Frank (knight) even went so far as to offer to take his son
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