Academically and professionally my former boss‚ Gisella‚ has been the most influential mentor in my life. Gisella was once a professor at my junior college but I knew her as the director of the East Los Angeles College Writing Center. I was hired as a writing tutor and Gisella was my main boss. What I admired most about Gisella‚ was her intelligence and her empathy. Her knowledge of literature and her ability to think critically‚ always inspired me to push my intellectual abilities. As a student‚ I knew
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South Sudan is 13‚026‚129 and fifty percent of the people live below the poverty line. In South Sudan sixty percent of the population is women. Globalization has both helped and harmed South Sudan‚ because it has negatively impacted women’s rights and the environment‚ but helped improve health through the Rockefeller Foundation. Globalization has harmed the environment in South Sudan by killing several of the iconic mammals. Elephants in places like Garamba National Park have decreased over years‚ because
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participation in an open global economy would be crucial to its survival (Chow‚ 2002) During the three decades since these reforms China ’s political and economic institutions have undergone a dramatic transition (Overholt‚ 2005 and Economy‚ 1998). China has shifted from the world ’s greatest opponent of globalization into a committed member of a global economy and advocate of globalization (Overholt‚ 2005). The pinnacle of this transformation and China ’s economic growth was its admission into to the World
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How has performing arts affected your lives‚ and why is it important to you? Performing arts comprises a wide range of activities that involves the use of one’s potential skills‚ body and creativity to be able to produce a piece of art work that defines them individually. Personally‚ performing arts has affected me greatly since I first began playing the piano as my very first instrument. Firstly‚ one of the main affects that has impacted me and made me who I am today are life values. For example:
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scenarios fit into one of the two viewpoints. At the time I wasn’t able to fully understand how people with a justice viewpoint thought through things‚ but now I am able to understand their way of thinking more clearly. Care and justice ethics has affected my life in many ways and through this class I can now recognize and identify them. We learned through The Ethics of Care by Virginia Held that the care orientation affects how you see other people and how you relate to them. When you utilize a
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“Alcoholism has emerged in our time as a unique and highly specific illness. Yet it is a problem that dates from the beginnings of civilization‚ a subject that has been discussed and pondered as one of the great issues of human life” (Dorris 1). Alcoholism not only affects the addicted‚ but those around them as well. The alcohol addict can be male or female‚ adult or child‚ and almost no family in the United States today goes completely untouched by its affects. In order to understand the effects
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Natalie P Connell 7 Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you‚ and describe that influence you. It is my strong philosophy that healthy competition in life‚ can help guide a person to a successful future. And for me‚ that competition came from my older sister‚ Nicole. Even though my sister is two years older than me‚ I have always strived to be equal with her. This was apparent in the past when my sister and I were enrolled in swimming lessons at our local pool. I was
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The Negative Impact of Alcoholism There are many negative effects of excessive use of alcohol. Alcoholism negatively impacts one’s lifestyle and health in many ways. There are many major organs that are impacted by the heavy consumption of alcohol. A person’s brain is directly affected by alcohol. Alcohol interferes with the brain’s communication pathways; which causes changes in mood and behavior. This change in mood and behavior impacts the social and mental health of an alcoholic by impacting
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Alcoholism Hillary N. Gabrick American Military University 4031913 January 31‚ 2014 Abstract Alcoholism is a disease that is a major concern in the United States because alcoholics endanger themselves and society. Alcoholism follows a certain course with known physical‚ psychological and social symptoms. Once addicted‚ the alcoholic continues to consume alcohol despite the destructive cost. The definitions of an alcoholic‚ alcoholism‚ and alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence are
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As for me ‚ technology has made my life more enjoyable and easy . What is technology ? Technology is a body of knowledge devoted to creating tools ‚ processing actions and extracting of materials . In my life there have many great changes in technology . Many of these changes have affected my life greatly . They have made it both easier and faster to do things . The one piece of technology that has affected my life
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