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    Ambition To Be a Lawyer

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    a Police Officer. No matter the choice‚ there was some instance in their life when they chose that road. My choice was made in the back seat of mr. bingings mock trial class of my junior year. Being from a family where you are expected to be a great student‚ I always knew that I would succeed at what ever my future goals would be. My father said that he always knew that mine would be the Lawyer or judge or something. Everyone has their own reasons for wanting to be a lawyer‚ and for many including

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    the Thane of Cawdor died and he could become king. The Thane of Glamis develops an ambition to be king and kills Duncan‚ who is already the king. Killing Duncan drives Macbeth insane‚ and eventually‚ he loses all feelings towards life or death and goes numb. Since Macbeth’s ambition is to become king he is willing to do anything‚ but because of this‚ he begins to go psychotic by the end of the play. Macbeth’s ambition to be king controls his actions and emotions. Lady Macbeth seizes her opportunity

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    Behavioral Expectations

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    Behavioral Expectations The basis of a positive and effective learning environment are centered around the ideas of consistency‚ mutual respect‚ participation and trust. Without these values no classroom‚ work‚ or home environment can function at their true potential. As in any structured atmosphere‚ a classroom must have participation from its students in the procedures and routines set in place by their educator. It is equally as important for the educator to convey his or her expectations‚ rules

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    My Expectations

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    My Expectations of Basic Writing 3 Taking this Basic Writing 3 class is very exciting to me. I am looking forward to remembering things that have been forgotten and learning things that were never taught . I have not done this in over ten years. I am excited about what is to come and the goals I will achieve this term. My expectations from this class are to learn from my instructor and work with my classmates so I can become a better writer. Over the next nine weeks I am expecting to

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    Ambition - Essay 2

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    Ambition In the centuries preceding the twenty first‚ the world underwent a revolution of personal freedoms giving even the most underprivileged dreamers a sensation of desiring to be successful in life achieving great things and the possibility of turning their previously unimaginable dreams into reality. This earnest desire for some type of achievement or distinction can be measured by that person’s willingness to strive for and attain those dreams (Dictionary.com). Ambition is the first building

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    Hulks‚ or prison ships were a common punishment during Dickens’s times. In the opening scene of Great Expectations‚ Pip stumbles upon a convict having escaped from one of these prison ships. Their first interaction is brief‚ but while Pip is standing in the marshes‚ the convict makes two things clear: he desperately wants a file and desperately needs food. Living conditions upon the Hulks were unpleasant at best‚ according to Diane Yancey’s book‚ Life in Charles Dickens’s England. With one fourth

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    Societal Expectations

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    women feel as if they must behave in a manner that is acceptable to the public. Expectations can be seen as something that is suppose to happen. As well as societal expectations‚ which are unclear‚ and unwritten standards‚ followed by people in a specific environment. They differ for every individual depending on their environment‚ and culture. One would assume the individual would conform to their societal expectations‚ but that’s not the case. Instead the individual performance reflects the way they

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    Employer Expectations

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    Employer Expectations The four strengths I currently posses to be a great employee is my attitude‚ the attitude to work hard and get things done‚ I am a clean cut person‚ and I have a lot of respect for people. I have a great driving attitude towards my work. I like getting things done in a short amount of time while at the same time doing a good job. I am very clean so I am a presentable person who makes it enjoyable to talk to and work with. It eliminates the problem of people getting distracted

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    Death at the Hands of Witches‚ Taunts‚ and Ambition John F. Kennedy‚ Indira Gandhi‚ Martin Luther King Jr.‚ Abraham Lincoln‚ Julius Caesar‚ Mahatma Gandhi… Besides this list being full of leaders‚ what do they all have in common? All of these people were in positions of power when they were assassinated. Like these leaders‚ King Duncan in Shakespeare’s play‚ Macbeth‚ is assassinated. However‚ unlike most of these assassinated leaders‚ the public is able to see into the mind and plans of the

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    Analysis of a scene of Great Expectations. I have chosen to look at how the relationship of Pip and Magwitch develops during the novel. I have chosen 3 key scenes in which Magwitch and pip meet and I will look at how each is portrayed in terms of character‚ development‚ setting and the messages or morals that dickens is trying to convey. Magwitch first meets pip at the graveyard on the marshes‚ from this we see that pip is a lonely child‚ who has lost his mother and father. Magwitch threatens

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