To be inducted into the National Honor Society is not a right‚ but a privilege. There are four important components that one must excel in in order to be inducted – scholarship‚ leadership‚ community service‚ and character. As I speak to you now about scholarship‚ I realize that I must first define what scholarship actually is. All of you today that are being inducted into the National Honor Society should consider yourself scholars. A scholar‚ by definition‚ is a distinguished academic or one who
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Johnny It was a big lid. All those years I believed he was gone forever. All those months I spent crying alone in my room‚ reading about his adventures he wrote down for me. Only to find out that he was still there. Anywhere. But there. Johnny‚ that’s what I decided to call my new furry friend‚ barked in his sleep. It seemed like he was dreaming. I did not want to wake him up. I leaned back in my chair and took a deep breath. Down here in my hideout‚ the air was a lot cooler than outside. I spent
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Our society is by no means unfamiliar with people like Curtis. Currently‚ they are several people around the wolrd who are truly concerned about the welfare of the less fortunate citizens. Such is the case of the African first lady Monica Geingos whos work as
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chances have by no means been restricted by the colour of his skin. Also the fact that he is treated with the utmost respect from the Duke‚ the highest authority in Venice‚ shows that the colour of ones skin is not seen as a disadvantage in Venetian society. We are aware of its reputation as a very sexual city through the booming sex trade and it is viewed as a very cosmopolitan city due to its importance as a trading port. The white Venetians in “Othello” do for the most part exemplify the good
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FAT SHAMING AND PREJUDICE I have discussed the prejudices orbiting around the idea of being considered fat in Western society earlier in my thesis. These same prejudices do not always begin in the minds of adults‚ however‚ but can be sourced back to children. Once these negative notions are in place‚ they leave a significant effect on a child’s behaviors and feelings on the way they look‚ changing how they perceive others in social settings‚ such as school. Children bullying and shaming one another
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Quote "Dally’s okay‚" Johnny said defensively‚ and I nodded. You take up for your buddies‚ no matter what they do. When you’re a gang‚ you stick up for your members. If you don’t stick up for them‚ stick together‚ make like brothers‚ it isn’t a gang any more. It’s a pack. A snarling‚ distrustful. bickering pack like the Socs in their social clubs or the street gangs in New York or the wolves in the timber. "[Dally’s] tough‚ but he’s a cool guy." this is a example of the way pony boy doesn’t want
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Vincent O’Reilly May 16‚ 2011 British and Western Lit. Outsider Essay Grendel Grendel‚ The Outsider To be an outsider is to be someone who does not belong to the general population of society. Someone who does not follow the same principles‚ morals‚ or ideals as the majority. Whether by choice‚ or by being forced out of the inner circle‚ anyone could potentially become an "outsider" to society. Grendel is by far the best example of an outsider in John Garders novel‚ Grendel. His views on life‚ relationship
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S. E. Hinton wrote ‘The Outsiders’ when he was sixteen years old. She did not just write the book‚ but she really felt it and lived it. While the author was writing this book she looked back and realized how important it was to have another life. One day‚ her friend was walking home and a couple of “nice” kids jumped out of a car and just started to beat her friend up because they did not like that he was a greaser. Hinton went home and started writing the story of the boy who was beaten up by rich
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Being on National Honor Society and sports teams throughout high school‚ I had enjoyed participating in many volunteer experiences before coming to Drake. Every year our basketball team would collect food around our community to be donated to various food drives in nearby cities. With only general assumptions about food pantries‚ I always wondered how they worked. Now‚ after being able to volunteer at the IMPACT food pantry over the last few months‚ my original assumptions about food panties has
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100972519 C. Koggel Moral‚ Social and Religious Issues in Contemporary Society October 15th‚ 2014 Crocker on Ethnocentrism David A. Crocker asks the question of who should be tasked with the development of moral ethics on a global level‚ especially in regions where ethical thought is relatively shallow. If there was one way he would answer this question‚ he would state that a combination of "insider" and "outsider" ethicists would find the best and culturally sensitive form of morality
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