Explain how you responded to a problem and/or an unfamiliar situation. What did you do‚ what was the outcome‚ and what did you learn from the experience? (maximum 200 words) Moving to a new country with a completely different culture and school system was a new and exciting experience‚ however it was one I had never encountered before. Moving countries meant leaving a familiar environment behind. I found the Canadian school system difficult to integrate into. I struggled to make friends and found
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"Many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his request." ~ Phillip Stanhope‚ The Earl of Chesterfield The greatest gift you will ever give or receive is simply – to listen. The act itself requires patience‚ on some levels even a bit of endurance‚ and though a modicum of empathy is always helpful as well‚ it really very simply comes down to our willingness to put our personal feelings‚ opinions and beliefs aside‚ if only to allow someone
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William Butler Yeats “When You Are Old” is a tribute to deeper love‚ an obvious interpretation of a poem that contains the word “love” five times in twelve lines. However‚ it is specifically the speaker’s personal analysis of what he imagines “love” to entail. It represents an elderly woman reminiscing of her younger days. A past lover whispers to her as she looks through a photo album. This is a very somber‚ regretful and resigned poem. It has a quiet‚ dreamlike feeling to it. And uses uncomplicated
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For the second reflection paper I chose to write about the book The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down. When I started reading this book‚ I had no idea what I was going to read about. I learned many new concepts on the culture of Hmong and their views. A brief section of the book also was about how they came to America and the experiences they had while doing so. I learned that there was a secret war in Laos that caused a tragedy among the Hmong people leaving them to abandon their homes in the
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THIHA SOUL “How is the concept of Art influenced by the culture you are in?” Thiha Soul -13597 FAN 5 C Lau Sheow Tong History of Arts and Ideas I D-FA203 THIHA SOUL THIHA SOUL No one can deny that art is always changing and affecting the all society of entire world and art has acted as a dramatic reflection of the social and political events taking place in regions in recent decades. So‚ what is art? ‚ Art is a variety of human activities and the products of these activities;
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the colors and ideal appearance for that specific type of weather. The wardrobes that you see on TV‚ in magazines‚ and on every day people are connected with the style that is trending at that given moment. Through the use of body image‚ peer pressure‚ and psychological impact‚ the media negatively affects the fashion world. With the amount of people living in the world‚ there are a countless number of outfits you will see being put together. There are a select amount of people that like to dress
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governor of New Hampshire in 1986 and 1988.3 With the knowledge of how to run a successful campaign‚ Shaheen decided to pursue her own political goals by running for the state legislature‚ where she served three terms. In 1996‚ Shaheen‚ with six years of experience from the New Hampshire Senate‚ decided to run for governor. Despite a democratic senator not having been elected since 1980‚ Shaheen overcame all obstacles and became the first female governor of New Hampshire. Shaheen served as governor
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What Are You Proud Of? By: Mulki Abshir Certain things happen in your life that you never forget; sometimes they’re happy moments‚ other times sad moments and sometimes they’re even powerful moments like when it’s your turn to be bullied. I’ve always thought that when your friends or you get bullied‚ by ignoring the bully would make them leave you alone but I realized it just makes things worse. It was 3rd grade in Elementary School‚ a year that I realized something important. So far
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------------------------------------------------- How to be funny in a speech when you’re not a comedian Comedians aren’t funny in real life. Like any other profession‚ funny is what they do‚ not what they are. In real life‚ comedians work and struggle just like the rest of us to be good at their jobs. Joan Rivers‚ Richard Pryor‚ Billy Connolly Chris Rock – all the greatest comics wrote‚ rewrote and rehearsed their routines with great care and diligence‚ using classic techniques for content and delivery to get the laughs. If you have
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2-OriginsofCiv-FINAL.pdf What evidence might you give in favor of‚ or opposed to‚ the following claims. You have a balanced and considered review of at least four the civilizations learned in unit 1: a) The earliest civilizations hardly benefited anyone other than the small‚ largely urban and male elites. Cities developed into bid industry of manufacturing and gave opportunity on specialized jobs such as government officials. b) Some segments of the population became worse off as a result of the development
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