its a Scholarship thingy! Don’t need to correct grammar but need an idea for the last paragraph? When I examine the figures of inspiration in my life‚ I think of Amanda Smith. Teachers can have an influence that can change a student’s life for good and that’s what she did with me. My high school agriculture teacher‚ Mrs. Smith‚ with her loving heart and cheesy humor‚ was one of my most influential teachers. During my high school years‚ she demonstrated to us how important we were to her through
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The career I am interested in is landscaping. I am interested in landscaping because‚ I like to be outside and do hands on work. I also really like gardening and making places flourishing with beautiful flowers and such. My Aunt and Uncle own their own landscaping business and there are the number one landscaping business in Eau Claire. I love to see and help my Aunt and Uncle on the great work they do for their customers. Some tasks and responsibilities I will have to face in my career will be
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I am a rising third year student and am interested in a being considered for an institutional scholarship. I am from a lower middle class immigrant family‚ where neither one of my parents finished high school; however‚ they still firmly believe in the importance of education and constantly encourage me to make it my number one priority in life. Growing up‚ my family lived paycheck to paycheck and always struggled to make ends meet. My father actually just moved to Texas this past weekend because
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Kristopher Yates 1/29/17 Leading Lives That Matter Apply Themes of Authenticity‚ Virtue‚ and Discernment to Living a Personally Significant Life To be Authentic means being actually and exactly what is claimed. Authentic implies being fully trustworthy as according with fact; it can also stress painstaking or faithful imitation of an original. To me to be an authentic person means a variety of things. You’re not into materialistic things‚ everyone likes nice things but it should be
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Career describes an individuals’ journey through learning‚ work and other aspects of life. There are a number of ways to define a careeCareer is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as a person’s "course or progress through life (or a distinct portion of life)". In this definition career is understood to relate to a range of aspects of an individual’s life‚ learning and work. Career is also frequently understood to relate only to the working aspects of an individuals life e.g. as in career woman
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Research and Apply Project Worksheet Fossil Fuel: Coal Renewable Energy Resource: Solar power Describe this resource: Coal is a nonrenewable resource but for Solar power it is an renewable resource Advantages of this resource: Coal has a large source of energy than natural gases and oil. Coal has power that is not from weather that is formed by wind and solar power. Solar power cannot create pollution and it is also a renewable resource. Disadvantages of this resource:Coal can burn dirty
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The Ridge Scholarship Essay For this essay‚ I chose as my influence the classic American novel‚ The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Many people know The Great Gatsby as a book they were forced to read in high school. If truth be told‚ I count myself among that group. I believed‚ like many of my fellow classmates‚ that our seemingly fruitless efforts at dissecting the meaning of this book could have been better utilized toward more “important” things. However‚ once I started college last
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In order to be productive‚ you can’t stop moving. Everyday‚ I set a goal for myself to do something. It could be writing a scholarship essay‚ making a piece of artwork‚ or reading a book. I also set a checklist for the day‚ giving me an outline of what I need to do. I set reminders on my phone‚ write down notes‚ or record anything of interest in my sketchbook. I always try to stay on top of everything‚ so that I never suffocate beneath them. I’m a also huge fan of the Eisenhower Matrix‚ it makes
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Career vs. Calling At some point in one’s life‚ the need to be self-sustaining makes contemplating about a career come to the forefront. On the other hand‚ what one thinks is his or her calling becomes a determinant in career choice. When one’s career and calling overlap‚ a strong argument can be made that that person lives a life of contentment. But what is the difference between a calling and a career? According to Thompson‚ “A deep sense of passion often is connected with a calling.” I fully
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October 8th‚ 2013 Reading Response on a Career-Related Article The article I chose is called “Wanted: Young workers to do a new generation of jobs”. The reason I chose this article is because it relates to me because I am young and interested in work and the article mainly focuses on that. This article relates to Career Studies because with the advancement of future technology‚ more jobs will be created especially for teenagers and young adults. Career Studies focuses on jobs for me and employment
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