The Age of Exploration People in history: A sailor on a named voyage of discovery during the Age of Exploration I was a sailor on Columbus’s first voyage of discovery. I lived in Palos‚ where Columbus began his voyage. I was an experienced sailor but others were freemen who came along with promises of fame and riches. In all there were about 90 of us on the three ships which Columbus got from Ferdinand and Isabella‚ the king and queen of Spain. I sailed on the Santa Maria which was the flagship
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I feel honored to achieve the National Junior Honor Society award‚ ever since I received the letter informing me about how I earned the award I was very excited. This award means a lot to me and I have set high goals all school year ever since hearing about it. Every day I come to school and set high goals for myself whether it’s to earn all A’s‚ learn something new‚ or get an award. I feel education is very important and so far all this school year I only have been absent once and I’ve never been
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Teacher Interview For this interview‚ I interviewed a teacher‚ Mrs. Berry‚ who has been working at Century Junior High for the past eight years. She teaches at a junior high school‚ which according to the textbook‚ Introduction to Education‚ provides a curriculum that is distinctive for adolescents (Kauchak‚ 2014). She actually is an alumnus of Moraine Valley Community College which she attended from 1982 to 1984. Then‚ she attended Illinois State University from 1984 to 1986 and obtained a liberal
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JROTC JROTC is a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps. It is a program designed to encourage students to become better citizens. With a responsibility on leadership training‚ and building up skills. The mission of JROTC is to motivate students to be better citizens. a better character‚ and self-discipline . There are some differences between a regular school and a JROTC program‚ elective. The ROTC program is a military program in schools to encourage discipline and brotherhood between classmates
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ding‚ let the match begin: Gang vs. Club". The vast selection of words that a person can choose in order to relate his or her message to other people makes language versatile and great. Like most languages‚ the English Language has numerous words that have the same meaning; these pairs of words are called synonyms. Even if a pair of words is a synonym‚ their connotations can be different. An example of a pair of synonyms with different implications is gang and club. The dictionary definition of gang
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Lisa Shen Black Student Union hosted a school wide event where students received the honor of meeting a World War II veteran on Friday‚ February 21. In addition‚ essay finalists delivered speeches that reflected the significance and impact of the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II. Sophomores Zane Landin (1st place winner) and Mia Liang (2nd place winner) received the opportunity to present their essays. “The speech was about the Tuskegee Airmen and how their past‚ present‚ and future has affected
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Toddlers climbed and clomped around the playground area of the park as their watchful mothers sat gossiping and trading parenting tips currently in vogue. Sweethearts‚ half hidden by Willow trees‚ inhabited personal islands consisting of blankets‚ absorbed in each other as a group of skins and shirts played a game of two hand touch up and down the field. Two silver haired gentlemen‚ engrossed in a chess game‚ met here everyday from spring thaw to first frost. Both were widowers and their wives had
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JROTC stands for the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps. This program is offered to students in high school that teaches them character education‚ student achievement‚ wellness‚ leadership and diversity. During these past four years in high school I was a part of this program and it’s taught me great things. Things that I know I’ll be able to use in the real world. There are three great memories/ moments that I experienced while being in this program that I will like to share. The first one would
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In this modern age why do people stigmatize people with substance abuse issues? For the first time Cope is beginning to ask himself the right questions that will lead to sobriety. For example‚ he asked‚ “What did I mean by God? Where would I find this faith? Why was I the only one in our family who became addicted? And most importantly‚ why do I keep relapsing?” Cope realizes everything he has in his whole life depends on his sobriety. I think this is the first step for anyone recovering. Admitting
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Club Med Case Analysis Introduction Club Mediterranee was founded by a group of friends in the year 1959 as a nonprofit association‚ and it became the ninth-largest hotel company in the world in 1986. Also‚ “Family Spirit” has become an indispensable culture as a part of this company. During it is development of the company and industry. Club Med’s “All-inclusive‚ club-style” resort model has achieved overwhelming advantages in this industry. As a result‚ due to Club Med’s great influence in travel
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