believe that it is for the good of character if all high school students should have to do at least forty hours of community service throughout their high school career. I will explain why it is such a great idea for this to pass in all high school. First of all‚ community service is the doing of work for a needy person or people for no pay at all. When a person does community service they can build character while also learning about a skill that they may have never known that they were good
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1. An area of the forest that experiences very little change in species composition is a climax community/primary succession. Climax community 2. The amount of oxygen in a fish tank is a tolerance zone/limiting factor that affects the number of fish that can live in the tank. Limiting factor 3. Ecological succession/Secondary succession describes the events that take place on a hillside that has experienced a destructive mudslide. Ecological succession 4. Lack of iron in the photic zone
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John. W. Blessingame‚ The Slave Community: The Plantation Life in The Antebellum South (Oxford University Press‚ Inc: 1972‚ 1979). John Wesley Blassingame was a scholar‚ historian‚ educator‚ writer‚ and leading pioneer in the study of American slavery. He received a bachelor’s degree at Fort Balley State College in 1969‚ a master’s degree at Howard University in 1961‚ and a doctorate at Yale University in 1971. He then became a history professor at his alma mater in 1974 at Yale University.
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A community is a group of people who live in the same area and share common interests‚ needs‚ resources‚ and environment. These communities also can be described as the area in which they live such as towns‚ cities‚ locals‚ or neighborhoods. A society that is characterized as a specific area holds geographic boundaries. I have chosen to examine the Sugar House community located in the heart of Salt Lake City where I work and live. The Sugar House community holds geographic boundaries and sharing
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Intro A community can be viewed as a people that share common languages. Attributes and many other cultural similarities. Strong communities usually signify a unity or bond. This bond forms a sense of sense of self and "brotherhood". However‚ this does not appear to exist in the Black community. Slavery has nearly destroyed the existence of any unity. When the Africans were taken from African‚ different tribes were mixed together on the ships and stripped of their identities. The differences between
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Critically examine the concept of ‘community’ in relation to virtual community. It is difficult to examine the concept of ‘community’ as the term ‘community’ is used in a very wide sense to refer to many different figurations of people (Bell & Newby‚ 1974)‚ thus generating a large number of separate definitions (Stacey‚ 1969). In order to gain an understanding of what ‘community’ really means it is important to consider the history of its usage. The term originated in the fourteenth century and
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than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed” (Woodrow Wilson). There isn’t anything as important as working together for the common good of our community; personally‚ this would mean to bring change and cooperate with others to create an impact. I believe that volunteering is not only about completing the necessaries hours to graduate‚ it’s also about helping the vulnerable and the less fortunate or even helping to doing little things that can improve our communities. Another
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care for others. I feel obligated to utilize my gifts in an organization as prestigious as the National Honor Society. Over the past years as a scholar‚ I believe that I have demonstrated all four principles: scholarship‚ leadership‚ character‚ and service. During my high school career‚ I have put a lot of effort into my schoolwork and have challenged myself with many advanced courses. I have successfully been competing with other students for the top position in certain subjects since elementary
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Yesenia Rodriguez 12-5-2011 Reflection Essay Duchesne Scholar As one of the coordinators of the St. Stephen’s AIDS Dinner I feel it’s every individual’s responsibility to help others in their community and beyond. The weekly routine is to travel into New York City to help serve food at Stephen’s church to men and women who suffer from AIDS. The women and men who attend the Saint Stephens AIDS dinner are in a way people who have lost many things in life due to their illness. In many
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