education is the knowledge‚ not of facts‚ but of values” (BrainyQuote). The more one can recognize their morals‚ the further the individual can go in life. High school activities‚ community service‚ interests‚ goals‚ and values will be discussed for the Jon Richter Memorial Scholarship. First‚ high school activities will be deliberated. Throughout high school‚ I have been involved in FCCLA (Family‚ Career and Community Leaders of America)‚ FFA (Future Farmers of America)‚ Floriculture‚ HOSA (Health
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Thin Air is a tragic account of one man’s journey up the great summit of Everest. The former climber and now journalist is sent on mission that would change his life. Team members die‚ storms hit‚ oxygen is low‚ will they survive? (About ½ do survive) Jon Krakauer‚ the author of the book Into Thin Air‚ successfully used characterization‚ imagery‚ and conflict to shows the challenge and the determination as well as the mental strength needed to climb Mount Everest. The authors‚ “personal account of the
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was as cold as the ices. Thoreau" (Krakauer 117). This epigraph connects to how Chris felt about living a lie his whole life because of his family’s untold divorce situation. Thus‚ the epigraphs served many purposes. In conclusion‚ the epigraphs that Jon Krakauer provides in the beginning of each chapter in Into the Wild are a very essential part of the book. Each of them has a special connection to Chris and his epic journey. The epigraphs also has variety of effects on both the chapters and its readers
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be stressful leaving employees and the work atmosphere feeling drained of energy‚ and much worse‚ surrounded by the presence of negative energy. The relationships between employees can become strained and disconnected. The Energy Bus‚ written by Jon Gordon‚ provides solutions to get the workplace and its employees back on the path of positivity through 10 rules to fuel your life‚ work and team with positive energy. The Energy Bus works as a vehicle to deliver principles or “rules” of positive thinking
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The biography “Benjamin Franklin” by Edmund S. Morgan starts his book by telling us about Franklin’s passions. Then he briefly talks about one of the most famous parts of his autobiography‚ Franklin’s list of thirteen virtues. He then jumps into telling us about how the common thought that Jefferson’s main goal was to acquire wealth. He did say that debt and poverty were his puritan ancestors conception of hell‚ but according to Morgan Franklin’s idea of heaven was not riches‚ but actually contentment
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The TV program "MUGSHOTS" uses the testimony of authorities that worked the case along with interviews with Kemper himself as to what was happening throughout the case from both sides of the story. The product of a broken and abusive home‚ Edmund Kemper grew up timid and resentful‚ with a perception of his own inadequacy. Before the age of ten‚ Kemper graduated to living targets‚ burying the family cat alive and subsequently cutting
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The underlying values of texts ultimately connect them. Margaret Edson’s 20th century‚ postmodern play W;t and John Donne’s 17th century‚ metaphysical poetry are inextricably linked through their exploration of key concerns of humanity. Accepting one’s mortality and redeeming sins are underlying values of both texts. The importance of accepting one’s mortality is an underlying value which ultimately connects W;t and Donne’s poetry. The texts explore the anxieties of the personas’ potential death
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Chapter One: The postcard in the beginning of the chapter causes the reader to wonder what led Chris to take a dangerous journey and if it did prove fatal. “It might be a very long time before I return South. If this adventure proves fatal and you don’t hear from me again…” (qtd in Krakauer 3) Chris feels that the government should have no part in his own life and that he should be the only one controlling himself. “How I feed myself is none of the government’s business.” (Krakauer 6) Chapter Two:
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topic in today’s media. Specifically cases of rape in college towns‚ like the case of Brock Turner for example. At Jacksonville State University‚ a college campus located in Jacksonville‚ Alabama‚ the school’s staff felt obligated to pass out copies of Jon Krakauer’s book Missoula to all of the incoming freshman at their Freshman Orientation. Missoula is a book about rape culture and the justice system in a college town. It would be logical to give every college student‚ not just the freshman at Jacksonville
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Education in a "Burkian" Society The Enlightenment period was host to a variety of reforms spanning social structures and government infrastructures. There is no better example of these reforms than the French Revolution which Edmund Burke saw unfold and led him to write Reflections on the Revolution in France. Burke was strongly against these reforms and argued for tradition and rigid social structure. Had Burke written an education plan‚ like Rousseau’s Emile‚ the pupil would be well prepared
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