Hi‚ I am an international student from Czech Republic and I am applying for college preparatory boarding school in USA. This is my short essay (100-200 words)‚ topic is "Tell us about yourself and why you would like to become a part of our school family." My story is similar like the story of thousand of other children: My father struggled with alcohol and drug problems which caused him to leave my mother and me‚ so I grew up with only my mother. Nevertheless‚ I realized what I want from my
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Life experiences shape who someone is. It not only shapes how they feel personally about themselves but also shapes what they exude and show to other people. From a rather young age I’ve had life experiences to last me a lifetime. Although not that I’m complaining‚ they say the things that happen to you in the past shape who you are in the present moment. I believe in that‚ I do. When you go through so many trials and tribulations at once you go through five stages. The first being anger‚ it feels
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Social Science Vol. 2 No. 12; July 2011 Can Ethics Be Taught? Thomas G. Ryan‚ Ed.D. Associate Professor Nipissing University (Graduate Studies) Faculty of Education Ontario‚ Canada E-mail: thomasr@nipissingu.ca Jeremy Bisson‚ M.Ed. Assistant Professor Nipissing University Ontario‚ Canada Abstract For many years educational programs have dealt with ethics. However‚ can ethics be taught? Secondly‚ how should it be taught? The notion that ethics is a process of communication that gives
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life with the unsighted notion that every important individual in their lives at the moment‚ will exist there tomorrow. However‚ in actuality‚ such is not the case. I too fell victim to the routine familiarity of expectation‚ until the day reality taught me otherwise. Growing up‚ I always found sanctuary confiding in my father’s youngest brother‚ Dean; I had a favorite uncle‚ as we all seem to have at one point in our lives. Since Uncle Dean was the youngest‚ I looked at him as the coolest out of
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The Ultimate Lesson The novel A Lesson Before Dying written by Ernest J. Gaines takes place during the middle of the great depression in a small cajun community. Jefferson‚ a young africanamerican man is caught in a liquor store shootout and is the only survivor. Jefferson being a colored man and only survivor‚ he is wrongfully convicted. Miss Emma‚ Jefferson’s godmother‚ asks the sheriff for visitation rights for school teacher‚ Grant Wiggins. Miss Emma wants Grant to help jefferson become a man
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Rights Movement‚ Toni Cade Bambara’s short story "The Lesson" tells the story of a young African-American girl named Sylvia and the important life lesson that she learns one day while on a trip to a toy store in New York. Her neighbor‚ Miss Moore‚ brings Sylvia and a group of her friends to F.A.O. Schwarz and while there‚ they come face to face with the injustices they face because of their backgrounds. Miss Moore does this to teach them a lesson‚ one that she feels that they need to learn in order
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Chapter 3 Discovering Self-Motivation Concept Choosing a meaningful purpose gives our lives a direction and creates inner motivation. Many students have not defined a personally meaningful purpose for being in college‚ let alone for being in a particular course. Unfocused‚ these students are more likely to drift from rather than to academic success. By offering them the opportunity to choose personally meaningful outcomes that they would like to achieve in college or in life‚ we assist students
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Lecture Notes 1 MSc in Operational Research Operational Research Techniques II Lecture 6 GOAL PROGRAMMING INTRODUCTION In many important real-world decision-making situations‚ it may not be feasible‚ or desirable to reduce all the goals of an organization into b. single objective. For example‚ instead of focusing only on optimizing profits‚ the organization may simultaneously be interested in maintaining a stable work force‚ increasing its share of market and limiting price increases. Goal
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This clinical has been a highly beneficial experience for me in my nursing career. I learned a variety of skills and have learned about myself as a nurse as well. By working with my assigned mother I learned both what my strengths and weakness are. One strength I encountered was my ability to work with the mother and all her visitors with ease. I was able to communicate effectively between all parties without making an awkward atmosphere or without losing my focus on the patient’s care. One weakness
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Religion‚ Experiences…How do they make you‚ “you”? What do you think makes you‚ “you”? I think your culture‚ religion‚ and experiences contribute to make a person who they are. I believe that certain aspects of humans and their experiences work together to create a person. For me‚ culture or religion can help shape a person’s characteristic because they play important roles in affecting how they view life. Another characteristic that can influence who or what a person is‚ is their experiences. When
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