4. What do you feel is your most significant accomplishment? My most significant accomplishment is stepping out of my comfort zone freshman year and joining the Forensics team. I no longer have a fear of public speaking in front of people whom I don’t know. I have made tons of new friends and developed new opinions and views on certain aspects that affect our world. I have competed at state twice and been told by multiple people I always look happy and engaged watching other people’s pieces
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Gregory Sidon Eng MO1A July 22‚ y It was a cool summer evening going into senior year with a slight breeze sliding over our scalps. The branches were swaying ever so calmly at the park on the Texas Track. I was with my cousin James who I always looked up too growing up‚ but now resented. He was the kid who always knew what to say and had a demeanor that was cool to the touch. With the long hair‚ gauges‚ and cool skate clothes. I wanted to be just like that. I was raised in private school
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Describe the most significant challenge you have faced and the steps you have taken to overcome this challenge. How has this challenge affected your academic achievement? The biggest and most important challenge I’ve ever had in my life was when I came to study a month ago to this country (United States). For me it is still a very big challenge why I am living alone with my aunt and sister and it is not the same confidence that you have with your parents‚ all my family stayed in Mexico why my
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Choose five items from the following list and identify their significance during the 1970s: • Cuyahoga River‚ OH (Cleveland) fire 1969 • Love Canal • Silent Spring • Population Bomb • Endangered Species Act (1966‚ 1969‚ & 1973) • Clean Water Act (1972‚ 1977) • Conservationism vs. environmentalism • Acid rain • Ozone layer • Rainforests • Depletion of fossil fuels • Climate change Event Significance Clean Water Act (1972‚ 1977) The clean water act was made to make all
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Social Movements James Hodges 2-4-2012 Christine Hooper It appears that as the civil rights movement was developing in the 1960s other minority groups were joining the cause. The American Indians were one of these groups. One specific account of this movement was captured by an article in the New York Times. An American Indian woman living in New York started pushing for the responsible use of traditional Indian customs. She started to organize and promote these traditional customs in an effort
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Describe the most significant challenge you have faced and the steps you have taken to overcome this challenge. How has this challenge affected your academic achievement? The greatest challenge I have faced in my life is overcoming my anxiety and panic disorder that plagued my life for several years. In eighth grade‚ I began to experience a high level of anxiety that stemmed from the news that my grandfather was diagnosed with stage four cancer. It hit me deeply as I constantly worried about his state
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The 1950’s was a time of rock-and-roll and poodle skirts. Although‚ it wasn’t all fun and games. Global events such as the treaty with Japan‚ the bus boycott‚ and the Korean War occurred during the 1950’s era. Sputnik was also launched in this period‚ along with the invention of the color television and remote control. Plus‚ a vaccine for polio was created. Film stars and some musicians were big the time‚ too. Don’t forget‚ the ‘50’s had its’ own style of clothing. On September 1‚ 1939‚ the start
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The 1960’s was a decade of extreme changes and different contrasts. For many in the massive post-World War II baby boom generation‚ it was the best and worst for this time. In the 1960’s‚ deep cultural changes were taking place among the women in American society. Females‚ more than ever were entering the paid workplace. This increased dissatisfaction within women regarding gender disparities in pay and the concern for sexual harassment
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There are many different moments that define someone’s life. The most significant moment might happen when you are 2 years old‚ or maybe when you are 70. I personally think this moment has yet to surface in my life. With that being said‚ the most salient moment in my life so far would have to be when I decided to sign up for the football team. One day I was relaxing at home after school when I heard about the weight training program the high school offered for football players. My friend encouraged
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Amid the 1970s‚ rape victims were not considered significant‚ and it required some severe energy before a rape victim could be helped. The individuals who investigated rape cases went all around in investigating a rape case which would even influence the victims to abandon following up on their claims. Today‚ in any case‚ rape victims are afforded the essential aid‚ and rape or sexual assault is taken with a considerable measure of weight as with every other crime. In the 1970s‚ it was assumed that
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