John F. Kennedy once said‚ “ask not what your country can do for you‚ ask what you can do for your country.” No matter the scale‚ whether it be nationally or locally‚ in order to create a thriving community‚ it is essential that all members contribute in various avenues of life. From the intellectual prestige of scientists‚ the leadership skills of politicians‚ to the resilience of construction workers‚ each and every capacity is essential for a successful community. Through communal action‚ individuals
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Introduction Technology has evolved over millions of years to writing on rocks in caves to writing on a piece of paper made from trees. These improvements have impacted the world in positive and negative ways. Positive ways can be such as the telephone it has gone from being a brick to a thin and small which has helped for holding it and when you are ringing someone. A negative impact can be such as drugs because of the new technology people just walking around on the streets can create their own
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academic and leadership roles. I sleep no more than six hours a night because of my desire to expertly meet my many commitments. Throughout my life‚ I have worked as long and as hard as I possibly can to effect beneficial changes in both school and society. During the summer of tenth grade‚ I took a number theory course at Johns Hopkins University with students from Alaska‚ California‚ and Bogota‚ Colombia. Similarly‚ during the summer following eleventh grade‚ I was one of ninety students from New
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pre-historic times. With time‚ these groups have evolved to become organized and civilized societies and have adopted different norms‚ cultures and trends that distinguish them from the other societies. But the process of evolution did not stop and continues till date‚ leading to the formation of the modern society by putting the traditional society behind the scene. The question of preferring the modern society over traditional one or vice-versa is a highly debatable issue and cannot be adequately
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To the staff of the National Honor Society (NHS)‚ I am a candidate‚ whom you have invited to join your organization‚ writing to discuss my qualifications. As of right now‚ I am extremely honored by the fact that the only reason I was considered eligible to join you was because of my grade-point average‚ which is 3.57‚ but‚ I am also aware that the other requirements necessary for me to join NHS include a demonstration of positive traits of character‚ service‚ and leadership. Reading the necessary
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Xi Xie 3578 Conhocton Rd. Painted Post‚ NY 14870 March 18‚ 2014 To Whom it May Concern: I am writing on behalf of Jiang Wang regarding his application for the National Honor Society program. Jiang and I have been neighbors for over 5 years‚ but have known each other for more than a decade. During this time‚ I have gotten to know Jiang quite well and can thoroughly vouch for his scholarship‚ service‚ leadership‚ and character. Jiang is a very selfless person. He is both nice and caring for
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Whether it was holding the door open for the person behind me or simply telling them to have a nice day‚ my favorite thing to do has always been to make people smile. In elementary school‚ more often than not‚ I assumed the role of class helper. This entailed staying after class parties to help clean up messes or spending extra time at recess to make sure all of the kickballs were in their specific spots. As I’ve grown up‚ it only makes sense that my love for helping people in any shape or form has
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basic level of incorporation‚ social conditioning is actually essential to making any society work. In our own society‚ it is done organically through human interaction‚ as we are taught to act like those around us and follow a certain set of social expectations. However‚ social conditioning often has to be taken to an extreme level in literary utopian societies. In fact‚ it would not be possible for a utopian society to exist without social conditioning of some sort. This is because Utopias are an
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individual’s behaviour in order to be uniform and consistent with the expectations of a social system. Conformity provides order and stability in a society as well as a sense of equality‚ a sense of belonging and identity and the freedom to achieve their full potential. These positive aspects of conformity are explored through the visual text‚ Dead Poets Society. Conformity is vital in the promotion of equality. Through conformity individuals can gain a sense of impartiality since there are no outliers
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One of the essential themes of the Tempest is the duality between nature and society. This is made evident through the character of Caliban: the disfigured fish-like creature that inhabits the island at which the play takes place. Caliban lacks civilized influence due to the fact that he was born on the island deprived of any social or spiritual morality other than nature and instinct. He is literally man untamed. Caliban is not monstrous simply for the sake of being frightening‚ his ghastly
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