everyday life. Each ideal holds unique meaning to me. Scholarship means learning‚ service means giving back to the community‚ community means feeling one’s connection to others‚ and creativity means using the mind to create something original; however‚ I identify most strongly with scholarship and creativity. These ideals influence a great deal of things in my life‚ from my decisions to my perspective on the world. To me‚ scholarship means not only constantly learning but also striving to expand one’s
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What is a Professional Learning Community? NaKishia D. Glenn Gardner-Webb University Abstract Throughout this paper you will be able to gain more knowledge on what a Professional Learning Community (PLC) is. I will explore two different areas: general characteristics of PLCs and the big ideas that are associated with them. I will refer to different types of students throughout this paper. When I mention high achievers I will be referring to those are students whose test scores put them in the
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What Freedom Means to Me: An American Ideal Defined Through the Eyes of a Teenager Intro to U.S. History 101-03 Prof. Paul Elovitz Claudia Molina February 1‚ 2013 Cmolina1@ramapo.edu 201-491-4761 Freedom means many different things to many people‚ but to me it means I can live in a country that believes in life‚ liberty and the pursuit of happiness. I mean this is the “Land of the Free”. However‚ these are things that not everyone can experience. Freedom to me also means I can
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For me personally‚ in one word‚ democracy means freedom. More in depth‚ democracy is much more complex because it allows all citizens to have an equal say in many different decisions that affect lives. Democracy allows citizens of the United States to equally voice their opinion through elected representatives and by the creation of new laws and the freedom of speech. The country used to be run under communism which was much more controlled than democracy. No one was allowed to own their own
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Times‚ a novel which satirises school teachers who teach “nothing but facts” and regards students as "little vessels ... ready to have imperial gallons of facts poured into them until they were full to the brim." Reciting facts for students to absorb is undoubtedly an easy method of teaching‚ but is it effective? This essay attempts to answer the question of what it means to be an effective teacher by examining in more detail five areas that‚ when implemented effectively‚ can help to produce a productive
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to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power. In simpler terms‚ art is what we find to be pleasing to our senses. In my opinion‚ art does not have a true definition. Its definition is different for all of us. To me‚ art is a way for one to express themselves. Each piece of art means something different for every one of us. Just because we don’t understand a particular piece does not mean that it’s not considered art in society. We can all appreciate a nice photograph or painting
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their goals is very important to me. I wish to make a difference no matter how small. These are just a few of the many reasons why education is a vital necessity for myself. In high school I had a wonderful biology teacher. She never based anything on test and I learned more than biology in her class. Her favorite saying that she pounded into every student’s head was "If you find a job you love then you will never have to work a day in your life." This simple yet powerful statement is one of the
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Citizen Kane is a brilliant piece that changed the film industry‚ illustrated the American dream‚ and accurately lampoons the life of William Randolph Hearst. Citizen Kane was produced‚ directed‚ co-written‚ and acted out by Orson Welles in 1941‚ by Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) studios . The movie appears to be unanimously popular both in the day it was produced and even more so today. The film techniques used were due to the fact that Welles was an amateur‚ and his camera man was adventurous. Citizen
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question 4 Hodge Shannon English composition 1 What I’s work Work is the process of initiating an action or the process of creating an effect or outcome‚ Work is also an activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result. But this is not how the world defines work most people see work as doing something in a more strenuous way‚ pain‚ suffering and slavery to a task‚ this artificial definition is how most people define work . The reason why people prefer
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sentient beings‚ except the ones you eat. I mean it made sense right? Everyone ate chicken strips and hamburgers‚ who wouldn’t? One night‚ a little over two years ago I came across an undercover video of the standard slaughterhouse practices. My heart broke. How was I supposed to go back to the way things were? Acting like I didn’t know that what I was eating came from such an immoral source. As I started researching and discovering more about the animal industry‚ I made the choice to try a quite different
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