1. “Your fears distort your reality” – He called it the “awfulizer” • When I applied to Indiana State‚ I was told by a high school teacher that this school was a horrible choice and that I wouldn’t graduate. Can you imagine how that felt? Well that fear stopped me from taking my ACT again because I was afraid of what would really happen. I constantly told myself that I couldn’t do it. Believe it or not‚ I actually didn’t go to school second semester of my senior year for two weeks because of that
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Stefan Melendez COM 122 Dr. Clare Douglass April 6‚ 2010 Ashamed of Your Heritage? Shame on You People in the United States often become ashamed of their heritage and mother language because they associate them with something negative. This shame of their heritage and mother language can make the person stop speaking their mother language‚ it can make the person not pass it forward to their children‚ it can close doors to job opportunities‚ it can cause some social problems‚ and it can cause
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“Your Only Shame is to Have Shame” Every individual in this world faces some type of problem through out their lives‚ and everyone overcomes them in different ways. People sometimes release their stress and problems through writing what they feel‚ and by writing they feel they go somewhere else. Amy Tan‚ a Chinese American‚ struggled with her true identity which influence her works which mainly focus on identity‚ the Chinese American dream‚ and family struggles. Amy Tan had a childhood full of ups
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Reading a book every now and then can benefit you. The article “How Changing Your Reading Habits Can Transform your Health” by Michael Grothaus was written to inform readers that reading a book can transform many people in having a better lifestyle. Grothaus main focus in writing this article is to give informational advice to people who are either in a bad state in life and trying to have a better life for themselves‚ or to even have a healthy life. He builds the credibility of the article by his
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Success and better life. All of us have an amazing gift‚ have you ever considered how incredible the human body is? Just look at what the brain is capable of doing and how it deals with our daily classroom requirements. Our brain needs several very important ingredients to make it more efficient with our academic success. Shockingly‚ fats are critical‚ our brains need good fats. We also need proteins‚ carbohydrates and water. These ingredients are really necessary for us to process information
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Does Your Degree Affect Your Future Job? Everyone sets goals for themselves in order to attain the most important goal of all: to get somewhere in society. Many people believe the only way to get anywhere is to have a good job and to earn a lot of money from it. Nowadays‚ higher education is becoming a desirable quality employers like to see on their future employees’ applications. How much value does your degree hold in the eyes of your future boss? Opinions of the value of higher education vary
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Important: Your Actions or Your Character? In this paper I will argue that neither your actions or character are more important than one another‚ however‚ they go hand in hand. I will argue that your actions reflect your character and vice versa. The obvious place to start would be in our everyday life. There are over 7 billion people on this planet and everyone is different in their own way‚ especially their character and how they do things. Everyone knows someone who has an amazing personality and
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Appendix A: Critical Thinking: Six Steps Used to Draft Your Paper Each course assignment is a problem to solve that requires critical thinking. When you have finished writing your draft research paper‚ reflect on the six-steps of the critical thinking process you used to complete this assignment. Include specific details to clearly demonstrate the ways in which you have applied the six steps as you completed your draft paper. Compose your reflections below. Step 1. Demonstrate a positive
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Can You Be Honest With Your Friends My sister is a person whom one might define as socially awkward. While neither of us possess the gift of tact‚ I have become slightly more adept a maneuvering unfamiliar social situations‚ whereas she avoids them wherever and whenever possible. We both have the same handicap: that being that we don’t possess a filter. Whereas most people know that it constitutes poor manners to point out a hanger from a perfect stranger’s nose‚ we feel it is our civic duty
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ARE YOU STILL PLAYING YOUR FLUTE? Are you still playing your flute? When there is hardly time for our love I am feeling guilty To be longing for your song The melody concealed in the slim hollow of the bamboo Uncovered by the breath of an artist Composed by his fingers Blown by the wind To the depth of my heart. Are you still playing your flute? In the village so quiet and deserted Amidst the sick rice fields While here it has become a luxury To spend time watching the rain Gazing
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