After completing the Composition I class with Mrs. Gelwicks‚ I have learned many things about writing and also about myself. Three key takeaway points that I inherited‚ include the importance of time management‚ peer revision‚ and putting “heart” into each paper I write. Gaining confidence in my writing skills during this class has made me feel prepared for writing papers in college. Managing time wisely is a helpful skill to remember when writing. With each essay you have to block off time to
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Julia Alvarez’s In the Time of the Butterflies is a work of historical fiction set in the Dominican Republic during the oppressive regime of Rafael Trujillo. The four Mirabal sisters‚ Patria‚ Dede‚ Minerva and Maria Teresa pass through different versions of themselves to stop the reign of this tyrannical dictator. The theme of the courage to stand up to tyranny is most exemplified through Minerva because she discovers herself and becomes consistent with her beliefs throughout the resistence of the
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What I learned From Project Citizen… What I learned from Project Citizen is that it can be really difficult to work with individuals as a team‚ it’s especially difficult when your team is made up of some individuals that you have never worked with or if those individuals have different views‚ but working as a team sometimes is very helpful. My team was made up of 5 members by the names of Elwin Bunatao‚ Madelynn Parkinson‚ Galdino Ocampo‚ Pablo Vergara‚ and myself. It’s very difficult to work with
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THE GREATEST ETHICAL IDEAL THAT I LEARNED FROM THIS SUBJECT Ethics plays an important role in the function of society. Moreover‚ a commitment to performing specific ethical and moral standards involves a positive development of an individual’s moral character. Besides‚ specific life experiences help certain individuals to enhance the development of his or her values and morals. This paper will analyze the similarities and differences of virtue theory‚ utilitarianism‚ and deontological ethics and
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Before entering college‚ I was terrified. I often thought that what I learned in high school was not enough for me to succeed at a university. I viewed my writing skills and just my general course knowledge‚ as inadequate. While this hindered me at first‚ after experiencing my first semester in college‚ I believe that I have grown tremendously‚ not just academically‚ but socially as well. Being at such a diverse school has made me a lot more comfortable and openminded about conversing or even befriending
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Running Head: Learned Helplessness in the Workplace Paper Learned Helplessness in the Workplace Psychology 320 November 22‚ 2010 Professor: Sprinkle Abstract In the late 1960’s and early 1970s Mr. Martin Seligman began to study what effects surroundings have on not only animals‚ but human beings. His studies were an attempt to determine what ramifications outside influences could have on a live beings motivation and drive for success. He started his studies by giving rats electric
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When I was younger I was in the Palomino Horse Breeders of America Association. I was on the National Youth Board for seven years‚ my last year I was the National Youth President. Throughout my years on the board I learned a lot about team work‚ especially during my year as President. The main thing that I learned about team work is that no one on the board knew what it was. I was not too surprised because everyone in the horse industry is so competitive and high strung that they don’t trust anyone
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And it was prairie to coming to America. When I and my family came to United State I was at the age of 17‚ and I started going to school in 10th grade in the cities. Where I learned most of my English skills‚ I was so nervous at the first time that I started the school in America but at the same time I was happy to start new school. Even though‚ it was the very hardest part of coming to a new country‚ I did not give up. I had lack of understanding with the students and teachers‚ because mostly was
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In her novel In the Time of the Butterflies‚ Julia Alvarez tells a tale that shows how life can be both beautiful and horrible at the same time. The book is set in the Dominican Republic‚ where an oppressive dictator named Trujillo is in power. Living under his iron fist is the Mirabal family‚ a relatively normal family with four beautiful daughters. While the girls are protected relatively well from Trujillo’s political patriarchy‚ a few of them are introduced to patriarchy via minor oppression
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I learned a lot during my E-Term and loved every minute of it. When I first discovered I received this class‚ I was very excited. I love to watch theater productions‚ and I have always wanted to be a part of the theater. During E-Term‚ I really feel I connected with my creative side‚ and I learned a lot about myself as an actor. I really came into my own I feel as a result of my time in this class. At the beginning‚ I was still a little awkward and unsure of being impolite. I have really grown
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