Mt. Hood Community College Foundation Scholarship Committee 26000 SE Stark St. Gresham‚ OR 97030 Dear Mt. Hood Community College Foundation Committee: I have walked out of blackberry fields with my fingers bleeding from being poked by the thorns‚ exhausted and thirsty from the burning heat‚ and hard labor. Till this day I remember every minute of those nine hours‚ thinking‚ how were my parents able to work like this their whole lives. They showed me how hard the life of an immigrant is and because
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civil rights‚ and success and failure were experienced along the way to achieving their goals. The background of race in America goes way back. Slavery began in 1619 when a Dutch ship brought 20 slaves over to America. Fast Forward 180 years slavery was still going on. The slavery sparked a civil war. The south was fighting for slavery‚ but the North won and slaves were freed. Fast forward another 100 years and you are in the middle of the civil rights movement. The blacks were trying to get the rights
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Be Great Scholarship Essay Being “great” like many other adjectives used to describe an individual is a subjective term. That means that great for one individual might not be great for another. This is similar to how successful for me would be to take care of my mother and father‚ while success for another would be to make a six figure salary a year. For me‚ being “great” is doing just that little bit more that separates you from the competition. A quote that I am reminded of is by Art Williams
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of service to others– an important part of life that my family has instilled in me since birth. Having the opportunity to follow my dreams and engage in the learning experience on a more personal level makes me want to work harder to achieve the goals I have set for myself. “Every child. Every day. College bound.” is the phrase Memphis City Schools uses to try to keep students a faculty engaged in the learning process. Having the opportunity to learn in a more intimate setting is something that
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tomorrow’s growth. How Open Innovation Can Help You Cope in Lean Times by Henry W. Chesbrough and Andrew R. Garman • Included with this full-text Harvard Business Review article: 1 Article Summary The Idea in Brief—the core idea 2 How Open Innovation Can Help You Cope in Lean Times Reprint R0912F SPOTLIGHT ON INNOVATION How Open Innovation Can Help You Cope in Lean Times The Idea in Brief • During tough economic times‚ placing certain assets and projects outside your company’s walls
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many ways: problem solving‚ original and innovative thinking‚ and artistically‚ to name a few. Describe how you express your creative side. Creativity to me is when someone has the skills to make something beautiful or make nice stories. If you can turn something that is ugly and turn it around completely‚ then you are a creative person. I do have a creative skill because i learned how to use scratch and turn it around. With skill I always like to decorate my room because I watch many do-it-yourself
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"You Are What You Eat" There are many reasons I believe that you are what you eat. When assessing an obese individual you would now that they have a nutritional problem. Likewise when you look at a frail underweight individual they may have a nutritional problem as well. Your health depends on what you eat. Weather an individual is obese‚ underweight‚ recovering from surgery or has a debilitating disease a balanced diet has a significant role in good health. A well balanced diet according to Lutz
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ENG 101-210 ESSAY #1 Self knowledge is crucial for individual and society. How does Cisneros demonstrate this‚ and how can you relate? If you look in the Dictionary for the word self-knowledge it says‚ “self-knowledge is the knowledge or understanding of one’s own capabilities‚ character‚ feelings‚ or motivations”. Many people find themselves in difficult situations all the time. Some don’t fight to overcome this‚ but some do. It is even more difficult when that happens to kids‚ because they
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Scholarship Boy or Not? In the essay “Achievement of Desire”‚ Richard Rodriguez takes author Richard Hoggart’s‚ “Scholarship Boy”‚ and uses it as a reference point to capture his own life experiences as a scholarship boy. Growing up in a working class house hold‚ Richard was not the average product of his environment. Much like Hoggarts’ scholarship boy‚ Rodriguez was a very dedicated student that excelled in most of his studies. Although Rodriguez had the full support of his parents he was still
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As most of you know this month is devoted to raising awareness and educating individuals about breast cancer and honoring thousands of women across our nation who have been Sadly‚ we all know someone--a mother‚ a sister‚ a friend‚ a neighbor--who has faced breast cancer. I know that I do. In fact‚ the circle grows larger every day with friends‚ families and loved ones who are stricken by breast cancer. diagnosed‚ fighting or have survived breast cancer. Breast cancer is the most common cancer among
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