I deserve to win this scholarship because I am a hard worker‚ I am determined‚ and I have the ability to follow through with the education needed to achieve the goals in my life. I am a straight A student and always looking for a challenge. I am passionate‚ driven‚ and have very high expectations. Because of these qualities‚ I have always put my studies over everything else. I have faith and believe in myself that I will follow through and obtain the quality education that I am striving for. With
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I Believe Essay Draft 2 09/14/12 Word Count 842 The Power of Forgiveness I believe in forgiveness. I never really understood the meaning of forgiveness. When people hurt me or treat me badly I always thought the best way to handle it is to hold it in. I never showed anger on the outside but just kept it all in. Instead‚ I let it boil inside of me. My kind act toward those who hurt me was a shield from my pain. Most of my kind act was at my mother. I blamed my birth mother
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I believe..... in honesty I strongly believe that honesty is the best policy. Let’s not go overboard and think that I never tell little white lies‚ because I do‚ but usually it is to spare someone’s feelings. I have learned throughout the course of many years that telling big lies only leads to more lies. What will happen when you tell those lies? You will usually end up telling one lie to cover up another lie and eventually‚ you will end up telling on yourself. I remember this story so vividly
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The House I Live In was an amazing documentary. I was saddened to hear Nannie’s story and the stories of others that I witnessed in the film. I was blown away by how much the war on drugs is really a war on blacks more than anything else. It disgusted me to see the stereotyping of blacks by police officers under the guise of "probable cause." The police aren’t about doing real police work‚ only placing cuffs on blacks and low-income civilians and sending them to jail. It’s mind blowing to me how
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The People I Know Alfred M. Landon- Topeka‚ Kansas Broadcasted during the 1950s I believe in people. Their accomplishments as members of the society created through centuries of courageous trial and heartbreaking errors merit belief in individual thinking and the right to do so. Mankind has made astonishing progress in a few millennia. It may be that not all of our boasted progress has been of real value. It may be that we have tried to purchase material well-being at a price too high spiritually
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Where I Stand Where I Stand Growing up in a spiritual family I have always known that there was a God. A stronger power that had everything I needed. A God that was born of a virgin‚ suffered‚ died and rose on the third day after his death. This God was who we prayed to‚ trusted and told our deepest secrets to‚ knowing no one would find out about them. I was taught to pray and ask and whatever I asked for would be given to me according to his riches and
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Why I Write By Joan Didion From The New York Times Magazine‚ December 5‚ 1976. Copyright 1976 by Joan Didion and The New York Times Company. Of course I stole the title for this talk‚ from George Orwell. One reason I stole it was that I like the sound of the words: Why I Write. There you have three short unambiguous words that share a sound‚ and the sound they share is this: I I I. In many ways writing is the act of saying I‚ of imposing oneself upon other people‚ of saying listen to me
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I Want a Husband I belong to a certain classification of people known as husbands. I am a Husband. And‚ while we’re on the subject‚ I am a father as well. Recently‚ one of my female friends divorced her husband of over 10 years. She has one child‚ who is‚ evidently‚ with her. She is now looking for a new husband‚ someone new‚ younger‚ and more attractive. I thought to myself‚ “why is she in such a hurry to find a new husband?” While I was mowing the lawn the other day‚ I began thinking about my
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As I scroll through the unknown hallways of high school for the first time‚ anxious and worried of the unexpected I was about to anticipate‚ my palms start the tip of shaking heavily and sweating uncontrollably. Thinking to it‚ I knew it was a start‚ a new start of life as a beginning‚ new chapter of not just believing in finding myself‚ challenging more to my limitations‚ setting high bars‚ letting myself free to the world of judgements and doubts of others around me‚ and showing my heart to the
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students? I would make some classes shorter. I would have lots of fun. I will let some things go if the kids are getting their work done. DA The first thing I would do is make my classes smaller. At my home school it is about twenty-five kids to a class. I would make it about ten kids so it can be easier and less hassle. I would assign about two teachers to a class to help out more. One teacher can teach the whole class and the other can get some individual teaching done. The last thing I would do
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