Smiley Date: December 4‚ 2011 Application Essay #2 Question: The Watson Fellowship encourages Fellows to move outside of their “comfort zone.” Briefly describe your “comfort zone‚” focusing on the world beyond family life‚ and then describe an instance in which you moved outside of your “comfort zone.” In 2003‚ Together with fellow classmates we formed an Activism group‚ bearing our high school name. With a plethora of issues to confront‚ we reached consensus on increasing
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The New Madrid Fault Zone History The largest earthquake sequence the United States has ever experienced happened east of the Rocky Mountains starting out in Northeast Arkansas on December 16‚ 1811. On the Richter scale‚ it was ~7.7 and five hours later AK experienced an aftershock of a magnitude of ~7.0. A little over a month later on January 23‚ 1812 New Madrid‚ MO experienced an earthquake with a magnitude of ~7.5‚ and again on February 7‚ 1812 reaching a magnitude of ~7.7. By March 15
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Ms. Struthers‚ a French teacher‚ uses multiple strategies to accommodate Wesley‚ a student returning to the classroom environment for the first time after recuperating from a serious head injury. Struthers understood that‚ to create a successful zone of proximal development for this returning student‚ she would need to provide adult assistance and guidance as she supplied challenging tasks that would stretch his current level of independence. Although he returned to the classroom with limitations
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Anne Frank’s Message of Accountability After reading Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl‚ I have been inspired by her courage‚ faith‚ and determination. Anne’s heartfelt words motivate many to be the best person they can be. Anne’s positive outlook under great duress is an example to all. Anne Frank’s diary switches from the tiresome daily routines to discussing the horrors of what is taking place outside of the annex. It is her thoughtful moments that reach out to me and challenge me to make
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The Gray Zone by Primo Levi In the chapter‚ the gray zone‚ the author Primo Levi describes the human relationships inside the Lager. In describing the gray zone‚ Levi discusses the different roles of prisoners assigned by the Nazi. The prisoners that did the work were seen as being more privileged which at the end of the day helped them get more food and live better. Therefore‚ the concept of the gray zone is analyzing the difference between the privileged and the non-privileged in the Lager.
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Women in Combat Should They Stay or Should They Go? Women have not always been allowed to serve in combat roles in the United States Military. Thus changing throughout history makes a big difference on how people look at women serving in combat roles. Women being able to serve in combat may require them to sign up for the Selective Service. Women having to do so may also make them feel pressured to join the military if there is a draft that comes upon the United States anytime in the future
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Luis Udulutch Ashley Rowan ENG 110 9 July 2013 Inclusion of Women in Combat Units In the early 20th century feminism and the formation of the suffragettes swept across the nation giving more right to women. With more freedom women began serving in the U.S. military. Women started serving in the army as nurses as early as 1901 and soon the navy followed suit in 1908. During WWII‚ women’s roles in the military expanded as congress approved the Women’s Army Corps in 1942 (Bell). The roles of
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suggests that drones do better at both identifying the terrorist and avoiding collateral damage than anything else we have”(Choices‚ 225). Drones are really the moral high ground for war‚ an irony in itself‚ but nevertheless true. Drones are the only combat policy that America has used during the war on terror that has been
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The concentric-zone model is based on concentric rings with specific characteristics in the metropolitan area. The first study of variation of crime was carried out around the 1920’s. Shaw and McKay learned that the crime rate is at the highest point in the center of the city. The crimes include delinquency acts‚ crimes that include adults‚ and infant mortality. The heart of the city had the most crime happen‚ but on the out skirts of the city it decreased. They thought that the delinquency problem
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BUS310 ACCOUNTING THEORY AND ACCOUNTABILITY WORKSHOP 1 SOLUTIONS 1) GHHT: Chapter 1: Theory in Action 1.1 The article describes how a particular theoretical approach has been replaced by another. Explain why one theory replaces another‚ and who‚ or what‚ determines whether an existing theory survives. A theory is primarily meant to explain or predict an event‚ behaviour or outcome. Proponents of a theory look for evidence to support the theory. This evidence should be independently observed
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