Essay On Why a Scholarship Will Benefit Me As a High School graduate in 2003‚ I focused on making money full-time and furthering my education part-time. At age 20‚ I became a single mother. A few years later‚ I had my second child. I continued to pursue my education off and on over the years. I was focused on getting my Associate’s in Business. In 2009 I attended a 10 month program that certified me as a Medical Assistant. I thought that certification would reward me with higher paying positions
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I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: In the words of a popular artist it is time to “drop it like it’s hot”. Many of you might not know who Dave Barry is‚ and to be honest neither did I. He is an award-winning writer and columnist. He once said‚ “The four building blocks of the universe are fire‚ water‚ gravel and vinyl”. B. Central Idea: When you own a vinyl; you are collecting a piece of art‚ an emotion‚ and most importantly your collecting a piece of yourself. C. Creditability: Vinyl records
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Hello everyone and welcome to the Zoo’s and Aquariums Committed to Conservation first annual gala! We have a few special guest speakers lined up for this evening. The first guest speaker I would like to introduce is extremely smart‚ driven‚ and knowledgeable in her field. As a kid she dreamed of becoming a vet. Even her poor stuffed animals found out the hard way‚ as a kid she used to try and perform surgery on them. But she didn’t want to just take care of kittens and puppies and guinea
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I. Attention Getter: Robert Blum‚ a professor at Johns Hopkins University directed the “Global Early Adolescent Study” that found that children from a very young age and widely different backgrounds “will internalize this myth that girls are vulnerable and boys are strong and independent”. II. Credibility: I have personally experienced gender stereotyping as well as gender inequality. Although it is not as bad as it used to be‚ inherit values within our society constrain women’s roles and opportunities
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I. Attention Getter: Last weekend I was working at a local soccer tournament where I was in charge of selling raffle tickets for a chance to win a round trip for two to Madrid‚ Spain for a four night five day trip. During my long three days working for this raffle booth I noticed that no one really bothered to listen or even consider to buy raffle tickets. As curious as I was to why people weren’t buying I decided to ask one of the parents spectating their son’s game. I asked “how come you wouldn’t
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Writing an Introduction for Your Rhetorical Devices Speech Before writing the introduction‚ think about what your audience needs to know to better understand your speech. What is the main idea of your speech? What is the mood or tone of your speech? How can you connect with the audience through shared experiences or values? How can you incorporate emotional appeal? Can you make it creative? Your introductions should be 20-45 seconds without rushing. Your introduction should include
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Kenneth Boozer Introduction Speech Outline Introduction Speech Outline Katelyn Broekema CRN: 22208012 I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: Salutations class‚ my name is Kenneth Boozer and I am very happy to be participating in COM 101 with you all! Let me get to know all of you by first introducing myself! B. Reason to Listen: We all have things that mean a lot to us‚ things that we hold dear to us‚ and I would like to show you things that mean a lot to
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Introduction Speech Fox Speech of Introduction: The Day I was Born Speech For your introduction speech you will present a brief speech on the day you were born. This speech is meant to be an icebreaker and is your time to introduce yourself to your fellow classmates and me. Do some research and find out a few interesting pieces about the day you were born. If you cannot find anything you would like to use on the exact day‚ you may expand out to the week‚ month‚ or year. Please try to stay
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Attention Attention Definition; Attention is the cognitive process of selectively concentrating one aspect of the environment while ignoring other things. We are particularly attentive to stimuli that appear exceptionally bright‚ large‚ loud‚ novel or high in contrast. Attention We also pay greater attention to stimuli that are particularly meaningful or are relevant to our motivations. E.g.‚ If we are hungry ‚we are more apt to be sensitive to food and food related stimuli. It also
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Self introduction speech Some of you might think I brought in these boxing gloves because I am a boxer or inspire to be a professional fighter someday‚ but in all honesty its none of these things. When I take a look at these gloves I see my past‚ present and future. How these boxing gloves represent my past is the way I grew up as a kid. As I was younger I was always moving locations‚ didn’t have many friends and was not the biggest kid in school‚ so for some reason I would get bullied
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