Motusaga Vaeoso Journal Assessment # 10 Feb 06‚ 2008 English 130 What is more important‚ the grade or the lesson learned? Most students go to class to make a good grade‚ so that when it comes on their report card it looks great. Others want the good grade because it is what their parents want. However all of these reasons that I have and not listed are all wrong. Reason enough for this is that your are not getting anything from it‚ nothing‚ nada‚ zilch. The main reason why we go to school is
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Throughout the rest of this essay‚ I would like to recreate that experience. Over the course of this meeting I was able to walk away with two valuable lessons. First‚ I learned that a person’s problems can have serious repercussions on not only their lives‚ but all the lives around them. Alcoholism being a prime example of this. Another little lesson that I was able to take away from this experience was just the realization that alcoholism and such problems happen to people from all different walks
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2.- Did you like the movie ? Why? Yes ‚ I liked it especially because of the unorthodox storyline and how it examines the racial tensions that are still alive today. The movie promotes racial awareness‚ but like any conversation about race‚ it demands close inspection. We see a variety of African American men and women‚ several Hispanic characters‚ a Persian family‚ and several Asians. A scene will switch to another only because the initial characters story line is intersecting with that of the
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Introduction Virtually every business today uses at least one form of computer information technology. Business firms use computers to automate and assist in managing everything from operations‚ sales‚ finance‚ and logistics. Internal databases and intranets are used for internal controls and organizations are connected via the internet to conduct sales‚ marketing and many other communications and transactions. Electronic business‚ or e-business‚ is dominating modern markets and the business world
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Failure‚ while a challenge and a pain in the moment‚ leads to greater potential and later success when experience is gained from the failure. When nothing is learned from failure‚ it is a wasted opportunity. Ever since I was a kid‚ I played golf. I loved going out for a round after school with my dad and brother. We were not very good‚ but my freshman year (my brother’s senior year) we both tried out for the golf team at school. Neither of us had ever played competitively‚ so it was a whole new game
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The lessons we take from obstacles we encounter can be fundamental to later success. An obstacle can be a setback and anything that challenges you. I have faced many of challenges‚ but all of them have made me stronger. For example‚ when I was in 7th grade I broke my ankle at the beginning of football season. Another example is when I was in 8th grade I found out I had ADD‚ which makes it really hard to stay focused. Also this past summer I gained 30 pounds‚ which was really hard when football season
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We may not see it‚ but consciously we know it is there. In contribution to this‚ the movie "Crash" written and directed by Paul Haggis shows individuals‚ such as‚ family members‚ business people‚ working people‚ and strangers say the most harmful and violent thing to each other. Every character in the movie have their own scenario or irony facing a range of prejudice: gender‚ class‚ and‚ above all‚ race. Crash is not just a matter of colliding cars against each other but also an indication of culture
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The negative psychological effects of racism in the world are significant. Racism poisons our society through the unnecessary and recessive hate and ignorance it brings upon us. The movie “Crash”‚ directed by Paul Haggis‚ shows us how racism can sneak up on you and subconsciously affect your decisions and the way you act throughout day-to-day life. Even the best of people can incidentally succumb to racism‚ as exemplified by Officer Tommy Hansen‚ played by Ryan Phillipe. Officer Tommy shoots Larenz
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My Implications and Learned Lessons in Business Negotiation Being a salesperson like me‚ I must admit that it is a tough marketplace out there and strong negotiating skills are fundamental to achieving and more importantly sustaining career and business success‚ particularly within a competitive sales and marketing environment. Those of us who want to achieve better results‚ both at work and in our private lives‚ need to develop effective negotiating skills. It is worth to bear in mind that if
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The Lessons Learned in My Career and My future Aspirations In last several decades‚ people can see constantly development of technology. This has affected a lot of aspects of society such as education‚ defence‚ industry and so on‚ especially in economy. The development of economy goes a long side with the development of technology that create a number of jobs for people. In other words‚ nowadays‚ people have a lot of choices to choose a job for them. Although many people want to work in financial
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