Honor‚ Courage‚ Commitment Throughout its history‚ the Navy has met all its challenges with success. The United States naval service began during the American Revolution‚ when on October 13‚ 1775; the Continental Congress authorized a few small ships be constructed. These small ships created the Continental Navy. Commodore Esek Hopkins was appointed commander in chief and 22 officers were commissioned‚ including The famous Captain‚ John Paul Jones. From the very beginning of naval service
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Kellie Crouch Honors U.S History Britain’s financial problems accumulated over a long period of time. However after the victory following the French and Indian war‚ Britain’s financial problems increased tremendously since war was not cheap Even though Britain was victorious; there success came at a great cost. For instance‚ on January 1763 Britain was 122 million pounds (a little over two hundred million dollars in U.S. currency) in national debt. Because of Britain’s enormous debt which
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life following the National Honor Society conduct and its rules. For example‚ in the field of leadership I was the advisory council representative in my ninth grade advisory. I would like to join the National Honor Society to participate in helping to make my community better. Hurricane Sandy destroyed many peoples’ homes‚ one of my close friends Abid Yazdani’s home was destroyed and I volunteered to go help and clean his apartment. I believe I should join the National Honor Society because I believe
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I feel honored to be considered for acceptance into the National Honor Society. I feel a great pride to even be considered by such a stellar organization. I feel that I am deserving of admittance into the National Honor Society by way of my leadership qualities and academic performance during my high school career. I am student that is involved in the arts and sciences more than sports. I never played a team sport in high school‚ but I feel that marching band and musical alike have allowed to
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The Honors Forum meeting that has influenced me the most in the last month was the meeting on what is considered proper dress attire. I’ve never been the most well dressed person‚ so having someone lay out what is appropriate was very helpful. Something that that stuck out to me was the way that people perceive you based on what you wear. It makes complete sense now that someone has said it to me‚ but it has begun to change the way that I see myself. In the line of work that I am going into where
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I would like to be a part of National Honor Society. Before selecting me to be a part of National Honor Society I think you should understand my beliefs and views on topics such as scholarship‚ leadership‚ character‚ and service. I believe that success in scholarship is very important. I think that you should earn good grades more for self-satisfactory reasons rather than for rewards that your parents give you. I feel accomplished when I work hard and do well in a difficult class because I know
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Students everywhere are being picked for honor societies in their schools. When a student learns that they have been selected for such an honor‚ it encourages them to maintain their standing‚ or even find a higher ground. I‚ Matthew Hurley‚ was ecstatic to learn that I was considered for the honor society of Fairview Schools. I am now a third quarter sophomore and through my time so far in high school‚ I believe I have shown the qualities of a student in the Honor Society. I strongly adhere to the thought
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I feel that I am a good candidate for National Honor Society for a number of reasons. I volunteer for community service very often and I am very involved in school activities. Finally‚ I have received several awards and have accomplished a lot throughout my high school career. I believe I meet the criteria for National Honor Society because I have a couple leadership positions‚ I am active in community service‚ I am very involved in school activities‚ and I have been recognized for several prestigious
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Duty‚ Honor‚ Country I was in the Cold War. I worked by and carried nuclear warheads. The warheads had a twenty- mile kill zone‚ after that was the burn zone. Then there was the sickness zone. I carried that. My regiment was highly trained in spotting Soviet spies. We had trained on the newest gear they used and wore in certain areas. Every German and US soldier knew to kill any spies in the Baden Württemberg State of West Germany. I was on guard duty and I used that terrible power. I had to;
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Honor is defined as having respect for someone‚ mostly for being moral and knowledgeable. What if through a variety of trials one comes to realize honor is not always the right thing for all of mankind? This happens for Creighton through his many struggles he learns honor is not always the best guide for his choices in life. Creighton helped out the Americans because they were in need and that was courageous because he is from Britain turning alliance with another Country. He saved the print shop
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