Sports have embodied many valuable lessons in my life that I use on and off the track. The three most valuable lessons it has taught me is how to be a leader‚ how to work with others‚ and being graceful even when you don’t like the outcome of certain events. Through the participation of sports I have learned different leadership skills that impact the lifestyle that I live today on and off the track. I utilize the leadership skills I learned in sports by becoming the Senior Class Treasurer. Being
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Brandi Macasinag-Peterson 1/11/13 Block 4 Have you ever read the book Anthem by Ayn Rand? It’s about a man‚ Equality 7-2521‚ that is writing a journal in an underground tunnel he found. That was not allowed in the place he was living at. They had very strict rules to live by‚ and were told how to live. Freedom of speech‚ and freedom of the press is the most important to adopt for their society. Freedom of speech is the right to express your ideas and opinions when you’re speaking. Equality
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double sidedness of pride. Brother’s pride pushes him to give Doodle a life away from his rubber sheet on the bed. When Brother’s obsession with turning Doodle into the "ideal" Brother goes too far‚ his pride pushes Doodle to his early death. “I should have already admitted defeat but my pride wouldn’t let me.”(346) When he takes Doodle to Horsehead Swamp that Saturday before the first day of school‚ he knows it’s too late to meet the goals he set for Doodle. Again we see shame and pride coming together
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My Most Exciting Experience? Life has not much of excitement for me. My life was just a cycle of going to school then home after. I barely go out and spend some time with my peers. That same cycle went on until I reached college. Though I had some sort of excitement when I transferred to a new college. On my supposedly second year in college‚ my parents decided to enroll me to an altered school which is Tarlac College of Agriculture. When I was on my way to TCA to enroll‚ I almost got lost because
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Have you ever read a story‚ and were so intrigued that you wish you were the main character so that you could change the way they reacted to certain things? I have‚ and when I read "Footfalls" I found myself doing that very thing. "Footfalls" was written by Wilbur Daniel Steele‚ an amazing author who really knows how to capture the reader’s attention and involve them in the story. In the story‚ a man named Boaz Negro is against Campbell Wood because Wood killed Boaz’s last living son. In this paper
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“The hardest thing you have ever had to do” The worst experience in my life that was personally difficult for me to deal with was a little more brutal and gory than other people’s experiences. I have a feeling that I will never‚ ever forget the things I saw this day or the things I was feeling. This is something that I still struggle with today because I still have nightmares reliving this day‚ and seeing everything I saw over and over again. In April this year‚ I was on my way to Frankfort
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In order to make yourself irreplaceable‚ you need to understand what your most valuable activities are. I’m going to walk you through a short process to help you discover them. To make this easier for you we’ve created a worksheet that you can use. In this worksheet the column called Work Activity is where you’ll list each type of work activity that you perform during the day. For this exercise‚ you want to separate these work activities in terms of the big picture rather than individual tasks. Work
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Friendship is one of the most valuable things in life. Based on Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary‚ the definition of a friend is‚ “A person whom one knows‚ likes and trusts.” Because there are many different types of friends that people want or need‚ the meaning of a ‘real friend’ depends on their ideas. However‚ my personal opinions of characteristics that make a good friend are being honest‚ loyal‚ and polite. Honesty is an essential characteristic of a true friend because it is one of the criteria
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possibly make someone have an “I’m better than that person” attitude‚ which could make someone not like them anymore. In order to reach perfection‚ people must be obsessed with what they do‚ make every single detail in something perfect‚ and make everything they do be right on the money. One way for someone to reach perfection‚ is to be obsessed with what they do. In “The Most Amazing Bowling Story Ever‚” the author Michael J. Mooney notes‚ “Bill Fongs run at perfection started as most of his nights do
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POST APPLIED FOR - HEAD GIRL What impact have you had on your parish church?? From a young age I have always been influenced to explore Christianity. I was baptised as a baby in St Aloysius Church and from there attended Church almost weekly until the age of five or six. Then I was asked whether I would like to make my Holy Communion and for the first time I wasn’t influenced by my family to say yes. It was my decision. I decided that I wanted to explore Christianity more before committing myself
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