from the current generation in charge‚ we will gain the skills needed to not only manage the world‚ but to enhance it. A scholarship will help enhance my leadership skills‚ critical thinking ability‚ along with working together with others and creativity because the monetary benefit would allow me to properly focus on the challenges and experiences before me without the heavy financial burden. This would allow a world of opportunity to opened before me. College is supposed to be a time where an individual
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worked really hard to get to where I am today. My family only spoke Spanish to me so I wasn’t able to learn English. My oldest sibling growing up didn’t speak English either. When I started elementary school I started to learn to learn the language. Everything was difficult for me‚ but throughout the years I got better in speaking‚ writing‚ and reading. At my school there’s programs for English Learners‚ which helped me with my speaking. It was
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Field Experience Essay I observed and analyzed the design and delivery of an instructional unit in a Montessori school setting. I observed a classroom of grades 1-3 two times from 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. at the Kennebec Montessori school. I was asked to sit quietly and to not interact with the children so I could get a realistic view of the class day and the children would pursue their chosen work. When I first entered the classroom the atmosphere was very inviting and comfortable unlike most classrooms
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My Summer Vacation One of my favorite family traditions is summer vacation. Every summer without fail we go on vacation‚ and we stay there for at least a week. For the past five years we have been going to Disney World with our family that lives in Los Angeles. He is my cousin Ricardo‚ he lives with his wife and his 1-yearold daughter. I like them because they’re nice‚ cool and funny. It has turned into
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It seemed to be the longest bus ride on which I had ever been. Every passenger had the same terrified look on their face. Each one of us seemed to be thinking the same thing. Asking ourselves‚ "Do we really want to go where this bus was taking us?" We all knew the destination ‚ and thought we were ready to go there. Many of us had visited this place‚ or places like it in our imaginations when we had played as kids. Was it a dream come true‚ or nightmare? The welcoming committee was
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woke up one sunny morning to find my grandpa sitting on the edge of my bed. I was curious as to what he was doing there‚ but then grew excited when he informed me that I was ready to learn how to ride a bike without any training wheels. I had been riding with training wheels for almost a year and felt like I was ready to take the next step in growing up. Even though I had some doubt‚ my grandpa and I went outside and took the little wheels off my bike. Following my bike’s transformation‚ it was time
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For my Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meeting assignment I attended an AA meeting held at Annunciation RC Church in Paramus. I was a bit nervous before coming in to the meeting. I had my own personal feelings towards alcoholics for some time. I had a few relatives that dealt with alcohol with some of their lives. Like most families from my background‚ talking about alcoholism just never happened. It was something that was kept secret and never discussed. My religion tells us that drinking any kind of
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of Austin‚ Texas celebrated my heritage‚ honored differences in culture‚ and fostered personal growth and self-discovery. My parents‚ with the strong work ethic they developed on their family’s farms in Ghana‚ encouraged my brother and me to work hard and find ways to use my skills to be of service to others. My experiences engaging with the communities that I have lived inspire me to become a physician dedicated to finding the most effective ways to communicate with my patients and improve their
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The qualities of religious experience are of great debate today hand have been of great debate for several centuries. This is because of the inability for philosophers to “explain away” the cause or source of such experiences by the way of the epistemological methods available. Furthermore‚ in his essay “the Varieties of Religious Experience”‚ William James makes the claim that religious experiences can be explained away by the way of referring their cause to the subconscious aspects of the brain
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brought about new challenges and new achievements which might serve as evidence to my growth from a child to an adult; however‚ no such challenge or triumph was greater than my graduation from Cadet Officer School‚ a strategic leadership school held at Maxwell Air Force Base. Cadet Officer School’s purpose was to act as the “finishing school” for Cadet Officers‚ but behind the education was a life changing experience which caused myself to think critically about what I wanted in life and where I was
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