My favorite entrepreneur: Ms. Oprah Winfrey Oprah Winfrey was born into poverty by a teenage single mother in 1954 in Kosciusko‚ Mississippi. For the earliest years of her life she was raised by her maternal grandmother‚ and under her kind-hearted discipline was taught to read by the age of two and speak exceptionally by the age of three. When Winfrey was six years old‚ she was sent to live with her mother in Wisconsin. She was submerged into inner-city Milwaukee‚ and faced the hardships of growing
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Religions may vary in many aspects. While some religions may have the same beliefs‚ some will have the exact opposite beliefs. I come from a place where even though there are many religions found I get to observe and practice only my own religion. Even if people are open about different religions‚ one religion being involved in another is not acceptable for my society. This is one of the reasons why I have always been curious about other religions and their ways of following and practicing it. This
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No place to call Home You’re on your way home from work or school and you stop at a red light. As you patiently wait for the light to glisten green you notice someone walking in between the rows of cars. It’s not the usual person who’s always selling water and random fruits; instead it’s a person in raggedy clothes holding a sign that reads “Please help. I’m homeless” written on a cardboard flap. Now the question is what are you going to do? Will you reach into your wallet and give this
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My favorite book is Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. The first time that I read this book was for school‚ so I automatically assumed I would not enjoy it. I ended up being very wrong. I was not able to put the book down‚ it keeps you interested and wanting to know what happens next. In the book‚ two of the main characters Elizabeth and Darcy are destined to be together although at first they are not aware of this. In my opinion this really pulls the reader in from the beginning‚ they feel a
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(600) ENC 1101 Mr. Temple 29 September 2010 My Place of Comfort There is nothing that is more comforting to me than a cozy bed with crisp‚ clean sheets. My bed has always been my place for rest and relaxation. The only thing that could come close to comparison would be a shower. Both my bed and a shower seem to help me wash my problems away. On my days off‚ I love to stay in bed as late as I possibly can; I can also‚ sit in the shower until my fingers and toes are pruned‚ leaving me without
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"The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald takes place on Long Island in the early 1920s. Gatz is from a lower class Midwestern farming family who falls in love with the wealthy well bread Daisy. The two are unable to marry and live happily ever after as they are from vastly different backgrounds and social status. Gatz enlists in the military and upon the end of his service is befriended by a wealthy benefactor who employs him "in a vague personal capacity". Gatz’s employment provides him the opportunity
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In My Favorite Chaperone by Jean Davies Okimoto‚ Maya Alazova‚ a young immigrant‚ and her family must adjust to life as immigrants in America. Her younger brother Nurzhan faces bullying at school for his accent‚ Maya struggles to fit in with her American peers‚ and Mama and Papa learn to accept that American culture is different than in their home country of Kazakhstan. Being an immigrant in America is as challenging today as it has always been. No matter where you’re from‚ you face discrimination
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One of the most transformative experiences in my life came while in El Salvador during my freshmen year of high school. My family traveled to the country to visit family members and while there I along with my siblings volunteered to help our uncle at his medical clinic. While volunteering I witnessed first hand how the lack of health care affects developing nations‚ especially the children in these regions. Growing up half of my life under low socioeconomic standards‚ I believed that I understood
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effects of her medications (GCU‚ 2013a). For these reasons‚ more nursing care‚ specifically‚ increased home health visits will be beneficial. Mrs. Fisher’s poor health and decreased knowledge means that she will need a nurse to visit at least twice weekly‚ in order to obtain vital signs and provide a physical assessment so there is adequate time to treat any new health problems. During these visits‚ comprehensive health education may also occur. In review of Mrs. Fisher’s interview‚ including
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Music as art. My favorite music style. Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence that are organized in time in a special way. Its common elements are pitch (which governs melody and harmony)‚ rhythm (and its associated concepts tempo‚ meter‚ and articulation)‚ dynamics‚ and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture. In the historical context the development of music is inseparable from the active development of person’s sensory abilities. Course of the auditory development of the
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