myself or others in some way. At the beginning of my junior year I signed up to take the PSAT‚ hoping for a great score but not fully expecting one. For the weeks after the tests‚ the curiosity about my results was put on the back burner as I focused on school and extracurriculars. The day my school received the result forms‚ my counselor called me into her office and informed me that because of my high score‚ I might be eligible for a National Merit scholarship. I was absolutely ecstatic‚ and hearing
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In the national gallery - Essay This short story‚ by Doris Elling‚ is on one hand a story of a person’s trip to the national gallery during his or her free hour‚ on the other hand it is a tale of long lost love‚ this however‚ is not the story of our main character. Our main character in this text is nothing but a fly on the wall. Even though the story is told through a first person narrator‚ this particular person from who all of our information is presented to us is not presented with gender‚
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Junior High My Junior High years were filled with ups and downs. Now I don’t remember much from my junior high years‚ but I do remember my first homecoming dance in my seventh grade. I also remember when I first joined band in sixth grade. Ever since sixth grade I could not separate myself from band. Band is my home away from home and I hold it fondly in my heart. Another memory from band is my first parade. Through my junior high life‚ I slowly gained confidence especially after I picked up a trumpet
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first-year student doing a Bachelor of Engineering at the University of Hong Kong. I am writing to express my intention to apply for a place in the Globex Julmester Programme. I have a great passion for exploring and creating. I joined IT interest group in junior high school and chemistry interest group in senior high school working together with like-minded friends to find out the scientific explanations of daily life. The complex but symmetric and beautiful structures of chemicals and the corresponding fantastic
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Practice Problems 1. Evolution occurs at the level of a. the individual genotype b. the individual phenotype c. environmentally based phenotypic variation d. the population 2. What does natural selection act upon? a. The gene pool of the species b. The genotype c. The phenotype d. Multiple gene inheritance systems 3. Suppose a particular species of flowering plant that lives only one year can produce red‚ white‚ or pink blossoms‚ depending on its genotype. Biologists
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The melting pot ideology dictates assimilating into a common culture and language. Views on this issue are very polarized‚ which make a compromise seem hard to accomplish. Two articles that pertain to this topic are "American Multilingualism: A National Tragedy‚" by Franklin Raff published on WND.com‚ and "English Only Laws Divide and Demean‚" by Warren J. Blumenfeld published in The Huffington Post. Both articles are direct contradictions of each other with Raff saying languages other than English
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One of the requirements of being in the Honors Leadership Program (HLP) is that first-year students live in the HLP Living Learning Community (LLC). When I found this out‚ I was excited as I would be able to live and develop relationships with students who were driven and striving to reach the same goal. I also did not have worry about what dorm I would live in‚ and I was quite happy to have that stress taken away. Now‚ all I had to do was find a roommate. Fast forward three months and move in day
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Is it right to force someone to stand for National Anthem? I’m 21 year old. I’m proud of my Country and proud of our Constitution. I don’t need the Supreme Court to tell me to stand for National Anthem. I don’t need the Supreme Court to mandate that where the National Anthem should be played‚ where it should be sung‚ how it should be sung. You can’t force people to be patriotic; you can’t force people to respect Flag. Respect is earned it’s never mandated. It is from within and need not be dictated
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.■ Honor and Courage The honor is honesty‚ fairness‚ or integrity in one’s beliefs and actions; and the courage is the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face life difficulties. This two values depends one to the other and in difficult situations you have to have courage to defend your honor and the good values that you have. For this reason Honor and courage are basic on human lives and it is imperative to teach these values and give them the most importance. Both of the
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While serving as Miss Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society my sophomore year at Jackson State University‚ we organized meet and greets for the university freshmen. Alpha Lambda Delta’s mission is to "encourage superior academic achievement... to promote intelligent living and a continued high standard of learning‚ and to assist students in recognizing and developing meaningful goals for their unique roles in society." It served as an opportunity to provide freshmen with advise and
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