Self-directed‚ intrinsically motivated‚ active learners take responsibility for their learning. They are able to take what they have learned in the classroom and apply it to their personal lives‚ or vise versa. They often posses leadership abilities. Personally I find myself not to be self-directed. I find myself needing outside approval for everything I do. However‚ I am getting better at pushing myself to trust my own instincts. Because of this I will have to say my two strengths are the ability
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In “Everything That Rises Must Converge” Flannery O’Connor took great attention in the details of the story which help take the reader on an emotional roller coaster. She presents Julian’s mother as nostalgic for the antebellum days of living on a plantation maintained by slaves and a time when her family name garnered respect. Tired of listening to his mother’s repeated rants of a time well past‚ Julian resorts to name calling and belittling her. While it appears that O’Connor uses symbols and
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Everything Happens for a Reason M. Night Shyamalan uses the impact of Colleen’s sacrificial death on the Hess family‚ Graham’s struggle with faith‚ and every character’s quirk to prove that everything happens for reason. Graham is a dynamic character throughout the story. He begins as the town Reverend‚ and as a follower of Christ. But‚ when his wife is killed‚ he begins to question his faith and he wonders why God would let something so horrible to him because he was a good person. He then becomes
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lasted for almost twenty years. The American military and leadership appear to have learned some lessons from our involvement in the Vietnam War. This paper will discuss the lessons learned from the following arenas: diplomatic negotiations‚ presidential leadership‚ and cultural/social contexts. Diplomatic Negotiations Princeton University (2006) defines diplomatic negotiations as between nations. The lesson learned by the Americans was the need to communicate with their enemy. Our military leaders
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Question everything. Who do you trust for answers‚ and why do you trust them? It’s said that science seek the truth‚ but we can never be a hundred percent sure that something is true or false. The last decade‚ the production of new knowledge has increased significantly‚ at the same time scientific knowledge has become considerably more available and there is a lot of different scientific theories out there. This gives us the possibility to take informed choices and to have the power to make sure
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The Day in Which Everything Went Wrong I will never forget the day in which everything went wrong in my life. Everything that could go wrong did. The cursed day was sometime in September last year. Firstly‚ I woke up late in the morning because my alarm clock did not ring. So I missed the bus to school and had to walk to school instead. I dislike walking to school because there were many dogs in my neighbourhood and some of them were very fierce. As I was walking to school‚ I accidentally stepped
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Lesson Learned As life goes on we all have a change in friends. Over time people change and the people we used to be friends with may not be the same people we want in our lifes anymore. I’m sure we all can relate to having that one friend who we thought was friend that taught us a vauleable lesson or two. For me it was Corey Dancer‚ not only a boyfriend at the time but someone who I considered a best friend. The lessons Ive learned from the friendship with Corey was; to accept people for who
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knowledge‚ reality‚ and existence‚ especially when considered as an academic discipline.” From the definition itself‚ one can easily see areas that overlap between these two disciplines. When Dionysius of Halicarnassus said‚ “History is philosophy learned from examples”‚ he certainly meant that studying about the history of a particular person‚ place‚ or any other species or object involves a study into the decisions made by that person and the events that shaped a particular person‚ place or object
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Greatest Lessons Are Learned In Tough Times “It is only falling and then rising that man can learn. It is only through tragedy that the deepest truths can be known. All of the roads to learning begin in darkness and go out into the light.” by Hippocrates. This quote to me means that the greatest lessons are learned in though times. These lessons might be a changing point in someones life or can be a push someone needs to be successful. When I read this I thought about the tough times I’ve
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I learned that it is possible to selflessly dedicate oneself to a cause bigger than self. I met people who listened‚ others who didn’t. I learned how to gain confidence of an inherently diverse audience. I realized how difficult it is to convince someone when they have already made up their mind‚ I learned when to stop convincing and let them be. People wanted to vote based on caste‚ religion‚ socio-economic
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