Sample Rhodes Scholarship Personal Statement—Student #1 Soaked in sweat‚ I sat deep in thought on the small mound of sand and broken rocks in northern Kenya‚ where 1.7 million years ago a desperately ill Homo erectus woman had died. Her death had entranced me for years. KNM-ER 1808 had died of Hypervitaminosis A‚ wherein an overdose of Vitamin A causes extensive hemorrhaging throughout the skeleton and excruciating pain. Yet a thick rind of diseased bone all over her skeleton—ossified blood
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Personal Ethical Statement While reading over the results for my “Ethical Lens Inventory” I learned that my preferred lens is Rights and Responsibility and Relationship lens. This means that I use rationality to determine the rules that each individual should follow and the different ways to solve problems that are fair for everyone. I like everything to be equal. My “Blind spot” is the belief that motive justifies method or overconfidence in process. Basically‚ I want to follow the
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Personal Ethics Statement Personal ethics is what an individual believes about morality and right and wrong. My ethics are personal beliefs and morals that reflect and define the person I am. My ethical perspective that was identified by the Ethical Lens Inventory was each of the lens (rationality‚ autonomy‚ sensibility‚ equality) equally. As a result of this‚ I have no blind spot. I have a mature ability to use and adapt the right tools in a given situation. I value autonomy and equality equally
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Personal Ethics Statement University of Phoenix Personal ethics statement When I start it attending this class I did not have a clue what personal ethics meant‚ but now after the nine weeks of me attending this class I have learned a lot of new things like the meaning of personal ethics. Now I know that personal ethics is the way in which you do and look at things‚ in other words it is what you live by and who you are as person and what kind of person you want or would be like. I consider myself
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lies opportunity. This is a quote that has always meant so much to me‚ especially when I was faced with many problems in my life. I have always had a great interest in helping and working with others‚ as far back as I can remember. Facing my own personal problems at the young age of six made me insightful beyond my years. My mother had an alcohol problem and when my parents divorced‚ my father gained custody of my brother and I. As the eldest child I grew up fast‚ I helped care for my brother on
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Personal Mission Statement Section I: My Role in my Education I recently finished a diploma program at Remington College for Medical Billing and Coding in October 2010. I successfully completed 9 months of being on the Dean’s list and had perfect attendance throughout the program. I also received the Distinguished Graduate Award for most outstanding student of the Medical Billing and Coding program. I recently decided to continue my education to obtain my Associate’s Degree in Health Information
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Having a personal cash flow statement helps me to organize me finances by allowing me to see where exactly my money is going. I can see the area in which I really do not have to spend as much. For instance‚ housing expenses and transportation would be the priority for me. As much as I love to go out to the movies‚ I would have to cut down on my entertainment expenses. The most interesting thing I learned about completing this worksheet was discovering that most of the time I am spending more
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one’s career. An example is the ability to put patients at ease swiftly‚ yet caringly. It is one of the few careers involving care for a person from the cradle to the grave. There is constant one on one interaction‚ which places great stress upon communication skills. It is for these reasons that I am committed to Optometry as a degree course and eventual career. I feel that optometry would be inspiring and a profession which both fulfils one’s intellectual interests‚ and also offers the satisfaction
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Personal Statement ‘Be human.’ That is the words of my mentor said to me. Being a teacher has always been my dream since childhood. In my opinion‚ teacher is one of the greatest careers in the world because it helps people to be a better person. Hence‚ three years ago‚ I chose the major of Drama in Education and started my journey of being a qualified teacher. In the past three years‚ I have gained a comprehensive understanding of Drama in Education. Besides the professional courses‚ I attended
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Personal Statement Its 2 am‚ I’m the medical officer on call‚ I just attended to an elderly man who presented with acute urinary retention secondary to prostatic hyperplasia. He would benefit from surgery. However‚ he cannot afford care at the private hospital I work. He has no health insurance‚ not even the largely inefficient health insurance provided by the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). So following emergency therapy‚ which is free as stipulated by the new healthcare bill‚ I watched
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