Diversity and Your Community Kelley Boulet Cultural Diversity Sally Kwitkowski My hometown is Wichita Kansas‚ in which I was surrounded by numerous cultures and ethnicities. Wichita is the biggest city in Kansas‚ located in the south-central part of the state on the Arkansas River and approximately 140 miles south of the capital city of Topeka. It is also conveniently located just 197 miles from Kansas City and 161 miles from Oklahoma City‚ both with over 1
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Who is your HERO? What makes hero? ‘Heroes don’t need to fly or shoot lasers from their eyes to be the one who saves countless lives’‚ ‘They just need to try to do what is right‚ to be the hero‚ shining in the night’. As poem says‚ heroes come in many shapes and sizes with no specification‚ but not all of them have the supernatural skill‚ flowing capes and tight spandex pants. In this world‚ the real heroes is just a normal people trying to do the right thing and make the things right. I believe
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Collaborate with your Competitors and Win Gary Hamel‚ Yves L. Doz‚ and C.K. Prahalad Summary This article discusses that collaboration between competitors can be a beneficial experience for all member companies. Three conditions are specified for creating a positive collaborative environment‚ first that the partner’s goals converge while their competitive goals diverge. If the two firms are working on similar technologies to support different core businesses‚ then there is a higher chance
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Being Your Best Self Being your best self can mean a lot of things to different people‚ but what does it mean to me? To me it means being your own Superman. It means to be everything you can possibly be; to be confident in yourself‚ in not only looks but knowing you can do anything. It means to help everyone; to be kind‚ caring‚ and sweet. Being your best self means to be happy and live your life. Confidence means having faith in yourself in many ways. It means to know you are beautiful in
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I had a lot of fun participating in Poem in Your Pocket Day. The poem that chose was “Afternoon on a Hill” by Edna St. Vincent Millay. I chose this poem because it brought back memories of camping trips. I’ve loved the outdoors ever since I was in first or second grade‚ so I felt a bit of nostalgia while reading it. I read this poem to Mrs. Hampton‚ Dr. Sumida‚ Lily‚ Leah‚ Mr. St. Lewis‚ and my sister‚ Ella. Mrs. Hampton and Dr. Sumida both said that my poem was beautiful. Lily had a similar reaction
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Respect Your Elders When I was a child‚ my mother had a desk job at a nursing home. Much to my horror‚ she would often drag me along to Christmas parties‚ bingo games‚ and other events. The place felt more like a haunted house than a rest home. On top of the moaning and hollering throughout the halls‚ there was something about the smell. It was not the loneliness of the old folks with so many stories that no one wanted to hear that bothered me. I was not the bed sores or the staff infections
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Raylah Williams Stake your claim. With unemployment rates remaining high‚ jobs are hard to find in the current economy. Even if people can find work‚ this does not automatically provide an escape from poverty. In 2007 of economy significantly declined and still has not returned to what it has used to be. People setting up camps in our neighborhood shouldn’t be such a bad thing but a chance for us to give back to our community. I’m not saying open up your homes to them but helping them in every
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Communication and Your Spouse Interpersonal Communication 10/10/2011 Jacey Saucedo After reading “Can We Talk? Researcher Talks about the role of Communication in Marriages” I realized how much I can relate to it. I am a firm believer in communication and it being a key factor in any successful relationship. I feel as though I can relate to this article when discussing self-disclosure in relationships. I am a very vocal person anyway
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The authors of the poem‚ “We Are Not Your Monkeys”‚ are attacking the caste system by identifying themselves with monkeys and demons. For a long time‚ caste system has been the core of Hindu society. The hymn‚ “The Sacrifice of Primal Man”‚ from Rig Veda has first explained the origin of the hierarchy:”When they divided primal Man/ …/ The Brahman was his mouth/ The arms were made the Prince/ His thighs the common people/ And from his feet the serf was born” (p. 32‚ line 41-48). It is believed by
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Who is your hero? This question often evokes a number of responses. The typical answer follows the clichéd format of “my mother”‚ “my father”‚ or that famous celebrity always seen on television. This type of knee-jerk reaction stems from the idea that a hero is someone who is universally inspirational‚ and flawless throughout; someone who goes above and beyond to impress those around them‚ while maintaining impeccable relationships. People like these are the respectable‚ and more importantly‚ highly-recognized
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