Be Great Scholarship Essay Being “great” like many other adjectives used to describe an individual is a subjective term. That means that great for one individual might not be great for another. This is similar to how successful for me would be to take care of my mother and father‚ while success for another would be to make a six figure salary a year. For me‚ being “great” is doing just that little bit more that separates you from the competition. A quote that I am reminded of is by Art Williams
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The cassette is almost 30 years old and has been replaced by iPods and CDs. However‚ in 13 Reasons Why‚ 17-year-old Hannah Baker uses cassette tapes to reveal the reasons of her suicide. After her death‚ Hannah sends the tapes to the 13 people who are the reasons so they can hear her story. As you get farther and farther into the book and you “hear” all of her reasons‚ you can start to see a deeper message. Hannah highlights three hidden messages in her tapes. She states that the smallest things
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The Affton Alumni Association Scholarship will make a difference in my post-high school education in three ways: financially‚ educationally‚ and personally. Financial assistance is a necessity for many college students‚ particularly those planning careers that require many years of education beyond the undergraduate level. Many students graduate from college with enormous student loan debt or limit their education in an attempt to control costs. Because scholarships are free money‚ students can
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from being sad if parents tell them the truth. Now children do lie quite more than adults for their own reasons. The real question is why do children lie? Children lie often because they think the truth hurts people’s feelings and they are afraid of telling the truth. Parents teach their kids not to lie‚ but yet they allow their children to lie when it involves someone’s feelings. That is why children lie because sometimes they feel
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I didn’t realize it at the time but‚ I joined color guard to have a family. I wanted to be a part of something‚ belong somewhere. Growing up I never had a close relationship with anyone in my family except my mother who passed away when I was twelve years old. So a few years later when an older friend who was in guard told me “All the girls in guard are like my sisters‚ I love them and hate them all. We’re like a family.” I was immediately intrigued. I didn’t understand yet that I was looking for
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Reasons why there is a community pattern. In this instance the community pattern is zonation. Zonation occurs because different species need different environmental conditions to suit their adaptations in order to survive‚ and therefore they need to position themselves on the rocky shore accordingly. These zones run parallel to the water and range from the high tide point (the highest place on the shore that the high tide reaches) to low tide point (the lowest point which the water goes to). Zonation
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lives of others should face an equivalent punishment as a consequence for their actions. Thus‚ it would be necessary to have a capital punishment system‚ in other words death penalty in all states.. Although all life is sacred and very few people deserve the death penalty‚ all states should be allowed to execute criminals because it deters crime‚ provides closure to families and maintains moral order. If all states were allowed to sentence criminals to death‚ the overall crime rates
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of a single mother‚ I grew up to know I would have to work hard for the things I wanted. Just as my mother did when she provided for my sister and I. Ones determination for life is based on past experiences. The experiences I have faced has made me a worthy candidate for this scholarship. Coming from a Mexican and Salvadorian family‚ I’ve grown to work towards my aspirations; my goals of becoming a teacher. Although not being financially able to qualify to be a philanthropist‚ I donate my services
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The reasons why strategic planning fails Strategic planning seldom fail‚ it is the implementation of the plans that fail. Implementing strategic plan may sound as easy as putting plan and strategy into action. In reality‚ it is not at all easy. Business repeatedly fails to truly motivate their members to work with enthusiasm‚ all together‚ towards a strategic plan. They are multitude of reasons as to why strategic plan fail to be implemented. Crucial among them are: 1- Failure to motivate
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Define who is an agent and give TWO (2) reasons why agents are appointed. GHL Fridman describes agency as ‘the relationship that exists between persons when one‚ called the agent‚ is considered in law to represent the other‚ called the principal‚ in such a way as to be able to affect the principal’s legal position in resects of strangers to the relationship by the making of contracts or the disposition of property’. The Australian High Court in International Harvester Co of Australia Pty
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