Never forget why you do what you do and who you do it for‚ and make sure everything you do honors that. What I’ve seen happen often times (especially in… yup‚ you guessed it: the education reform movement)‚ is that intentions start out good but the sword starts to swing the other way when money‚ power‚ and statistics are valued over the lives and humanity of students. “Kids first” and “For the kids” becomes merely rhetoric‚ as people jump to enact radically dangerous and untested policies that do
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The Betances scholarship is based on the ideals of community service and betterment of the world as a whole. I myself share parallel interests which have been reflected in my activities since high school and even up until present day. In high school I worked for organizations such as Heroes and Cool Kids and Tilly’s Kids. Heroes and Cool Kids is designed for older people like me to empower young children to live a life as leaders. The organization Tilly’s Kids‚ also provided charity in the form of
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A job can be simply defined as a regular activity performed in exchange for payment. I believe that today you have to be extremely gifted at a job in order to be able to stay with it your entire working career. Nowadays many people are thrown from job to job seeking stability in their lives. Almost everyone enters the work force to try and provide whatever they can for their family. It’s hard to compete in today’s occupations with more and more people striving to get to the top‚ to be the boss with
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fact that he has returned to the arena where he has been most successful and where his internal turmoil need not affect him—namely‚ the battlefield. Unlike many of Shakespeare’s other tragic heroes‚ Macbeth never seems to contemplate suicide: “Why should I play the Roman fool‚” he asks‚ “and die / On mine own sword?” (5.10.1–2). Instead‚ he goes down fighting‚ bringing the play full circle: it begins with Macbeth winning on the battlefield and ends with him dying in combat. Lady Macbeth Lady
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While many students may be on athletic scholarship‚ it’s important to note that success in sports must not hinder the academic progress of the student. Should it ever begin to affect a student one must be dealt with accordingly so as to avoid suspension or other penalties that may apply. Their main focus has to be on what is more important and that is to maintain academic standards. There are many reasons why students who are doing poorly in their academic courses should not be allowed to partake
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Brooke Holcomb Professor Yarbrough English 112 4 April 2013 The Lessons In a Lesson Before Dying Jefferson was not the only one to learn a lesson. Jefferson did more for Grant then he knows. There is not only one lesson In A Lesson Before Dying there are many‚ Ernest J. Gaines teaches the important lessons all the way from dignity to caring for others to both Jefferson and Grant. Jefferson was convicted of murder and sentenced to the death penalty. When Grant was first made to go see Jefferson
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personal narratives “The Scholarship Jacket" by Marta Salinas‚ "The Jacket" by Gary Soto and "Vinnie ’s Jacket" by Anna Nussbaum all have a jacket as the central symbol. In each of these works‚ however‚ the jacket represents very different things. For Marta Salinas in "The Scholarship Jacket"‚ the jacket symbolizes eight years of hard work and expectation. Throughout the narrator ’s life‚ she had been working hard to achieve academic excellence in hopes of receiving the scholarship jacket. Marta hopes
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James F. Melton Scholarship Application Essay Why Do I Deserve this Scholarship? Why do I deserve this scholarship? That is a sizable question‚ one that at first appears easy to answer‚ but slowly turns into a question that could leave you doubting yourself. When I first decided to apply for this scholarship‚ I thought to myself “No big deal‚ you can talk about how you are a good and deserving person and you’ll be good to go.” Well‚ as I sat down to write my outline‚ a thought skirted across my
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I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for providing the SunTrust Bank Scholarship. As a first generation college student‚ I am honored to have been selected as a recipient. Furthering my education is very important to me and I am very grateful for your generosity. This scholarship will help me fund my tuition and allow me to achieve my academic goals during my last year at USF. This scholarship is enabling me to continue as a senior majoring in Finance. I hope to graduate in spring 2017
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has always been extraordinarily important to me‚ and for this reason‚ I believe I am qualified to receive this scholarship. Even from a young age‚ I took it upon myself to strive for the best‚ participating in spelling bees since the fourth grade‚ maintaining a 4.0 grade point average throughout middle school‚ and immersing myself entirely in academics during my high school career. Throughout school‚ I had two predominant goals that I continuously strived for: to graduate with a 4.0 grade point
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