To the staff of the National Honor Society (NHS)‚ I am a candidate‚ whom you have invited to join your organization‚ writing to discuss my qualifications. As of right now‚ I am extremely honored by the fact that the only reason I was considered eligible to join you was because of my grade-point average‚ which is 3.57‚ but‚ I am also aware that the other requirements necessary for me to join NHS include a demonstration of positive traits of character‚ service‚ and leadership. Reading the necessary
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reported that “75% had witnessed a robbery‚ stabbing‚ shooting‚ and/or killing. 45% had witnessed more than one violent incident.” With this chronic violence in these communities coupled with the fear of gang members‚ it is no wonder why the youth join gangs. With gang membership‚ individuals are apart of a group that protects one another. Therefore‚ gangs are a natural adaptation to the environment they are surrounded by and garner power from the ability to recruit members. Their own terrifying
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were students of theology. “Aquinas believes that humans are directed toward the transcendent God as the ultimate goal of their lives‚ and this transcendent goal is a beyond the power of human reason to grasp” (p. 47). Lonergan “understands the relationship between critical reason
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There were two main motivators for the Europeans to establish their empires. The first reason was that the Europeans believed that they had the superior culture and had to save the rest of the world from their own insolence. Another more practical reason for imperialism was that the Europeans want to have their country as the most powerful country in the world. The poem that best described the European sanctimoniousness of their culture is the poem Carry the White man’s burden by Rudyard Kipling
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Some kids join gangs because they need to feel "acceptance‚ excitement‚ to earn money‚ peer pressure‚ protection‚ to socialize and etc. " (S.A.P.D) If kids have nothing better to do or don’t feel like they mean anything at home they are going to find mischief to
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Throughout 1955–63 Britain struggled to come to terms with its perceived decline if they were to join Euratom. Britain had to choose between prestige through independence and prestige through integration. In 1957 Britain made a counter-proposal of the formation of a European Free Trade Area. It eliminated the supra nationalist elements that Britain
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same way as those in the Old War. The devices in civic design that had adorned Europe did not correspond with American property ownership‚ which put little value in the public realm. The Age of Reason interposed with its program for organizing knowledge and demonstrating the truths of science. The Age of Reason has came to be known as Romanticism. It started in Europe in the 1700s as a movement in literature and the arts
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applied to couples who are not married Reason for Cohabitation Today‚ cohabitation is a common pattern among people in the Western world. People may live together for a number of reasons. These may include wanting to test compatibility or to establish financial security before marrying. It may also be because they are unable to legally marry‚ due to reasons such as same-sex‚ some interracial or interreligious marriages are not legal or permitted. Other reasons include living as a way for polygamists
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Reasons for communication I will be writing a report to explain the reasons for communication in the health and social care setting. There are many reasons that in the health and social care setting uses frequent communication‚ there are four main reasons for communication. First reason is to give information‚ second is to obtain information. Third and fourth is to exchange ideas and to meet intellectual‚ emotional and social needs. To work in a health and social care setting such as to be a
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John Adams: Join or Die The title of the show I watched was Join or Die‚ a part of the John Adams series shown on HBO in 2008. The director of this series was Tom Hooper‚ who won an Emmy Award in 2006 for his directing of another miniseries. The major stars of Join or Die in the John Adams series were: Paul Giamatti (playing John Adams)‚ Laura Linney (playing Abigail Adams)‚ and Danny Huston (playing Samuel Adams). This series gives insight into John Adams’ life in a modern perspective. In the
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