became aware of the career opportunity available at the Simon Scholars Program through an online search and‚ after careful consideration of the necessary qualifications and expectations‚ I would like to formally express my interest in the role. As a first-generation college graduate born and raised in Southern California (SAUSD)‚ one of the greatest accomplishments I could have received in my high school years would have been to be named a Simon Scholar. Unfortunately‚ due to a lack of awareness of
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How does Scrooge’s recollection of his childhood bring about his reform? In ‘A Christmas Carol’‚ Dickens uses memories from Scrooges childhood to assist him in his transformation throughout the novella. As the Ghost’s take Scrooge on adventures back into his childhood‚ thoughts charge into his mind that causes abundant feelings of regret and disappointment towards the person he has become today. He is reminded that it’s not too late to revolutionize his ways to improve himself‚ and comes to the
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Simon Lewis’ Justified and Ancient He laughs best who laughs last: That is one of the statements made in Simon Lewis’ short story from the year two thousand. Another one may be a statement of justice. Justice may be a term of the type which value is diminished because of the word put on it. Reading the short story provokes us to reconsider our normal interpretation of the word since the word acts paradoxical in it. When are you justified to do certain actions and who is justified against
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combination. Not only did he fight in several battles‚ but he faced extreme persecution and adversity. Despite his elite upbringing‚ his vision was clear and he joined the military in search of political stability. Due to extreme opposition of the Spanish‚ he was able to join forces with Haiti‚ as Aledandre Petion‚ the president supplied him with weaponry‚ ships‚ and monetary funds to continue on his quest. When he was 22‚
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interesting activities which allowed them to not direct their energy toward destructive behaviors. She described the ages from three to six as a particularly sensitive time during which young children are especially adjusted to absorb knowledge from and about their environment. To develop and improve their experience‚ Dr. Maria Montessori developed a "prepared environment"‚ of child sized furniture and material‚ to adapt to the surroundings to the child’s natural size and behavior. This helped the children
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“A father tell his son about the Statue of Liberty” In the whole world‚ people are searching for Liberty and no discrimination of who they are. Everyone have different cultures colors and religions. America is known for having many different races and cultures in their country. In the 60’ties racism and discrimination was a big problem‚ not to mention the time where white people had black people as slaves. Because of all this ignorance the KKK got created. KKK was a group of people‚ who hated
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summaries‚ synthesis writing is more difficult than it might at first appear because this combining must be done in a meaningful way and the final essay must generally be thesis-driven. In composition courses‚ “synthesis” commonly refers to writing about printed texts‚ drawing together particular themes or traits that you observe in those texts and organizing the material from each text according to those themes or traits. Sometimes you may be asked to synthesize your own ideas‚ theory‚ or research
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One of the challenges that emerged for Simon Bolivar on his way to leadership was the fact that liberalism lacked the majority support in colonial Latin America. Bolivar‚ like other revolutionaries‚ such as Francisco Miranda‚ struggled to get the support of most Venezuelans because of the stigma the term “liberal” had in colonial Venezuela. Being a liberal was associated with having French ideals‚ which naturally defied the Spanish rule. John Charles Chasteen actually states this when describing
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choices he has to make in About a Boy? Discuss the techniques the author has used and use examples from the text to support your answer. In the novel “About a Boy” by Nick Hornby‚ the character of Marcus has to make numerous choices which affect his life in a variety of different ways. Marcus is 12 years old and because of this‚ he is often naïve and hasty is his decisions but he makes them in order to protect himself. These choices that he makes include; setting up his mum‚ Fiona‚ with a relative
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Melissa Simon is a professor and a vice chair department of obstetrics and gynecology‚ and she is doing her fellowship at Northwestern Memorial Hospital including the Prentice Women’s Hospital. Melissa grew up in Detroit in a barrio where there was only violence and lack of opportunity. As she was growing up in Detroit she still remembers that there were times where she did not have a roof over her head due to the poverty she was living in and had no support from people who she cared about. Melissa
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