that stands in the way of greatness is the financial aspect. Considering that both my grandfather and uncle have attended The Ohio State University‚ my passion of living up to my relatives can be fulfilled by seeing through with this dream. With a scholarship I will expand on my present characteristics. These characteristics include but are not limited to: high academic achievement‚ activities in the schools and community‚ outstanding attendance‚ physical embodiment‚ and high moral standards. My time
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Working mothers This article is about the impact of working mothers on child development‚ as well as the effect of newborn mothers and families. This article goes into detail about how mothers working part time‚ full time‚ or staying at home with their newborn baby’s‚ affects the mothers and child’s welfare. The question that is posed by the author is as follows; what effect does working versus non-working mothers have on a child development‚ motor skills‚ as well as temperament? Also the question
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Based on Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue”(Tan‚ 76-81) it is evident that language has an affect on our lives. Language defines the type of person I am generally and it has had an affect on my choices as well as my lifestyle. Language has become my way of seeing life in a different perspective. In Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue”(Tan‚ 76) she discusses the way the language that she was taught affected her life in so many ways. I can definitely relate to Tan’s essay since I as well came from a bilingual home. Like
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Essay: A gift for My Mother The story is written by Viv McDade. She was born in Ireland‚ grew up in Zimbabwe and lived in South Africa for most of her life. While living in South Africa‚ she was a part of some organizations. She now lives in Ireland. In the short story the narrator is a girl called Lucy. The story is told by a first person narrator and from her viewpoint. When a story is told by a first person‚ you need to realize that what the narrator is recounting might not be the objective
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A Single Smile Dagmawi Demess There are some people who can pirouette six times in a row without falling over. There are some people who can recite every line of dialogue from the Harry Potter movies from memory. There are some people who can ace every single calculus test without studying at all. As far as I know‚ my hero cannot do any of those things. But she can smile the biggest‚ brightest‚ most genuine smile I have ever seen. I met her six summers ago on a visit to Mother Teresa’s Missionaries
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I don’t know if I feel that saying that I deserve this scholarship is the right thing to say‚ but going to Japan has been a goal of mine ever since I can remember. My grandfather was the one who really got me interested in Japan. He would always tell me stories about the culture‚ people‚ the little bits of language that he picked up‚ and the time that he spent there. My grandfather would have loved me going to Japan and would have supported me whole heartedly. I want to go to Japan not only to see
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I want to be awarded this scholarship because of my passion for learning and my drive to change the world. Currently‚ I attend Colorado State University and I will be entering my sophomore year. At Colorado State University I major in International Studies with a minor in Political Science. As such‚ I have a focus on the Middle East North Africa region and my goal by the time I graduate is to be fluent in Arabic. I want to learn Arabic because I believe learning languages is a way of creating tolerance
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Single Parenting Single-parent families are very common in today’s world. Two-parent families can no longer be seen as the traditional families because today‚ more than 30% of families in the United States are headed by a single parent. Despite different racial and ethnic groups‚ the number of children that live in a home with two parents has been declining over the years. Of course single parent households are faced with many challenges and difficulties for both the parent and the child‚ but
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Single Parent 1 Living in Single Parent Households- The Positive Views Marlene Matos Axia College of University of Phoenix Single Parent 2 Is a two parent household upbringing better for children than a single parent household? Many of today’s society will answer yes to this question. “Children who grow up in house-holds with different family structures experience different outcomes since family structure is changing rapidly”. (McLanahan‚ 2007). What if the two parent household
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Denn-Kroeff Family Scholarship If you could change anything about the last four years of your life‚ what would it be and why? If I could change anything about the last four years of my life‚ I know of a few things I would rewrite. To begin‚ I would remind myself to stress less about petty things‚ and instead focus on the reality. I would tell myself that my real friends would reveal themselves‚ and to sooner accept that not all childhood friends would stay. Furthermore‚ after finding those true friends
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