good thing for society as a whole when we are inspired by others and are ourselves an inspiration to ohers. So who has inspired me? Well‚ as a young person there were many people who inspired me. I didn’t have a particularly easy childhood‚ as I grew up in relative poverty and my parents divorced when I was aged 8‚ after a traumatic marriage. Still‚ I managed to developed a fairly positive‚ life is a "glass half full" attitude‚ due in the main to positive people who inspired me. Some of them were
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It is a pleasure to nominate Dave Giles for the "Most Outstanding Person" award. He is a former alumni of Carl Sandburg College. My first impression of Dave came in 2012 when he gave hands-down the best speech on the importance of education that I had ever heard. He truly enjoys spending his time helping the community’s youth. He has also continued to live up to that impression of being a passionate man who is optimistic‚ supporting‚ and is as committed to children as he is to bettering our society
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Walt Disney : Most Influential Person Walt Disney has been one of the world’s most influential person for over a decade. Disney is known for his phenomenal movies‚ TV shows‚ and the well-known channel‚ Disney Channel. He can be recognized as the world’s most influential person because he easily affected many people‚ some of his most respected accomplishments‚ and definitely the journey he made achieving his goals. Walt Disney affected so many people‚ especially the littler ones. Although he is
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of slavery is one that should not be made light of. The dehumanization of blacks during this time‚ forced our ancestors to endure the most devastating genocide in human history. On one episode of the tv show‚ Saturday night live‚ Host and cast member Colin Jost and Leslie Jones discuss the actress Lupita Nyong’o being named as People Magazine’s “Most beautiful person”. Jones questions the standards that defy beauty by comparing America today to America in slavery times. Although Jones’s rant is seemingly
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Leland The most influential person in my life thus far has been a boy named Leland. It is amazing that one tiny little boy could have such an impact on so many lives in such a short time. It is because of Leland that I realized how incomplete my life is‚ returned to school‚ and want to spend my life saving precious lives like his. Leland was the second child of a teenage mom who had been involved with drugs and alcohol since she was a young girl. She was the daughter of a friend of a friend
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My favorite President of the United States was President the year my mother was born. Everyone just seemed to love President John F. Kennedy because he always bring the good out of bad situations from what I have been told. Kennedy was the second youngest man elected President and he was the youngest to die. After military service as commander of the Motor Torpedo Boats PT-109 and PT-59 during World War II in the South Pacific‚ Kennedy represented Massachusetts’ 11th congressional district in
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Martin Luther’s Protestant Reformation Martin Luther was the most influential person of the 15th and 16th century the reason being he rebelled against the catholic church the highest authority in the world at that time. When Martin Luther went against the church he not only reformed Christianity but reformed every person in Europe into a thinking human being. So when looking at the most influential people of the time Martin Luther paved the path for all modern sciences. Martin Luther’s Ninety
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I wish I was the richest person on earth‚ I wish I was the president of Maldives‚ I want to be a singer‚ I want to be a doctor. I’m sure you have dreams like these‚ well‚ not precisely‚ but I’m sure you will have dreams. Anyway‚ most of the times we see that people hesitate to become what they want to be and often give up on their first or second try. Why do they give up? Haven’t they heard the saying‚ “Failure is the key to success”? Respected teacher and my amicable friends‚ today I’m here to
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International University Assignment 8.1: Project—Personal Leadership Profile‚ Becoming a Leader Whom I Admire Dr. Linda Talley BC 403 Leadership By Carla Lowman April 27‚ 2013 Abstract The following pages consist of information about Leadership; I will have to admit I knew nothing about leadership and the many perspectives and ideas about Leadership and how to be an effective leader. I selected a Leader to study who is known as an effective leader and has made a difference in
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The Person Whos Influence I cherish If you’ve attended Pakame high‚ you’ve probably heard of Dr Ndlovu from a student or a faculty member at one point or another. Or perhaps you may have simply heard Dr. Cool from down the hall‚ arguing about the role of Judaism in American eating habits or some other arcane topic. For a physics teacher‚ Pakame has a lot to say about practically everything. Because of him‚ l have gained greater knowledge and self-confidence. When questioned about which quality
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