Tymaine McBee March 21‚ 2013 Personal Statement Essay My name is Tymaine McBee and I am currently a student/trainee at OBT (Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow). The reasons why I have enrolled in OBT are to obtain my GED‚ get enrolled on a good college‚ and to get a good job. The main reason why I’m here is because high school didn’t really work out for me. I was always getting into trouble and everything else you can imagine. I was just a problem child but I hope I can get through OBT. I have
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“The Day After Tomorrow” showed us what life would be like in the event of a horrific natural catastrophe. Because of the abuse the world has taken from us‚ it started to shut down and it took everyone by surprise. Buildings were heavily damaged‚ streets became raging rivers‚ the state looked like it incurred billions of dollars of expenses‚ and worst of all many lives were lost. You’d think the odds of something so grand and dramatic as that occurring in real life is unlikely. You’d think that
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The Industrial Revolution was a period of great innovation and movement that affected the whole world; in one way or another. There were plenty of reason why the revolution emerged in Great Britain‚ they included steadiness in their social‚ economic‚ and political views. Britain worked sedulously especially on their navy‚ since the country was surrounded by water that played an enormous role on their part. The ocean helped in varies openings to a world of an endless opportunity both in economic
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Role of Tomorrow’s Leaders: Manage Cross Borders & Boundaries: With the world becoming a global village‚ today’s leaders need to Think Global & Act Local. It’s essential that Leaders understand the nuances of managing businesses across globe that depict challenges in terms Culture‚ Laws‚ History/Background and many more. While I do not have an exposure to working other than India‚ I do have experience working in 6 to 7 states in India. The challenge is no different as the culture in India changes
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because Custer’s army had attacked first. He did not know the number of Native Americans there were. The reasons why The Battle of Little Bighorn had began was because the Americans heard that someone had discovered gold on the land of the Native Americans. There were other reasons why the battle had also began. Another reason the battle began was because the Native Americans were tired of how the Americans were treating them. They were
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elements of epic in the Iliad. *Two of the many conventions that make up an epic poem include an epic hero and divine intervention. Homer characterized Achilles as a god-like‚ nearly invincible man. He is also the key to the Greeks’ success and is of a divine birth. Though one could also classify Hector as an epic hero‚ he‚ “lost his nerve” (Puchner 148) and ran from battle when Achilles drew near. The Iliad consists of many examples of the divines meddling with human affairs. For instance‚ Athena tricks
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“Is The War On Terrorism A War?” The Global War on Terrorism is a military campaign that began shortly after the terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001. First used by George W. Bush‚ the phrase ‘war on terror’ has become to be conceptualized as a term used to signify ‘global military‚ political‚ lawful‚ and conceptual struggle targeting both organizations designated as terrorists and regimes accused of supporting them.” The war on terror main focus has been with Islamist militants and Al-Qaeda
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country‚ but it was his visions for the ideal city‚ particularly as illustrated in his book The Metropolis of Tomorrow‚ that would earn him his fame and legacy‚ which still resonates today. Born in 1889‚ Ferriss earned his degree in architecture from Washington University (MO) in 1911. The following year‚ he moved to New York and worked for Cass Gilbert as a draftsman until 1915‚ when he set out on his own and worked as a free-lance delineator (an artist who creates renderings of other architects
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When the Elephants Dance Major Presentation There will be 3 groups per class. There will be 5-6 students per group at SL (12 F will have 2 groups of 6 and one group of 5 – we have 17 students and in 12 E there will be 2 groups of 5 and one groups of 6 – we have 16 students). Decide who will answer what aspect of the character/imagery/folklore associated or from that character. I would prefer you to create powerpoints or google docs so they can later be accessed by all your classmates. This will
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Where My World Began My first home for many years. This land comes rarer to me as the day goes by. Forever changing the knowledge I had once gained. My corner of the world‚ where I have formed myself unique from all else. A place with spectacular monument. An environment that has filled me with joy‚ yet still fills with anger from time to time. This is my place in the world‚ my corner of Canada. There are many lands which have been described as similar to mine. A land with
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