Ever since I can remember‚ I loved mathematics. The exactness of it marveled me‚ while its complexity intrigued me. While others regarded math as straight forward‚ I believed that it required an ingenuity even higher than that of the arts. To me‚ a math problem was a chaotic sort of Lego pieces and the answer to the problem was the finished Lego set. The real fun was in devising the instructions on how to get from the original jumbled mess to the final pristine solution. However‚ the other kids around
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Throughout my high school career‚ I have been given numerous opportunities to lead other students by example‚ work ethic‚ volunteerism‚ and school involvement. I believe that my greatest impact as a leader in high school has been through my participation in a Service Learning Class. This class gave me the chance to help and lead others by tutoring younger students in the middle school and elementary school. As a senior‚ I felt responsible for providing a voice for the class in ideas and decisions
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The four pillars of the National Honors Society are leadership‚ scholarship‚ character‚ and service. To me‚ leadership means taking responsibility for yourself while also taking responsibility for others. Being put into a position where others look to you to make decisions and to advise them is also an example of leadership. There are small ways to represent leadership‚ such as taking control of a group project‚ as well as large ways like being the president of a club. Scholarship means learning
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The Veiled Rebekah is an early nineteenth century sculpture featured permanently on the second floor of the High Museum of Art. Neoclassicism represented Classical ideals and subjects matter derived from Classical Greek and Roman style ‚ such as the attention to human anatomy and movement. Since Benzoni mastered the neoclassical style‚ he rendered the texture so finely that Rebekah’s skin appears tender to the touch. The marble sculpture stands to sixty four inches high‚ twenty-three inches wide
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Being on National Honor Society and sports teams throughout high school‚ I had enjoyed participating in many volunteer experiences before coming to Drake. Every year our basketball team would collect food around our community to be donated to various food drives in nearby cities. With only general assumptions about food pantries‚ I always wondered how they worked. Now‚ after being able to volunteer at the IMPACT food pantry over the last few months‚ my original assumptions about food panties has
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THE IMPORTANCE OF HONOR AND GLORY IN THE ILIAD Honor and glory are central to the Greek character. Since heroes are the essence of the society from which they come‚ Greek heroes live their lives according to honor and glory‚ in all their varied forms. Honor and glory trigger an epic war that takes the lives of numerous men‚ and shape its development at every stage. The fall of Troy is "a thing whose glory shall perish never (Homer‚ Iliad 2.324)". The goal of the Greeks is the fame that resounds
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Investor Sentiment in the Stock Market The Investor Sentiment in the Stock Market is a very interesting article. The following are my findings. From the article‚ I know that real investors and markets are too complicated to be stated by a few biases. The top down approach to behavioral finance focuses on the measurement of reduced form‚ aggregate sentiment and traces its effects to stock returns. In particular‚ stocks of low capitalization‚ younger‚ unprofitable‚ high volatility‚ non-dividend
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Bedouin Jewelry and Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia became a nation in 1932‚ when Ibn Saud united dissimilar tribes into one nation and named himself king. Oil was discovered 10 years after becoming a nation but remained isolated until the 1970’s. By looking at Bedouin jewelry we are allowed to see the values and beliefs of the Saudi culture. Through the years the Bedouins of Saudi Arabia made the dessert their home‚ their way
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Practice Problems 1. Evolution occurs at the level of a. the individual genotype b. the individual phenotype c. environmentally based phenotypic variation d. the population 2. What does natural selection act upon? a. The gene pool of the species b. The genotype c. The phenotype d. Multiple gene inheritance systems 3. Suppose a particular species of flowering plant that lives only one year can produce red‚ white‚ or pink blossoms‚ depending on its genotype. Biologists
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Hume: Morality is Based on Sentiment This paper will attempt to give a detailed breakdown of David Hume ’s take on morality‚ and how some of the other philosophers would critique his stance. I will first speak about why Hume believes reason and passion don ’t contradict each other. Then I will give Aristotle’s and Aquinas ’ view on this conclusion of his. Next‚ I will speak on how Hume argues that moral judgments aren ’t grounded in reason. Afterwards‚ I will discuss what he considers that
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