the same for my child. Not only has she provided me with everything I could ever need; she has supported me through my life decisions. She always tells me‚ "Life is about choices‚ choose a good one." I know that she will always support me no matter what‚ and that’s why she is my idol. Today‚ sports are a big part of my life‚ and she has constantly been my number one cheerleader. Knowing that she is in the stands and cheering me on‚ makes me strive to give one hundred percent all the time.
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Moving was one of the hardest obstacles I have overcome in my life‚ but it shaped the person that I am today. It was hard to adjust to the new people‚ curriculum‚ house‚ church‚ state‚ and programs I was involved with. My whole world was flipped upside-down. I was terrified because I lost everything I had ever known‚ and this made it extremely hard to move on from the old and embrace all of the new aspects of my life. Many kids were watching me and whispering to their friends about “the new kid”
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However‚ Maria Montessori observed a much more natural process at work among human beings that did not need to be taught‚ much less drilled‚ into the human psyche. She believed that discipline‚ obedience and a person’s will go hand in hand and it would be quite impossible to have one without the other. We can quite easily see that in order to obey in any meaningful sense there must already be the will to do so. This thought process requires a level of discipline. Discipline to Montessori is not something
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The second reading “Land of Smoke and Mirrors: The Meaning of Punishment and Control” explores the educational setting and likens it to a prison by enclosing students and supervising them to produce docile students who are unable to think for themselves. In this sense‚ the school is a training grounds to prepare students for life in prison. The structure and effects of this institution remind me of Bentham’s Panopticon structure of prisons where they focused on controlling the individual by controlling
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Χαίρετε‚ or ¨hello¨ in you mortals English language. My name‚ as you may know‚ is Demeter‚ the goddess of harvest and grain. I am the powerful daughter of Kronos and Rhea. I‚ provide the growth of agriculture each year‚ including wheat‚ plants‚ and many harvestable crops. I have several symbols that are sacred to me including‚ many types of livestock‚ the crane‚ and various flowers. Along with being commonly known as the goddess of harvest and grain‚ I am known as the goddess of the cycle of life/death
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Love and Lust Lust will never be love. “Ode on a Grecian Urn” by John Keats and “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell are both stories about being with a partner over some length of period of time. Marvell writes more along the lines of persuading his lover to sleep with him because time is running out. Keats‚ on the other hand‚ writes a description of lovers on a Grecian urn who have surpassed time in an ultimate way. In “To His Coy Mistress” there are three-parts to the poem; where an unknown
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Emilia Papok November 7‚ 2017 Ms. Cooney Adam and Eve‚ Bible essay. Because it explains many aspects of the human nature‚ the story of Adam and Eve is a myth. Why there is a struggle to acquire food is explained in this story. The story explains why there is a struggle to acquire food. It also shows why women must face such gruesome hardships‚ such as childbirth but still are subservient to men. The reason humanity faces death instead of eternal paradise is also with extreme detail revealed in the
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The child is believed to hold a secret. After much research‚ this secret is the potentials that a child is naturally born with. The child is known to be a spiritual embryo‚ possessing qualities that are not visible at birth‚ which would help him build himself. These hidden potentials allows the child to reveal himself through the process of development‚ and hence‚ able to self-construct himself through his fullest potentials. There are two aids that assist in attaining a child’s full potentials
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“Greed is good. Greed is right. Greed works.” (Gordo Gecko). Taking this particular belief system into consideration‚ it is evident that from an economic perspective‚ acting according to self-interest within a corporate environment‚ in turn significantly benefits the public. Enron however is a picture-perfect example of excessive greed not bringing about the above stated benefits to employees and society. Immoral behaviour and unethical leadership ultimately resulted in ethical scandals‚ major financial
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my biggest critic. I gave in to conformity. I truly hated the way I looked‚and came to the conclusion that I was worthless. Until this day I never took into consideration how much appearance could truly weigh on someone. Originality is what sets us apart from other people‚which is why Comparison is the thief of joy. It took me a while to grasp the fact that spending time comparing yourself to others is ludicrous. It is as if I was unaware that I am the only “me” this world will
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