No More Boomerang by Kath Walker explores the struggles that the Aboriginal people had to face while adapting to the white way of living. The poem describes the difference between the life of an Aboriginal before and after the British colonization of Australia and how it is slowly changing for the worse and how their traditions and values are being replaced by the Western civilization and the white way of living. The emotions that are conveyed in the poem are of hatred and fearfulness towards the
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one might think “What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger.” What they should be thinking about is what got them into a near-death situation in the first place. Several years ago I had been working in Europe for more than 200 days straight. I was sick of the cold‚ dreary weather I was forced to endure day in and day out in the north of England. So when my friends suggested that I join them on vacation to go scuba diving in the Cayman Islands‚ I jumped at the chance to go. What I didn’t know at
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What Is Success? Success means achievement‚ accomplishment‚ victory‚ and triumph. The dictionary states that success is “The achievement of something desired‚ planned‚ or attempted; the gaining of fame or prosperity” (The Dictionary.com n.pag.) and “The favorable or prosperous termination of anything attempted; the attainment of a proposed object; prosperous issue” (Hypertext Webster Gateway n.pag.). These are just dictionary definitions though. One needs examples and instances in order to fully
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What does freedom mean to me? Freedom means the knowledge of knowing your rights‚ your personal freedom that nobody can ever take away from you. Freedom means being able to have an opinion without it being judged. Freedom means not being restricted or held down from trying to accomplish your dreams. Freedom is a right that every human being deserves‚ yet people around the world are being stripped of that right‚ being forced into a religion or being forced to do things that they may not want to
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you’re right about what you’re saying. But how fair is it if you’re sick and nobody can help you? If they only help you when you got money? my life is not that hard‚ but I need the money 2 live. When the goal is to become a millionaire‚ in building a career‚ starting in business or entering a profession‚ then success will depend on how much money is earned‚ but many people do not have that ambition to be immensely rich. Most people gain satisfaction from experiencing success when reaching career
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24 percent of men.” My friend‚ if you’ve allowed Jesus Christ to fill the void of your life‚ you won’t make college decisions based upon society’s quick moving statistics. Satan‚
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decision comes with the willingness to hold him/herself accountable for all the processes involved in his/her pursuit of knowledge and education. Also‚ this individual’s learning activities is not limited by place‚ time‚ or age‚ and it could be by any means (Hiemstra‚ 1999). Intrinsic motivation is the act of engaging in any activity basically for the satisfaction and enjoyment derived from that activity‚ in and of itself‚ rather than from an external stimulus or pressure‚ (Ryan & Deci‚ 2000). The University
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As a learner‚ I am a highly visual person. What this means is I learn best when processing information through my visual sense. I need to be able to see the information in order to grasp a better understanding of the concept. Oftentimes when I am reading information from a lesson‚ I need to be able to visualize either the concept in use (a person actually doing a math equation for example) or an actual image of the lesson (an image of war if I am learning about the Revolutionary War‚ an image of
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What Personal Responsibility means to me What does personal responsibility mean to me? According to Dictionary.com‚ “Personal Responsibility is the state or fact of being responsible‚ answerable‚ or accountable for something within one’s power‚ control‚ or management.” I am taking responsibility to complete my degree. I need to take responsibility for my academic work just like I do with business‚ I need to finish what I start‚ and if I take responsibility I will incorporate effective strategies
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What does it mean to work in a group? The meaning of teamwork may vary for each individual. Working in a group can either be a great or terrible experience. A good effective team is when each individual does his or her part and the group communicates with each other. An ineffective team could be caused by the lack of communication‚ individuals not completing their part‚ or group members disliking one another. With every group experience‚ one has to be able to adjust and learn how to be a better group
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