What good is philosophy for me? Philosophy had never been of my interest‚ until my first semester in college‚ which was fall of 2013. It was in my SMC course of self where I discovered the true meaning of philosophy. It was amazing how after every class meeting I would try to find a more deep perspective of life. At first philosophy seemed so difficult to me‚ as if it was just making things harder for me to understand. It took me a while to actually make philosophy a part of my life. Once
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Kaitlyn MWF 1:30 Paper I 23 September 2013 Reading: What It Means To Me That aha! moment when you finally figure out that math problem you have been stuck on. The wow! feeling you get when you see fireworks explode. Those goose bumps you get when you listen to your favorite song live. Reading can do all of those things! It’s like when you read a mystery novel and you figure out whom the killer is and you go‚ Aha! When you are reading this fantastic adventure and pirates have just chased you
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person’s life if you are waiting on something to change in order to be happy‚ then you’re not living life. When you adopt a positive attitude‚ life becomes a rewarding instead of something to get through. If you wish to be happy‚ you have to be less involved in your own happiness and more involved in the happiness of others. "Make others happy and you become happy as a result. Involve yourself totally‚ throw yourself into what you are doing in life‚ and happiness will result. If you are compromising
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Personal Health Journal entry #1 For me health is working proactively to make sure my mind‚ body and soul‚ are functioning at a high level. I don’t believe you have to run a marathon to be considered healthy. However I do believe in order to be healthy‚ a person must treat their body and mind as a high performance machine that requires constant maintenance and quality fuel. According to the two assessments I completed for this entry‚ I have an excellent chance at living beyond 85. To maintain
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What makes a teacher special? Teaching is one of the most complicated jobs today. It demands broad knowledge of discipline‚ standards‚ enthusiasm‚ a caring attitude‚ a love of learning‚ classroom management techniques and a desire to make a difference in the learners’ lives. A great teacher sets high expectations for all students because he expects that all students can and will achieve in his classroom‚ giving special attention to the underachievers. He also has clear objectives
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chocolate. After she served me with a plate of food and hot chocolate she kissed me in my cheeks and said “ Buon compleanno” this means happy birthday‚ she greeted me in Italian because she knows that my dream is to be in Italy someday. When I finished my breakfast my sisters had woken up and they come straight to me while handing a gift of bags and said “happy birthday”. Inside the bag were the chocolates that I love and a CD that has a video of my father greeting me a happy birthday. It was such a
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This is where contact with great thinkers‚ great literature helps. In their company we are still in the ordinary world transfigured and seep through the eyes of wisdom and genius”. - Sir Richard Livingston. When I was growing up my parents reminded me to choose my friends carefully. The same is true with the books you read. Some of the greatest books were written by some of the best minds in history. You have to choose the right genre that describes you. When you pick the right book you will start
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What makes a successful business? This is really not an easy question for those who are going to start business. In fact‚ there are many things that contribute to make a business successful. But the most important ones are strategies‚ human factor‚ and leadership. Good business strategies include good advertisements‚ having good plans. Advertising has always played an immense role in our society. Without advertising‚ the average consumer would not know what to buy. It has become fact that advertising
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What Success Means To Me A great deal of people define success as living a life of luxury with brand new expensive vehicles‚ a big beautiful home and so much money you couldn’t possibly spend it in this lifetime. I’m not one of those persons. I can define success in one word; stability. When you reach a point in your life where all your bills are paid‚ you have a roof over your head‚ even if it’s just a small studio apartment‚ and you’re not worried about where your next meal will come from‚ I
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“Happy The Man” by John Dryden John Dryden was born on 9 August in 1631 in a small town in Northamptonshire‚ England‚ the eldest of 14 children‚ was an influential English poet‚ literary critic‚ translator‚ and playwright who dominated the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden. Walter Scott called him "Glorious John."[1] He was made Poet Laureate in 1668. As a humanist public school‚ Westminster maintained
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