I am writing to express my interest in being considered to receive the Siplon Family Foundation Scholarship. I believe I am qualified to receive this scholarship because I come from a low-income family. My parents divorced since I was 3 years of age. My dad gave me all the support I need since I was little. But that doesn’t stopping me from getting an education. My passion to go to college and get a Bachelor degree has been my inspiration since I was little. I am an over-achiever. For example‚ I
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Conventional wisdom has it that ______________________. * Common sense seems to dictate that ___________________. * The standard way of thinking about topic X has it that _____. * It is often said that _________________________________. * My whole life I have heard it said that __________________. * You would think that
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physiological needs there is a very strong need of human safety. In the context of love‚ Maslow stated that without the sense of belonging an individual can suffer physiological torture (Maslow‚ 1968). Every human being requires a good loving from the family and the community in which he or she lives in. every individual needs both the intimate and non-intimate love (Maslow‚ 1954). After satisfaction of the two needs‚ the human being also needs to have self esteem and
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University of Phoenix ENG 120 Dr. Thomas February 07‚ 2011 Communicating the Workplace “Shooting an Elephant” is a short essay written by George Orwell. The occupation of the main character‚ also narrator‚ Orwell‚ is a subdivision police officer. He protects and serves a small town in Moulmein‚ Burma. He includes a great deal of details and facts throughout the essay. I will attempt to analyze how tension between the facts and the artistic intention of the essayist relates to its success in
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rather than knowledge based Good morning‚ today I‚ Sparsh Garg‚ am going to speak for the topic ‘Education should be skill based rather than knowledge based’. As school ends and commencement addresses are given‚ two pieces of data caught my eye recently. Only 56 percent of law school graduates are getting jobs proportionate with their education. And there are 3 million jobs currently unfilled in the U.S. So what explains the disconnection between a large number of highly educated workers
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through the haze of alcohol” – Language analysis Essay. In the article “seeing through the haze of alcohol’ taken from the opinion page of the September 29th‚ 2011 Courier Mail‚ Jane Fynes-Clinton refutes the view of alcohol abuse amongst young people‚ and how the government isn’t doing enough to prevent the alcohol abuse. She presents her point of view in an agitated and frustrated tone. The writer uses rhetorical questions‚ negative connotations‚ inclusive language‚ statistical evidence and expert
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Korean music. College students are not studying foreign languages as much as they were. Starting in 2009‚ there was a decreasing of seven percent of the college students stop taking foreign language classes. However‚ there are more college students are taking Korean. There was an increasing of forty-five percent of college students are taking Korean language classes between 2009 and 2013. The college students who are taking Korean language increases from 8‚449 students to 12‚229. The reason why many
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around‚ people needed something new and crazy. People’s hair was outrageous‚ and the 80’s got the name‚ “the big hair decade” from this. Bright colors and flashy clothes. Hair and clothes were a direct reflection of the music people listened to. “I WANT MY MTV!!” was the cry from thousands of teens during the 80’s. MTV‚ otherwise known as music television‚ brought videos along with music to TV. MTV brought the artist closer to their fans. Music was not the only thing that impacted in the 80’s. Pac-
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Value of a Language Words and language are a major aspect in a person’s life. Language is how information is communicated and transferred‚ and it has a major impact on how things are perceived. A common issue with language is that it is easily misused. Propaganda‚ errors and tricks are seen everyday‚ but they go unnoticed. Language is sometimes falsified in order to entice society. Often times the subject at hand is not what it seems. The abuse of the English language is most often seen in politics
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People are learning and developing throughout their whole lives‚ they have gained knowledge not only from books but also from practice and experience. In my opinion‚ both basic knowledge from books and new discovery from experience are important. Reading books form a wide range of our knowledge. We can acquire a lot of information about almost every subject. Books contain knowledge‚ which is arranged and selected carefully from what authors think about real life‚ so they are easy to follow and
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