...Justin Dhanda Ms. Hicok Parker English 1A Narrative Essay #2 Final Draft 15 September, 2011 Never Give Up If I was able to answer the question, “how many siblings would you like to have and what gender would you like them to be?” I would without a doubt reply, “I’ll take two brothers please!” But you see life isn’t just a fast food restaurant. It’s way more complex than that. You really have to just take what you get and make dew with it because in reality things do not always go your way. I wasn’t blessed at birth with the two brothers I wanted so badly, but that didn’t mean I couldn’t have a great childhood. I had an amazing family who loved me unconditionally, and wouldn’t you know it. I had two sisters! They were both several years older. But, I wouldn’t trade these girls for the world because they cared for me and showed their love by always playing games with me and just being around to make me happy. But as I grew older and headed to third grade, I needed something more, something stronger than two wimpy girls to wrestle or fight with. At this time, it was almost if God came down from the Heavens to answer my prayers. My parents walked in the room and informed me that we were moving to Niles. A beautiful, little town in Fremont. And I’ll never forget the glorious moment when they said, “it will be great for you Justin, you’ll be living right down the street from your two cousins, Jack and Athen.” I exploded with excitement as if I was a firework on the...
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...type of proccesion. Another point we need to refer is that IBM changed all the time its systems for ordering dissatisfying its partners that couldn’t follow this changes.Thus the companies couldn’t trust IBM, cause it didn’t have established practises and taking decissions without consider their needs. So we can see that IBM didn’t have a satisfactory communication in B2B. Both IBM and Magirus seems to be initiative companies for different reasons. IBM needs was to establish a global system for communication via its partners, and saw an oppurtinity creating a system with Magirus that would use after for all of its partners.On the other side, Magirus wanted efficiancy in ordering items, looking for fast, low cost, and not complex proccedures. At the during of their collaboration, they had some communications problems they wanted to solve.IBM first invention was in PC/S system, an organization structure for ordering that was not succed because of the incompability of the pre-exist ordering system of Magirus. Magirus didn’t have another choice except using PC/S system although needed to pass two times all orders, loosing that way time, efforts and money.Without smooth communication between Magirus and IBM opportunities where given to the competitors of IBM. The second invention, EDI, it was an effort that failed according to its limited capability and some technical problems. The third and last invention,...
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...Louie planned crash into the ocean, only three survived Phil, Mac and him. Louie was determined to get rescued. For example, “On the fifth day, Mac snapped. After having said almost nothing for days, he suddenly began screaming that they were doomed. Wild-eyed and raving he couldn’t stop shouting. Louie slapped him. Mac was silent.”(109) Louie didn’t want the negative, he wanted to be positive, he wanted him and his “brothers” to go home. Also “Soon after the crash, Louie began peppering Phil and Mac with questions on every conceivable subject. They shared their histories, from first memories onward.” The three men did this because the read one time, these other men were lost at sea and they lost their minds because they didn’t keep their brains working properly. Louie wanted them and himself lucid. In addition, “He had an idea. He used fishing line to tie large hooks to his pinky, middle finger, and thumb, orienting them like claws. He held his hand over the water and waited.” The guys were starving, so Louie was determined to get food for...
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...In Lord Of the Flies, Piggy is characterized as both smart and sensitive. In Lord Of the Flies, by William Golding, Piggy is characterized as both smart and sensitive. When the kids get on the island, Piggy acts like the only one that knows what most things are and what to do. Piggy seems like the only one with common sense. Piggy says, “ an’ this is an island. Nobody don’t know we’re here. Your dad don’t know, nobody don’t know−” (14) Piggy is the only one that thinks no one knows the kids are on the island. This shows Piggy is very clever because he is using common sense and proving his point. Piggy also knows what the shell they find is, and shows common sense towards it, “−a conch; ever so expensive. I bet if you wanted to buy one you’d have to pay pounds and pounds and pounds− he had it on his garden wall, and my auntie−” (16) This quote shows that Piggy knows what the conch is. Therefore, he is characterized as smart. During this same scene, Piggy tells Roger what to use the conch for, "We can use this to call the others. Have a meeting. They’ll come when they hear us—" (16) this quote tells us that Piggy appears very intelligent because he knows how to use the conch. He knows that the conch is loud enough for everyone on the island to hear it and come together. Piggy is also characterized as very sensitive. He gets bullied a lot and ganged up on by the people on the island. This is why Piggy gets very easily offended by people. The one person that is especially mean...
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...I Don’t Know Who I Am In the movie Wanted directed by Timur Bekmambetov, a young man finds out his long lost father is an assassin. When his father is murdered, the son is recruited into his father's old organization and trained by a man named Sloan, actor Morgan Freeman, to follow in his dad's footsteps. The anxious, clumsy and abused office clerk Wesley Allan Gibson, actor James McAvoy, has a boring routine life: his obese boss humiliates him all the time and his girlfriend betrays him with his colleague and best friend. When he meets the attractive Fox, actress Angelina Jolie, Wesley is informed that his father was a professional killer that belonged to an ancient organization called Fraternity and killed by the skilled and powerful Cross, a hit-man that has betrayed the Fraternity. Wesley learns that his anxiety actually is a symptom of his hidden abilities and he joins the society under the command of Sloan. Trained by Fox, he changes his personality and attitude, being prepared to face the dangerous Cross and find out the shocking truth. James McAvoy plays the role of the young and mediocre office clerk. He is a five foot seven one hundred and sixty pound man of the age of thirty. He is of Scottish nationality and in the movie Wanted he has scruffy brown hair with no facial hair. Wesley Gibson was, for a lack of a better word, as average as they get. James McAvoy’s character in Wanted, Wesley Gibson, is initially frail and practically everyone’s personal pushover even...
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...they were charged with feeding, rearing and caring for their children. Theirs is an American story that is rarely told on any grand, meaningful scale—not one, at least, that defies stereotype and caricature. But recently, “The Help,” a film based on Kathryn Stockett’s bestselling book of the same name, became a cultural touchstone when two of its lead characters, both African-American maids in the then-staunchly segregated Mississippi, challenged viewers to walk their journey—to see, as lead protagonist, Abileen Clark, said, “what it felt like to be me.” To me, ‘The Help’ is this year’s most outstanding and socially relevant motion picture; Viola Davis’ quiet but powerful portrayal of Abileen made us all take notice of a historically invisible class of women and Abileen’s story, along with those of the other maids who rallied with her to tell it, remind us that when we speak, if only in a whisper, momentous things can happen. Of course, the movie, does not come without its controversy: while so many, myself included, questioned then embraced Stockett’s story and actresses Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer earned Academy Award nominations for their roles as the maids who conspired with a young white woman to canonize their life stories, others question why, 70 years after Hattie McDaniel won an Oscar for her portrayal as the affable, sassy slave maid Mammy in Gone With the Wind, Hollywood ushered to the screen a movie feting the Jim Crow subjugation of black women. What is lost...
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...Service is willingness to help those who are less fortunate by sharing your skills, talents, and knowledge with them without anything in return. We are very lucky to be an instrument of our God to be a servant to those who are in need. Not all of us will be given a chance to be included in this program, but all of us have the choice to serve others even without this kind of program. This National Service Training Program is only a bridge, and we have the decision if we will follow the path and reach out those who are in the other side. At first I was afraid on how will I do my task in this course because I admit that I am really not good at teaching or sharing my ideas and knowledge to other persons. On the other hand, the one that pushed me to believe that I can was that my love for children. I really love kids, they are very charming and what I like about them was that everything that they see was all beautiful. I remember when I said that, “Ang panget ko talaga”, a child reacted against me, “Hindi po kaya. Maganda po kaya.” Also with the help of our professor Mr. Mariquit, who served as a model to us and continue to guide and motivate us. Every activity that we do in our group, it builds us to be a real servant. Yes, it is tiring and full of task, especially if we have an immersion. We have to find time in our hectic schedule to have a meeting regarding what will be the flow of our activities. It is very challenging, from outlining those activities, thinking how will we...
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...and why it would be worth your time and resources. Find two concepts in your text that relate to the change/improvement you envision and use those within your answer. Highlight your terms/concepts with bold or highlighter. Your answer must be at least 250 words. I was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. My family still lives there I just decided to move away from home for a couple years but will be returning next spring. Unfortunately in Milwaukee the crime rate and poverty has increased over the years. Every morning once you turn the television on the news is talking about the three murders the evening before. With the increase of crime I would like to see more organizations and people within the community coming together to help focus on those who are less fortunate. I believe this would lower crime rates and homelessness significantly. I care about Milwaukee very much, I was raised here and I hate to overhear other conversations amongst people how scary Milwaukee is, because I just don’t see it that way. In addition I am well aware of the potential Milwaukee has; events like Summerfest and Wisconsin State fair bring outsiders into the city representing Milwaukee. I would like to see more organizations like Hope’s Chest where individuals are coming together to sort out donated items to be resold at very affordable prices. If the people of Milwaukee who are struggling are able to purchase what they need at very low prices there would be no need for crime and people...
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...Being a leader is not limited to holding a high position in a team and being a leader does not only mean you have to be under certain organization with millions of followers rather one can still be a leader outside the perimeter of ones work area and one can even be a leader in ones own community. Success is always achieved together as a team but a team always needs a leader. Leadership is an ability and a talent that not everyone possesses and one has to be fair and righteous to be considered a good and effective leader. A true leader sets examples for his followers to follow. He does not tell his followers how to do things but tells them what to do and let them do it with the best of their ability. Leadership is an individual influencing a group to reach a certain goal. I discovered my ability to lead others when I was in my finance class. Being an accounting student, I am required to have some knowledge of finance. Before the semester started I heard from my senior friends that it’s a very hard class. Even after working hard students end up with ‘B’ grade. Still I took the class and after working hard I end up with “A” grade . I realized after studying the material first then student have a idea what to study and what not, so student end up doing bad because when they study the material for the first time they don’t give their full attention. So after the first test most of the students drop the class. One day in the class I asked one of my classmates if she interested...
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... Unless, of course, they do NOT want you to identify it with a name. ??) Ever since I was a child, I’ve always wanted to become a brain surgeon, because I want to help people and make a difference in the medical field. My immediate goals are (goal is) to graduate from high school with a diploma and a high GPA. Next I hope to get accepted into my first four year university where I can continue with (consider deleting it) my education. Being a part of ASPIRA has help (has + past participle = helped) to improve my leadership qualities (as well as my self confidence). It also has allowed me the opportunity to receive individual guidance in preparation for my future (like) applying to universities and scholarships, as well as preparing for a job interview. These steps can be complicated and frightening, but receiving the encouragement and support from ASPIRA, I feel more confident that I will be able to achieve my goals. I don’t know where else I would be able to get this invaluable help. I am in need of financial assistance in order to attend college, because the career I am trying to pursue will require lots of money and I am a low income student. I only have one parent to support me and it will not be easy for my dad to pay for my school and take care of my other siblings. I am the first child to go to college. Receiving this scholarship will help me with the cost of books and other college expenses. I would greatly appreciate receiving this scholarship which will...
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...he participated in a co-op program. This allowed him to go to school on a alternating weekly basis and maintain a full time job at Red Lobster. Daymond’s first step into the entreprenueral field came from his want of a ‘tie-top’ hat that was a big fashion trend in his later teen years. Because they were such a high demand, tie-top hats were also pricey. Having learned and gain the ability to sew from his mother, Daymond began making personal ‘tie-top’ hats for his friends and himself. He saw this as an opportunity to make decent money and with the help of his neighbor, Carl Brown, they sewed around 100 hats and sold them for $10 in front of New York Coliseum. From one day’s profit, they together made $800 and realized it would be something worth continuing. He began by recruiting childhood friends, J. Alexander Martin and Keith Perrin, and along with Brown and himself they began to personalize different apparel pieces. With the help of his mom, they mortgaged their home for $100,00 and this helped stand as a start-up for the brand; “For Us, By Us”(FUBU), was born. While still holding a full time job at Red Lobster, Daymond continued to work on the brand. They began sewing the FUBU logo onto jerseys, sweatshirts, t-shirts, and...
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...Howard is a guy who obviously does not see himself the way others may see him. They simply have different perceptions. Howards seems like a man who tried his very best at one point. His best performance may not be equal to another persons’ best performance. He was often teased due to the perception of having no work ethic. Not identifying that trait within himself, Howard felt out-casted around the work place and seemed to display some acceptance issues. Even when he found someone that he could relate to, those relationships would fail after a while. Howard felt out-casted to the point where he wanted to isolate himself. This is evident in that he was excited about moving over to the new building so that he would not have to interact with the plant workers unless it was absolutely necessary. It is being contemplated whether or not Howard should be fired, but at one point Howard wanted to quit. He didn’t do so because it would have been a great challenge to find another job. Howard must have been doing at least something right because Agrigreen held on to him for so long. They put him in place because a mission needed to be accomplished as the plant began to grow. If that was not happening, then Agrigreen had the choice to put out a job posting for Howard’s position and hire someone else to train there. If it took a while to complete the entire firing process, then their hired worker had more time to learn the ropes until Howard was out of the picture. He would have been well trained...
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...was instantly stuck with the desire- the responsibility- to do more.” (TOMS Shoes. 2012) These are the words of Blake Mycoskie, founder and Chief Shoe Giver of TOMS Shoes on his inspiration for a business that has taken consumers from all different parts of the world by storm and brought them together to help shape the future of an uncountable amount of children. The One for One Project was established to give every consumer the opportunity to help some of our most poverty-stricken communities throughout the world. With each pair of TOMS that is purchased, the company promises to give a child in need a brand new pair of shoes. After participating in the 2002 series of the hit reality TV show, The Amazing Race, Mycoskie decided to go back and revisit each country he had been in while on the show, one of those stops being Argentina. When he completed his graduate studies at Southern Methodist University and returned to Argentina in 2006, he was confronted firsthand with the conditions that members of these communities were living in; communities in such poverty that villagers could not even afford shoes for their children. He saw many non-profit organizations working so hard to help these children, but noticed many flaws in their heartfelt efforts. Mycoskie soon after discovered a shoe worn by most locals known as the Alpargata: a unique and comfortable farm shoe. Mycoskie returned to the United States with 200 pairs of these Argentinean shoes and a very unusual business model in mind...
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...instructor Dr. Altman. The class is composed of all ethnic groups, majority female students; ages vary from 18 to about 45. Introduction: I can remember ever since I was about five years old my mother and I would constantly be at the DMV, the hospital, and any other places to do one thing, (the reason why we were there in the first place.) But I would often find myself there for another hour or two helping people fill out paper work, translate, and help them find where they needed to go. My mother has always been my biggest influence and guidance. She has always been a really kind and loving person, though she may not have all the necessary resources, she has always had such a big desire to extend a hand to those who need it. Growing up she has always inspired me to be like her and has motivated me to help those in my community. Main point 1: In high school I joined a group called “Homies Empowerment,” our first goal was to help our own peers who were facing many difficulties and were mostly gang impacted. We started this group with the help of our great mentor Cesar Cruz, and were strongly supported by some loving people. Transition: As our group grew and developed, so did our ideas, dreams, and passion for doing something bigger within our community as a whole not just our two high schools (Fremont & Castlemont.) We realized that if we were able to bring these two schools together, we were able to do bigger and greater things that would benefit others too. Main point 2: We...
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...something to be responsibility over something in their life. Whether it is something really minor like an animal or something very major like a family. No matter what the responsibility is it teaches people how to care for themselves or others. I have been trying to start teaching this early in my children’s life and I believe it will help them in the long run. I think they will not have so many issues with this later on in life. They would not have as much trouble to try and make decisions about how something would affect them later in life. My children will think about personal responsibility in everything they do. If they were to start a small business now they will learn how to handle money and begin thinking about how to make more the next time they do it. Since they have pets, then they learning how to care for something and keep it alive and in some cases make money form that animal. People shouldn’t rely on others to help them get through things. If they can’t pay the bills, go make some money. When I could not make first string on the football team, I practiced even more and kept trying. Since I cannot seem to get the job I have always wanted, now I am back in school to do so. I do not think believe that someone else owes anyone anything for nothing. It doesn’t matter how they come to that conclusion no one owes anything without providing a service to do so. I have come...
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