...in our countries history, Martin Luther King Jr., both believed in equality for all. In the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson wrote “all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” ( 327). Since then, America has become the number one country for achieving life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Today, we know this better as the American Dream. The American Dream is something that every American strives for. Immigrants from other countries come here and become American citizens with the hope of someday achieving their ideal American Dream. We all design and carry this image in our heads of our own American Dream. The job we hope to have and the pleasant family we hope to build and raise in our perfect ideal homes, are all images that come to mind when thinking of the American Dream. Most of us, every day of our lives, are doing the best we can. We try to make this dream become a reality, but the reality of this dream is that it’s getting harder and harder to reach; due to unemployment, poverty, and our countries overall economic state. Over the past few years the country’s economy has been in a downward spiral and we’ve reached an economic recession. Poverty and unemployment rates amongst United States citizens have sky rocketed. According to the most recent statistics provided by the US Census Bureau 33 million families, 9 million individuals...
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...What is my Learning Style? Josh Hull COLL 100 American Military University Thomas Werner What is my Learning Style? During the course of this essay, I intend to discuss my own personal learning “style” or lack thereof and if the idea of a single “style” being the optimal way to learn. Although many people subscribe to this notion of a person having only one optimal way of learning – or style – I feel that this does not and cannot justly explain the multiple methods that I enjoy using to learn different subjects. I also believe that I cannot be so supremely unique as to be the only person that does not fit within the traditional “learning style” mold, thus leaving the only viable conclusion that most people do not fit within this archaic mold. Unfortunately, this idea of “styles” has been around long enough that most people currently enrolled in any form of a learning institution believe it to be a true principle and wrongly ascribe their shortcomings or successes in any particular subject to this faulty model. Before I begin that discussion, however, I will first explain my reasons for being back in school. After suffering for over a year with horrible unexplained symptoms, I discovered in January of this year that I had Stage II Kidney failure. This was due to the malpractice of a physician. Due to this condition and the affect it has on my breathing, adrenal functions and its progressive nature, I was medically retired from my career in law enforcement. So after some...
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...When I was in first grade, my school hosted a career day where all the kids could come dressed for the job they wanted and meet parents working in those professions. Being 5 or 6 years-old, most of my class came dressed as firefighters, professional athletes, or doctors. A couple came as princesses, which was ambitious of them. I came as a marine biologist, which meant I wore flip-flops and carried a bucket of sand all day. Honestly, I had no idea what a marine biologist actually did. I assumed they worked on boats and played with dolphins, which sounded fantastic to 6 year-old Kate. Additionally, middle name is Marine so I was delighted that I would be Marine the marine biologist. While many of my classmates changed their ideal professions, mine stayed firmly in the scientific field. Admittedly my specific ideal career changed from marine biologist to cardiothoracic surgeon to an infectious diseases researcher to an anesthesiologist, but the...
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...Personal Views Ethics Essay Ricky Bateman BUS4801 October 19, 2014 Jason Lum Personal Views Ethics Essay Business ethics these days seem to remain a topic that has a high flexibility threshold, while these concepts are supposed to remain the backbone of any business that keeps the business honest and protects consumers, these days it would seem more about what benefits the business and little in regard to the overall satisfaction of the consumer. Taking the ethics test in our textbook, I would have to say that the results themselves are only as accurate as the person taking them. I mean if you are truthful, the results will say that you question everything and if something goes against your moral backing, you should voice it. As for my results, I do not see myself as an alpha employee, therefore I am willing to do what I was hired for and not result in the cut throat tactics that some rely upon for advancement in their career. I believe that I can be a team player through my hard work and dedication. These test questions seemed to be centered around someone that has the philosophy of he who dies with the most toys wins, while I admit that I do require money in order to feed my family and to ensure that bills are paid, I could not wrap my head around the notion that the more money you have at the cost of hurting someone else is what puts you at the top in a company’s eyes. I believe that treating someone equally is what makes a strong business, this does not allow...
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...Kipnis argues that monogamy is a social constructuction which creates citizens who follow capitalistic ideals. Within Kipnis’ essay she only focuses on romantic relationships and believes that adultery is the key to initiating new modes of thinking. In order to create social change, I do not believe committing adultery is the right solution because adultery is an excuse to run away from problems. Taking a closer look at the author’s argument, one can see that the author is not against love. Nowhere in the text does she protest against a mother’s love for her child or the love we have for our friends. Instead, the author challenges ideals about romantic love and the glorification of romantic love within American capitalism. I noticed that Kipnis limits her analysis of...
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...Can you look over this 250 word essay? So for Princeton one of the prompts is: Name someone who inspires you, or something like that. It can only be 250 words, so I tried to keep it short. Is it cliche/cheesy? As an omnipresent force, my Dad symbolizes more than just a man who has brought me into this world. He is instead an emotion or energy that I can feel inside of me always. He is the constant reminder of my duty to uphold the morals of my family, and he is the motivation for accomplishment in my life. Though not with me in the physical sense, his contributions as an emotional force in the sharpening of my character has helped me grow as a confident young man. He is a man I can admire and a man I can wish to be, but more than anything else, he is a man that I can forever know will support me in all my endeavors. As I look forward towards the future I see him as a part of the greater meaning of my life; he will always be another influence in my decisions and a sign that I have chosen the right path. While others may pass through my life, the firm hand with which he guides me will be present always. | | Reply | 10-12-2004, 07:06 AM | #2 | marite Senior MemberJoin Date: Aug 2004Posts: 13,792 | Ilcapo: The response is far too vague; it does not even mention that your father is dead so that what you think is his inspiration is what you believe he would have told you to do, were he alive; this is unless you have been told specific things about him and are being influenced...
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...My Ideal Career: Becoming a Lawyer John Shand LS100 Kaplan University Professor Anderson January 6, 2014 My Ideal Career: Becoming a Lawyer My career goal has recently changed to becoming a lawyer. I’m mainly aiming for criminal lawyer and eventually have my own law firm. What makes becoming a lawyer so attractive to me is simply the fact that I can make a difference in someone’s life or simply make someone feel safer by knowing their assailant is behind bars. There are two important factors that got me interested in law the first was when I joined the Marine Corps, was fascinated by military law and I wanted to joined in that field. I didn’t get that job but I was still able to learn part of the legal system. The second factor that pushed and inspired me more to be a lawyer was after a family member was taken advantage of when I was sixteen, I realized that I wanted to make sure that no one has any chance to put anyone through what they went through or at least do my best to prevent it. I’d like to start at a small firm on an internship once I have my bachelor’s degree so I can gain experience and more knowledge as well as get comfortable with the work environment. While working at the small firm I’ll continue my schooling to get my master’s degree. While going to school to obtain my master’s degree, I will be gaining more knowledge and experience from my job. I hope to move up in the firm and slowly branch to a bigger firm once I have enough experience. In the...
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...married older. Firstly it enables people to concentrate on their education and get a degree and then a good job before contemplating marriage. This gives a solid financial foundation for the marriage and is likely to lessen concerns about money which lead to many arguments within a marriage. Secondly one has the opportunity to meet more people before getting married and ensuring that they have met the person that is right for them. For example at university students get the opportunity to meet hundreds of interesting friends from a variety of backgrounds. On average a university student meets 900 people, whereas at school there are relatively few people to meet and children only tend to socialize with their own class. Thirdly divorce is much higher, because they do not have the emotional maturity to communicate effectively and compromise. For example Britney Spears got married when she was 22 and was divorced 2 years later and has been in and out of psychological therapy ever since. Page 1 Of 5 Comments Background (Already showing bias) Discursive Comments Background just reports the facts, no bias. There are a number of people who get married before they are 25. This essay will discuss age and if it affects the success of a marriage There are advantages to getting married older. Firstly it enables people to concentrate on their education and get a degree and then a job before contemplating marriage. This may lessen concerns about money which could lead to arguments within...
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...In the story, “Today’s Kids Are, Like Killing the English Language” Kirk Johnson talks about different slang expressions most kids use today. Johnson believes this is the ideal language for such a modern world and how enriched our language has become. I use all of these expressions that are mentioned in this essay such as “duh” and “like” for example.The usage of this language is used in ways like “I’m so done like I don’t even know why she did that.” The usage of the word “duh” can be explained by this quote, “Well obviously I got my homework done duh.”Other examples of slang language are how some girls in my grade have code names for certain people. Instead of using their names they replace it with the name of a food or object....
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...THE AMERICAN DREAM THE AMERICAN DREAM Section #1 a. The impact cultures in North America have on the United States is that each region adapted the traditions and/or beliefs of those who settled in that area by maintaining dance, music, and crafts. Many English settlers did not respect the Native American cultures, and were seen as uncivilized and/or savages. Basically there was a clash of cultures, with new ideas pushing away old ways and mayor cultures oppressing others. b. Immigration and migration shape the early United States, for example: The first person to be processed at Ellis Island was Annie Moore who arrived from Ireland on January 1, 1892. As the first immigrant Annie Moore was given a $10 gold piece. She soon was married and gave birth to eleven children. While Annie Moore was the first immigrant, she was definitely not alone. Some famous immigrants who arrived through Ellis Island included Charles Chaplin, Cary Grant, Harry Houdini, Walt Disney, Albert Einstein, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. It is easy to see from this list how immigrants have changed the face of the United States. All of these famous people contributed to the United States, giving a bright future for innovative contributions to the young nation. c. The most important change in the United States ‘ involvement in foreign affairs from 1789 to 1877 was expansion of its territory. Marked by a treaty with France buying Louisiana territory doubling the United States, and other treaties...
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...Thomas Krohl Essay #1: Final Draft What is the key ingredient of a good education? Education itself is undoubtedly an important component of success. So important that frequently students graduate college with debt the size of mortgages. But is it a quality education; and what dictates a quality education? Paulo Freire, a Brazilian ideologist believes he knows. He asserts that a solid education can easily be acquired if students and teachers have a strong relationship. One in which questions and conversation can flow freely. In our educational system today however, this is not always the case. There is a method of teaching occurring in almost every school in the nation where the teachers play the role of the ‘all-knowing.’ This teacher prefers to force-feed information to students whose only job is to take detailed notes on everything the teacher is saying. No questions or differing opinions are allowed. Freire, coined this student-teacher phenomena ‘Banking Education.’ He thoroughly investigated this in a published essay he called “The ‘Banking’ Concept of Education”. His essay attempts to bring to light the flaws in our traditional education system and offer a potential solution. He writes, “Education thus becomes an act of depositing, in which the students are the depositories and the teacher is the depositor. Instead of communicating, the teacher issues communiques and makes deposits which the students patiently receive, memorize, and repeat. This is the ‘banking’...
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...those unique qualities. As today’s economy and business world continues to expand globally, diversity moves to the forefront. There will be more cultures, personalities, and talents at play. In order to be successful, a company must understand how all of those qualities affect motivation, communication, and performance. When it does, it will benefit from better communication and teamwork, enhanced morale, and a higher level of creativity. Now that I’ve given the formal explanation, let me try to answer the first half of the question posed. What does diversity mean to me? In simple terms, I believe that diversity is learning from others that aren’t the same as me. I grew up in a very small southern farming town where everyone had the same ideals and expectations. We all knew each other, we went to the same church, we ate the same types of food, and we listened to the same music. There was no such thing as unique. When I went off to college, a whole new world opened up right in front of me. I experienced so many different types of people and so many new cultures;...
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...Emily Burleson March 2, 2016 GS2520 Professional Communication Module 3 Essay Professional communication can be oral, written, digital or visual content. Each have their own principles to deliver communication. In today’s world communication is changing vastly with the improvements of technology; how it is created, dictated, or managed. With the communication gap changing with every generation there is a need for trained professionals that are specific to getting communication moved along via text, email, social media post etc. With these trained professionals they have specific skills such as strategies, theory, and technology.to communicate in the business world. Having great communication skills are critical to any business through writing, reading, editing, speaking, listening, software, graphics, and research. In my line of work which is Network Systems Administration communication is very important mainly because not everyone has computer knowledge and will not understand most of what is being said. At my current job I have to keep in mind that my two bosses and secretaries know nothing about a computer so when I need to keep space open to do critical updates or backups I have to make sure I tell them the day before and one hour before I do the said work. In order to do upgrades or switch computers after one has crashed I have to stress the importance of getting a computer that will keep up with the demand of the work documents that need to be processed...
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...Sample MBA Essay - Stanford Graduate School of Business - Ben | MBA ... Page 1 of 3 « Back to Sample Essays for Top Business Schools Print Ben Below is one of Ben's essays for his Stanford application. We present the essay in its original form, with just cosmetic changes made to protect the author's identity. We then provide comments and suggestions, based on the advice available in Your MBA Game Plan. The question that he answers in this essay is: What are your short-term and long-term career aspirations? How will an MBA education further your development? Why does the academic experience offered at the Stanford GSB appeal to you? (Unlimited length) I work at the Information Technology industry since 1993, when I was recruited to the classified electronic surveillance unit of Israel Defense Force (IDF). Since I've advanced to management positions in a very early stage of my professional career (at the age of 19 I've already finished the IDF Technical Officers course and was positioned as a Team Leader commanding 8-10 network professionals and computer technicians), it was a natural step to continue my career on management positions in the industry after my release from the active duty at 1997. I started my civilian career as an Information Systems Manager at Mobile Solutions Ltd., a dynamic Ireland-based start-up company developing various hardware devices for mobile satellite antenna’s technology. During my military service I've come to realization that in order to...
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...One of the most significant quotes in Plato's Apology is: “the difficulty, my friends, is not to avoid death, but to avoid unrighteousness; for that runs faster than death” (Plato 18). Socrates states his belief that death is not the main antagonist in life, rather a distraction from the true enemy, unrighteousness and/or our ability to do harm to others. By making this statement, Socrates makes it clear that one of his ideals in life has been to never harm anyone, even if that means paying with his life. Because Socrates believes that taking philosophy out of people’s lives would be harming them, if he were Man Thinking, Socrates should be willing to die instead of taking philosophy out of the lives of the Athenians. As Plato's Apology takes place in Socrates’ trial for his life, his dedication to his ideals is tested. In the end, Socrates does in fact pay the price for practicing philosophy, which is completely in line with his ideals. Thus, the second half of the first requirement is fulfilled, Socrates did not let the majority convert him from his ideals, keeping his ideals until his...
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