...Jadeyn Schutt 190054 National Honor Society Essay Leadership is a very important quality that I value and strive to live out in my every day life through athletics and academics. One way that I lead through athletics is serving as our volleyball team’s floor captain. That means that I am responsible for my team’s conduct and communicating with the officials. As the setter, I have the ability to lead my teammates through constant encouragement and positive actions. By improving each contact into a hittable ball, I am able to set my teammates up for success. An opportunity that I was able to lead off the court was by hosting a team meal at my house before senior night. We were able to bond during this night together. I also organized the senior gifts, planned the ribbon schedule, and made our lockerroom bulletin board. As I was usually the last one out of the...
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...I am deeply honored to be among the small group of students who are eligible for the National Honor Society. This is something that I have been looking forward to since my Freshman year. Being in all of the clubs and extracurricular activities, I have heard about this organization since I first walked into Waukesha North. Another stronger reinforcer was seeing my sister walk across the stage and seeing how honored she was, made me even more eager to be apart of this prestigious society. I strongly believe that this organization does great things in society, and that I can play a part in furthering its com. I would love to receive this honor because I have worked incredibly hard to get to this point in school and life in general. The National Honor Society is known for recognizing students with outstanding grades and characters, I believe that I have both. Currently, I have a 4.1 cumulative GPA. I have achieved the grades by taking challenging classes and having a lot of GRIT. GRIT is a trait based on an individual's passion for a particular long-term goal, along with a powerful motivation to achieve their respective objective. GRIT is not able to be taught; it is a biological trait that a person gets from their parents, and I believe that I have a lot of it. As for character, I believe that I demonstrate...
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...The four pillars of the National Honor Society have been a set standard of principles I have consistently followed throughout my academic career. Through persistent dedication in the fields of scholarship, leadership, character, and service, I have been able to maintain exceptional grades and superior rankings in academics and music while still being a part of multiple activities in my school community. Being able to balance these four principles have allowed me to succeed and surpass expectations set by myself and my school. Scholarship is characterized by severe commitment to learning and ambition. I focus on this by taking the most rigorous courses available to me at my school. Since freshman year, I have only taken honors or advanced placement academic courses. Moreover, to ensure I surpass expectations, I make studying a part of my routine to maintain the 4.0 grade point average I have. In addition to the four main subjects in school, I have studied guitar in a separate school and at my high school for over three years. My dedication to music and countless hours of practice have landed me a spot in the Bayonne High School honors guitar trio. Throughout my entire academic and music carrer, my...
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...I believe that I am more than qualified for admittance into the National Junior Honor Society and would love to be recognized for my demonstrations of leadership, character, service and citizenship both inside and outside of school. The National Junior Honor Society is an organization that acknowledges students who manifest excellence in scholarship and character, and I am truly ecstatic to have the honor to be considered for admission into the organization. Throughout my life I have strived to be ambitious in my studies and fulfill my education to the utmost level. I am currently maintaining A’s in all subjects, as I have for every marking period of my Middle School education and every year from when I was in Elementary School. I have received the Distinguished Honor Role in 6th grade and am on track to do the same in 7th. I challenge myself by taking French 1, and pursue complex goals in Gifted Education. My committed and efficient work ethics have allowed me to take above-grade accelerated Literature, Writing, and Algebra 1 courses. I have participated in several academic and challenging activities including The Knowledge Bowl, Knowledge Master, VEX Robotics, and Reading Olympics. I also have strived to show examples to and lead others in my community. I tutor a side-class in French 1 which allows me to help students falling behind. I also often take charge in group projects in school by organizing the concepts of the project encouraging my group-mates. But to me, leadership...
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...It is an honor and privilege to be recognized as a candidate for the National Junior Honor Society. At Lincoln I am a scholar, and have obtained a 3.9 G.P.A and will work hard to keep that in place all year long. Last quarter, I succeeded with 95% in Humanities, 93% in Math, and finally 96% in Science. In the past, I have also received two Presidential Gold awards for my exceptional grades. These grades clearly make me a prime candidate for National Junior Honor Society. Throughout the classroom and the community, I am a leader. In the classroom, certain people look up to me as a leader. I was elected to the student council, which demonstrates the fact that people are confident in my ability to lead. I strive to do what is best for...
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...National Honor Society Application Essay Being nominated to be apart of the prestigious National Honor Society is a great accomplishment in itself. It is proof of my determination and dedication to my future and further education. I believe that being an active participant would further my opportunities to contribute to my school, community, and education. As a sophomore, I may not have been presented as many opportunities as other candidates but I have taken full advantage of as many leadership positions and service projects as possible. As soon as I walked into the halls of Heritage High School I created several goals for myself to accomplish before I graduate. One of the goals with highest priority was being inducted into the National Honor Society, and now this goal is closer than ever. To be a member of the National Honor Society is to be recognized as a student with...
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...National Junior Honor Society Application Essay Scholarship I believe that I have demonstrated scholarship throughout the experience that I have had so far at Carmel Middle School. Every quarter last year and this year, I have earned a 4.0 GPA. Doing my best in school is important to me because learning is a huge part in life and it is the beginning of the path to getting good jobs. If you do not learn then you would never grow and expand your mind. Getting good grades is also important to me because it gives me a sense of accomplishment and it is reflects my hard work. Participation and Leadership I take part in many school and community activities. At school I am a member of multiple clubs such as Next Steps Bible Club, CRU Bible Study, choir, track, and I was a member of the seventh grade volleyball team. Some of the other co-curricular activities that I enjoy participating in outside of school are guitar lessons, babysitting and confirmation through my church. One of the things that I am proud of is when I did the annual lemonade stand day. I was interviewed about the entrepreneurial lessons learned that I had learned from doing lemonade stands, and that interview was put in the paper. Also, in Carmel Dad’s Club Basketball I...
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...Valeria Parodi March 20, 2024 Mr.Coyour National Honors Society Essay. The four qualities of the National Honors Society are seen and represented well by me. My leadership positions, clubs, community activities, and work show outstanding performance in the significant qualities of the National Honors Society. These areas are scholarship, service, leadership, and character. Receiving an invitation to apply to the National Honors Society was a great honor as I knew how great of an opportunity this was to help me reach my goals. The current goals I am striving towards are to improve my character, self-esteem, and determination, and to evolve in my community. While I am improving on these goals, I believe that being elected to become a part of...
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...to say that Benedict Arnold was just as important to America as a war hero... And not just because he actually was one before his betrayal. The authors are trying to prove that he may have helped America more than he realized, albeit unintentionally. And no matter how hard it is to believe or how much we may not want to accept it, Benedict Arnold was a great example to the people of the United States of America. The authors give their evidence for the argument by breaking down their entire thought process. First, one must “uncover the values for which a society stands” (Page 1). Then, they must compare the actions of the individual to the beliefs of the society as a whole. In a time of war against their fatherland to be separate and recognized, national pride was high. Betraying this nationality, as Benedict Arnold did, would be an absolutely unforgivable sin. The evidence given seems authentic, as many references are made to other texts and even records from the time. All these sources come together to very efficiently support the purpose of the essay. Regarding the knowledge required to understand the essay, there were a few things that had to be understood. Most of them were ideals such as patriotism, nationalism, and treason. These ideals, and most - if not all - of the themes in this...
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...This essay was the one I dreaded writing the most. I read the question over and over and just kept thinking “I’m neither unique nor colorful” and closing the tab. Eventually, I resorted to asking my mom, which in retrospect was a bad idea because she said that I'm unique because I’m amazing and kind. Thanks mom, that’s super helpful. I then turned to my best friend, who arguably knows me the most. She began by listing all of my extracurricular activities, but I reminded her that the point of this essay is something outside of extracurriculars. That's when she revealed that those are what make me unique. In her words, “You're just a good person. You do way more than you need to and you don't get anything out of it,” and that's when I realized that what makes me unique is my heart....
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...Harvard, Favorite books The novel Black Like Me was the most stimulating book I have recently read. I was taken aback by the cruelty the narrator experienced when he was black compared to the hospitality he found as a white man. Possessing the same occupation, clothing, wealth, speech, and identity did not matter when his skin was another color. Given that this was a non-fictional piece, my reaction was even stronger. The book made me favor equality of opportunity for all in every endeavor so others' opinions of them are based on performance, not preconceptions. Harvard, Favorite teacher I selected Mr. (name) because he taught me more than U.S. History; he taught me how to think independently. This wasn't done only to prepare me for the free-response section of the A.P. test, either. I know he did it to make his students responsible citizens and responsible adults. From the outset, he wanted to make sure that we knew how we stood in our political philosophy: strict constructionists or loose constructionists. He wanted to make sure that we didn't gravitate towards empty categories like liberal or conservative, but rather focused on issues separately whenever we needed to take a stand on them. Imagine my surprise when I, the son of two very conservative parents who constantly bombarded me with their rhetoric, discovered that I had strong liberal tendencies on some issues. Aside from political affiliations, Mr. (name) taught us how to make sense out of history by trying...
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...Emira Hoxha National Honor Society Sept. 25, 2017 Application Essay The qualities people possess and what they do with those qualities is what makes up someone's character. I have got to be honest, there have been many essays I have had to write where they asked me “Who am I”, but none have made me think as deeply as this one. How do I morally and mentally line up with the world? People have told me that I am reliable, observant, and hard-working, but finding moments where these characteristics were shown were difficult. There was a moment during a very stressful time at my workplace where we had many orders coming in. The organization for said orders was nonexistent. They were all noted down in different places depending on who took what...
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...bibliography Academic Actions, Academic Integrity Chace, William M. “A Question of Honor.” The American Scholar 81.2 (2012): 20-32. Academic Search Premier. Web. 22 Mar. 2013. Chace raises our awareness about many problems that American higher education is confronting such as the decreasing of quality and student integrity. At first, he pointed out the declining of academic quality. The tuition fee is raising, but the outcome is not. Then he tells us the biggest reason that causes the problem – it is academic dishonesty. Later, Chace highlights why students cheat and how college cheating damages academic integrity and harms collegiate institutions’ reputations. Finally, he strongly states “To do nothing is not an answer”; therefore, we must find some solutions. William Chase is both President and Professor of English Emeritus at Emory University as well as Honorary Professor of English Emeritus at Stanford University. The American Scholar, the publisher of this article is a very famous magazine in American, as they describes themselves in the website “The American Scholar is the venerable but lively quarterly magazine of public affairs, literature, science, history, and culture published by the Phi Beta Kappa Society since 1932. In recent years the magazine has won five National Magazine Awards, the industry’s highest honor, and been nominated for awards sixteen times. Many of its essays and articles have been selected for the yearly Best American anthologies.” The author...
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...through his study, detected that there was a recurrent and clear pattern in the tactical relations between states. Thucydides' depiction of wartime rhetoric bears resemblance to today's politics. This essay will embrace the realist interpretation of Thucydides, and contend that he still resonates and impacts us nowadays due to the prevalence of power politics, self-interest and fear in today’s world. Through the interpretation of his work, one will be able to see that despite the imperative contrast between his world and the world that we live in, Thucydides insights into human nature are of relevance. The questions he brings up remain timeless: What makes countries go to war? To what extent can politics affect society in a negative way? What is the measure of a great democracy or a great leader? We are able to see an analogy to today’s event in almost every part of the ‘History of the Peloponnesian War’. The Sicilian Expedition is not so different from the United States and Russia fighting in far places like Vietnam and Korea. These current countries quarreled outside their own borders, in search for more power without the destruction on their own land. The Funeral Oration by Pericles demonstrates how speech can be used as a tool of politics and statecraft when filled with heaps of honor on the dead and include defense of democracy, much like the narratives we see nowadays given to soldier fighting abroad for ‘democracy’. People’s ability to connect this ancient history to today’s...
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...transmitted by the wider society and the effects that this may have for individual members of the society . Introduction: Society and Culture are interlinked, thus sociology defines society as two or more people who interact in such a manner as to share a common culture. Therefore culture is seen as a vital factor of sociology. Culture can be defined as common beliefs, behavior, objectives or characteristics formed within a group of people or society. People tend to define themselves with to a particular culture. In other words culture is a common set norms formed within a group of the society or a society to which people identify themselves to. This essay aims to explain in which ways culture is transmitted within the society and the effects this may have on individual members of a society. The essay will look at concepts of culture in terms of mass and folk culture. Furthermore it will take into consideration age, gender, social class and ethnicity, which will help to understand the interrelationship between self, identity and socialization. To understand culture in modern world better, the essay will aim to analyze the link between cultural consumption and identity in the modern society. Main body: According to Linton (1945) culture of a society is the way of life of its members; a collection of ideas and thoughts, which they learn and practiced. This is shared from one generation to another. There are different types of cultures for example high culture and low culture...
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