Brittany Lewis Dr. Muriel M. Brennan English 105 April 24‚ 2015 Talent versus. Hard Work Natural talent vs. hard work is a topic that has been debated by people of all professions throughout history. It’s also known as Nature vs. Nurture‚ the difference between one’s innate ability vs. ability affected by personal experience. In a study‚ the Florida State University psychologist K. Anders Ericsson and his colleagues asked violin students at a music academy to estimate the amount of time they
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“Sometimes there’s not a better way. Sometimes there’s only the hard way.” ― Mary E. Pearson. Will hard work pay off? Or is hard work just a waste of time and effort? In the story that I am going to share‚ the questions will no longer be left unanswered. It all started when I was 9 years old‚ my teachers and parents were disappointed of what I am doing at school. History was not my best subject and I didn’t know anything about it. My average in class was 72. I was so disappointed about myself
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April‚ 2013 Hard Work Pays Off It’s 7am‚ Monday July 26th 2004. The sun has just risen up and it’s already reached 92 Degrees. I’m sweating out of control and out of breath just like the other Sixty- Five teenage boys here. The smell of grass is strong and unpleasant and there is no shaded area in site. The line for water is like a mile long and were all fighting like mad men to get a sip. My legs are burning from the running‚ my arms hurting from the endless pushups and I’m holding on
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Reading History is a subject which requires students to work independently a great deal of the time‚ and to do a lot of reading. As such‚ it is advisable to develop efficient study skills‚ in order to ensure that you are well prepared for classes and essays‚ and ultimately exams. Reading skills The volume of reading that you will be required to do means that it is important to be able to develop skills to enable you to acquire information and assess arguments fairly quickly. Successful
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The Relentless Machine Through satire and irony using her perspective as an Iraqi woman‚ Dunya Mikhail personifies war as a machine‚ rather than the traditional masculine perspective of heroism on the battlefield. In “The War Works Hard” war is never ending; it is relentless and without mercy as it destroys everything in its path‚ leaving an endless generational wake of scars among the civilian victims caught in the zone that the war has chosen. The war scars forever. Wars are often glorified in
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Ramirez 6/18/2013 English Professor Jenkings Final Draft Hard Work Does Pay Off When I was born my father had to leave Peru. He left my mother and I to go to the United States. He didn’t leave my mother and I because he didn’t love us anymore. He left us so that he could go work his butt off. He wanted his wife and his son to have a better life. He wanted me to have opportunities that he couldn’t have for himself
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Hard work beats Talent Some people would argue that the top musicians or sports people they see on TV or wherever it might be are different to themselves but in fact that is false. What we see is the finished product then assume they have something special but in fact all they’ve done is more work. Many times we put down success to having specific genetic inheritance. The innate capacity of a performer is different to innate ability. Genetically a person may have an innate capacity‚ but without the
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equality without self-determination to better their lives. Thus‚ their lives have been an inspiration for me. The motivation to excel‚ though sometimes forgotten in my generation‚ is a quality that needs nourishment. My parents taught me that it takes hard work and to be successful. They pushed me to follow my dreams from a young age child which has carried over into my adulthood. Their guidance and belief in me gave me the strength to believe in myself‚ which I consider to be main reason I have experienced
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the harder I work the more I have of it.” – Stephen Leacock‚ economist and humorist. Any person who has exercised endeavors striving for success would be familiar with the conflict between hard work and luck as the limiting factors of long term achievement. Some people liberate themselves of all responsibility and leave everything to chance. While others‚ leave no stones unturned in attempt to induce the highest degrees of perfectionism in their work. People switch from one work ethic to other
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Linda Carrascal Enc 1101 Prof. Uszerowicz I believe hard work pays off. When we are young we think everything is easy‚ but as we grow we learned that its not that easy and that we have to earn and sacrifice for what we want. I’m currently a full-time student and working part time‚ this is what many people consider “the college life”‚ the time for you to enjoy and have fun. For me however‚ is the time to learn and absorb all I can. The present me will reflect the future me‚ what I do for myself
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