Self-directed‚ intrinsically motivated‚ active learners take responsibility for their learning. They are able to take what they have learned in the classroom and apply it to their personal lives‚ or vise versa. They often posses leadership abilities. Personally I find myself not to be self-directed. I find myself needing outside approval for everything I do. However‚ I am getting better at pushing myself to trust my own instincts. Because of this I will have to say my two strengths are the ability
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Decision support for best practices: Lessons learned on bridging the gap between research and applied pratice. Today‚ everyone is looking at best practices for developing a system or making the right choice in acquiring system components. If the right best practices are applied‚ they help to avoid common problems and improve quality‚ cost‚ or both. However‚ finding and selecting an appropriate best practice is not always an easy endeavor. In most cases guidance‚ based on sound experience‚ is missing;
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Prohibition in America: A Lesson Learned? Infamous gangster‚ AL Capone‚ and many like him built their dynasty off a short period of time during United States history called Prohibition. Prohibition was a period where alcohol was not permitted in the United States‚ which lasted from 1920 to 1933. After the Revolutionary War‚ drinking was on the rise in the United States‚ and many orginizations were created to disuade people from becoming intoxicated‚ starting a new temperance movement (Lerner 96)
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Historian as curandera Abstract History is story we tell ourselves as Khalil Gibran Muhamad defined it ‚ or Story we tell ourselves about how past explains our present and the way story is told is shaped by contemporary needs as Aurora Levnis Morales nicely put it. Likewise it could be stated that we become stories we tell ourselves. Thus‚ history has role in construction of our identity. Given the importance of the story for us‚ could it be different story then the one we are told in mainstream
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The lessons we take from failure can be fundamental to later success. Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you‚ and what did you learn from the experience? A time that I experienced failure was when I first learned how to ski. When I first learned to ski I fell down every second and crashed into trees. I was cold‚ tired and sore but my dad would let me quit. Every time I fell down he would pull me up‚ help me fix the mistake that I had made and have me keep
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One of the primary lessons I learned is that Christopher Columbus is said to have carried a range of diseases the first time he crossed the Atlantic in 1492‚ which wiped out a huge population of Indians. The strategy was viewed as revenge through the introduction of syphilis into Europe. On the other hand‚ a skeleton was found in an English monastery that was said to be of a man who possibly died of syphilis. It is tough to determine the disease an individual died from especially after a long period
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Airbus 380 It is not very often that we can attribute a project failure directly to a culture that management has tried to change but for political reasons finds it impossible to do so. The project failure at Airbus is one such example. Airbus When Airbus was founded in 1970 two major objectives prevailed. The first was to create a consortium of existing companies whose facilities had been scattered at sixteen sites in four European countries including France‚ Germany‚ Britain‚ and Spain.
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two children in a racist‚ judging‚ non compassionate society. In the book To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee Jem and Scout Finch learn many lessons through out the book that will help them further themselves in life. They learn valuable lessons on not judging a person without walking in their shoes‚ and to have empathy toward others. Firstly‚ One lesson that Jem and Scout learn is don’t pre-judge a person without walking in their shoes. Intolerance of peoples actions and opinions seem to be
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Lesson 1 How to be resourceful in economic turmoil One lesson learned during the Great Depression was to be resourceful in times of need. When the stock market crashed and banks closed people were made to make use of what they had‚ whether that was food or clothes. The Great Depression left a great impression on people of the era’s thoughts‚ and their habits. Many of them hoarded money‚ become pack rats‚ and generally had trouble parting with anything they may possibly have found a use for down
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"’Free! Body and soul free!’"‚ Mrs. Mallard kept whispering. One person’s ultimate freedom may be seen as a tragedy to another. Kate Chopin illustrates this idea in "The Story of an Hour." The story is set in the nineteenth century. Chopin uses the death of Mr. Mallard to show the reader Mrs. Mallard’s deep feelings. In the story‚ Josephine and Mrs. Mallard are sisters. Although the women come from the same background‚ live in the same city‚ and outwardly appear to be satisfied with their lives‚
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