accomplishing anything in life‚ let alone go to college. I had to choose a major when I was applying for college‚ and I choose computer science‚ but the thing is I only saw what computer looks like‚ when I was almost fourteen. I have had to overcome many obstacles in life to get to where I am today. When I got accepted to Cleveland state university‚ I was so excited for being for first one in the family to attend a university. Since I only knew little about what to expect on college‚ I made some mistakes in
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I want to talk about how I came across obstacles in my life in America. I was only eleven years old when I came to United States. I started going to school few months before 5th grade end. Then when I was in 6th Grade‚ I was the only Burmese person in school. I was bullied and insulted in school for who I am and where I came from. Before I came to United States‚ I thought everybody would be friendly to me and help me in anyway that they can‚ because I’ve been hearing all the great things about United
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It’s indisputable that the “numbers” aspect of my application isn’t the strongest. Obstacles and challenges often seemed to get the best of me during high school. But still‚ I have emerged confident and optimistic. By ninth grade‚ life had hit me too hard. I was still drunk on anger from my mother’s schizophrenia diagnosis‚ her disappearance from my family and my parents’ divorce. Years of art therapy had helped me recover from these traumas and in 10th grade‚ I was on a stronger path: I knew
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However‚ human nature can take a toll by many different obstacles. One such obstacle may be totalitarian governments. Its assault on human nature is unlike any other obstacle. Many dictators are leaders of totalitarian governments. They defy human nature by causing harm to other humans and spreading false knowledge to the innocent. The dictators themselves are defiant
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Case Study - Corporate Obstacles to Pollution Prevention Overview This case focuses on corporate obstacles to pollution prevention. Pollution prevention can complex especially for large corporations. There are many different forms of pollution prevention including emissions control devices and incremental changes in existing technology. The author reviews the impact of emissions controlled devices‚ however the focus of the case study is on incremental changes in existing technology. Incremental
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Obstacle to Ethics: Determinism DETERMINISM: Our choices and actions are the result of pre-existing conditions. We do not have free will or the capacity to choose between alternatives. We are not responsible for our actions‚ cannot be blamed or praised for them‚ because we cannot act "against" or contrary to the forces or pre-existing conditions that compel us (psychological‚ social‚ economic‚ environmental‚ genetic). Since we could not have done otherwise‚ it is pointless to grant rewards or
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Overcoming Obstacles In our daily lives‚ too often do we judge others based solely on their appearance; whether it’s by the clothes that a person is wearing or even the color of their skin. The essence of Amy Tan’s Mother Tongue and Peter Marin’s Helping and Hating the Homeless is that in society‚ we are quick to judge others‚ categorizing them based upon pre-assumptions which are hardly true. Chinese American novelist Amy Tan shares her most intimate experiences of growing up with a mother who
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as it continuously acts a distractor that normally causes me to delay work. In the case of “The Odyssey” it is much more extreme‚ with the person affected forgetting their quest to return home. In my life‚ I consider forgetting work and not being successful my greatest fear. An inability to remain focused and attentive to my work often causes
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Should everyone have university degree? Rapid development of technologies and current economic crisis make people worry about their future live and professional realization‚ showing with no doubt the importance of education for further successful living. Knowledge is power and the more you know the easier you will get the desired job‚ the better you will be paid and the better you will live. Recently‚ higher education has almost become a must in our society. First of all employers always
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A goal or challenge in my past that required perseverance and determination to accomplish would have to be my high school basketball career. My basketball career did not start out as one would have dreamt of growing up in a small town in the basketball rich state of Indiana. In Indiana‚ basketball is like a second religion. I grew up idolizing my uncle‚ whom played for the high school that I would eventually attend. I would run around my grandmothers house acting out my fantasies of winning
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