Personal Statement Classics appeals to me because it is such a broad area of study‚ encompassing so many different disciplines (and so many of my interests!)‚ but at the same time remains a single subject; the different elements fit together‚ illuminating and enhancing each other. A work of literature surely cannot be properly understood without some understanding of the political and cultural context in which it was written - and read. In the same way knowledge of a work or genre of literature
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Personal Statement Likely the most drastic change in my life was the one that helped me to transition from childhood to adulthood. When I was in my sophomore year of high school my parents split up‚ this drastically changed my relationship with both of my parents. In my fathers case we became best friends by helping each other through the hard times. In my moms case we got into a rough patch where there were very hard feelings for a long time. After my parent’s split up I was very disappointed in
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When I was a little kid‚ I was always curious about the world around me and wanted to stay outside until my mom was forcing me into the house. The world fascinated me and I wanted to understand how it worked. Upon entering high school‚ I was given the tools to learn about the natural world. The summer before my senior year of high school I attended a trip to the western United States‚ it was a one-month backcountry camping trip. I got to visit Yellow Stone‚ The Grand Tetons‚ Devil’s Tower and the
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Personal Statement This summer I had the opportunity to travel to Europe and experience what other part of the world are like. If it wasn’t for this experience I would not know what I would want to do with the rest other my life. Europe opened my eyes to so much different cultures‚ types of people and various ways of life. This trip helped me to decide what I wanted to do with my life because I saw so many people who loved doing what they do so it got me to think about what exactly would make me
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Personal Statement I am a graduate of Mechanical Engineering but have found myself in the Logistics and Supply Chain Management profession since graduation. I started a career in Supply Chain Management not really by choice but by virtue of the fact that most graduates of Nigerian tertiary institution today take up available job and not choice job due to mass unemployment. I have practiced SCM for about 5yrs now and have really developed a keen interest in rising to the top of the profession
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Psychology Personal Statement Dealing with a father owner of a very verbally and physically aggressive behaviour made me understand that the human mind was an unescapable part of my life. The fact that I have been facing his behaviour from a very early age‚ has changed me and directed me into finding a plausible reason for his conducts. As a result I decided to start reading books that would give me more information about his acts such as “Confessions of Sociopath” where I could realise that the
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The advice that was given to me about writing my personal statement is that whatever I wrote‚ it must be a statement that came directly from the heart. I’ve found that in order to do this‚ I must actually write about my heart. When I was born‚ doctors discovered that I had a ventricular septal defect. The defect needed to be repaired‚ or I would have been wheelchair-bound and not lived past my fifth birthday. The experience of my heart surgery was not only life-altering for me‚ but for my parents
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Mandatory Drug Testing of Welfare Recipients Presented by: Jennifer Tuggle Hinze UIN: 223002088 Thesis Statement Overall‚ mandatory drug testing initiatives have noble intentions such as: providing medical care to the abuser‚ preventing lifelong dependency‚ and saving taxpayer dollars‚ however‚ states should choose to not implement the intrusive testing because it is unconstitutional‚ costly‚ and ultimately detrimental to the child‚ not the parents. Through this presentation you
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My thesis statement is how people can accomplish their experiences. These are the people who have undertaken a mission: Stanley Pearce‚ Farah Ahmedi‚ and Annie Johnson. We are going to start with Stanley Pearce. Call of the Klondike is a true account of the Klondike Gold Rush. The text is based on primary sources‚ including the diary of Stanley Pearce‚ a gold miner. The authors describe the hardships that Pearce and other miners faced to pursue their dream of striking it rich. Pearce wrote that "every
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Personal Statement Many years ago‚ my family fled persecution from our war-torn country‚ in hopes to provide a better‚ more secure future for their children. As a family‚ we adjusted to a foreign country; we persevered through poverty‚ and attempted to make the American Dream a reality. We started off small‚ with a local convenience store run by our own family. I quickly learned the hard and fast lessons of responsibility‚ maturity‚ and commitment while working to provide for the family. I witnessed
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