How will you use your scholarship if you receive it? I am planning to use this scholarship to pay off my college tuition. I no longer qualify for Financial Aid and this tuition would be a great opportunity to help me pay for my tuition‚ textbooks and lab expenses. I am trying my best to keep my college debts at a minimum. I have also applied for other scholarships with the hope that I will receive the help for my school expenses. Five years from now I see myself graduated from college with my bachelors
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Jennifer Smith English 111 February 16‚ 2011 Essay One - Revised “What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?” We are usually asked this question very early in life: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” It’s one of the biggest questions asked of children‚ from toddlers to teenagers. It’s always asked to help encourage kids to think of their future. After all‚ how many children really know what they want to do with the rest of their lives? Oh yeah‚ there are those lucky few who have a
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differently and that cultural beliefs are not the only factors that influence differences in opinion. The community‚ environment‚ and even one’s friends can also contribute to the way a person interprets things. One example is‚ “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down‚” a book about the struggles faced by the Lee family after emigrating from Laos to America. Foua delivered her 14th child‚ only this
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All of the listed cases demonstrate how difficult it is to violate an established social structure‚ even when following the social structure violates personal morals. Milgram’s findings‚ as read in the article “If Hitler Asked You to Electrocute a Stranger‚ Would You?”‚ apply to the first case of a manager and her fiancé ordering a teenage girl to strip and her following their commands. Milgram’s data suggested that humans are obedient even to the extent of blindly following authority. His findings
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hero. Heroism comes in many ways through attitudes and acts of oneself. I believe heroism is the intent of doing something for the benefit of others‚ and not caring about the consequences that might ensue. In Joyce Carol Oates’s "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been‚" we see the character of Connie in a process of making the hardest decisions of her life as she chooses the heroic path. By having the knowledge of her own fate and life atrisk of her family being hurt‚ she decided to go with the mysterious
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characters in the play. Iago has created an illusion to cause conflict‚ and to anger Othello‚ as an act of revenge to Othello for not giving him the promotion of lieutenant. Iago also mentions to Othello that‚ “She did deceive her father‚ marrying you” (3:3‚209)‚ referring to Desdemona. Iago mentions this out of spite‚ and
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Everyone thinks that none of the stories they hear will happen to them. They think they are invincible. “So You Think You Are Going to Live Forever?” is a presentation by Officer Pete Collins to a group of high school students. It was taken in 1990 to lower the level of those who drink and drive. Sadly‚ the rate of drinking has gone up. In this essay‚ it will explain what beer commercials don’t. Alcohol is advertized every day. They are the leading category in commercial advertisements today. However
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Connie’s Paradigm In Joyce Carol Oates’ short story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” we follow the main character Connie as she faces an inner transformation. The author introduces Connie as a vain and inexperienced adolescent who seems to daydream about things she doesn’t quite understand as she has more of a naive idea of what adulthood is all about. She takes pleasure in having control over everyone and everything around her. These ideas as well as her security are shaken when the
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Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? “Where are you going‚ where have you been?” is a short story by Joyce Carol Oates about an average fifteen year old girl who is not unlike many other girls her age‚ she is self-absorbed‚ and has a “Nervous giggling habit of craning her neck and glancing into the mirror‚ or checking other people’s face’s to make sure her own was all right.”(Oates‚ 388) The story takes place in Middle America. Oates wrote “Where are you going‚ where have you been?” in
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down”‚ a novel‚ written by Anne Fadiman‚ takes an inside look at the Hmong culture‚ their history‚ and trails Lia’s‚ a Hmong child of the Lees‚ medical experience with her American doctors and how a clash of two cultures impacted her outcome. Lia has epilepsy or as the Hmong say‚ “the spirit catches you and you fall down” (Fadiman‚ 2012‚ p. 30). The book focuses on Lia’s care‚ which results in brain death‚ the medical staffs’ actions/behaviors‚ what improvements
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