always felt that I let myself down. I’ve always had the best intentions‚ but life’s unexpectedness put several roadblocks in the way of me completing a degree. I graduated high school twenty-five years ago. Since then‚ I have raised a family and have unfulfilling employment. Being able to attend college and complete this degree which I am embarking upon is important to me because I have matured into the person I want to be. Success in college takes dedication‚ discipline‚ and structure. Throughout my
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Essay 1 WHAT ISRAEL MEANS TO ME "Where did Avraham almost sacrifice his son Yitzchok? Where did Dovid Hamelech fight Goliath? Where did Yaakov dream of the angels going up and down the ladder? Where did Lotes wife turn into a pillar of salt? Where was Moshe Rabenu leading the children of Israel to‚ the place they called the land of milk and honey?" Israel. Israel is much more than a tiny piece of land in the Middle East. Its living proof that the Jewish people have survived‚ against
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What Leadership Means To Me By: Cindy Ouellette MGT 420 Theory and Practice of Leadership Instructor: Rick Chaffee‚ Ph.D. January 24‚ 2012 Abstract Leadership is a very broad topic; I never knew just how many different traits and skills that it takes to become an effective leader. Some of which I was familiar with‚ and others that I was not aware of‚ but now from taking this course‚ they all seem to be necessary for the role of leadership
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What is “America” means to me My poster board is broken up into five different sections. My first section of my collage is pictures of America’s most famous symbols‚ such as the White House‚ the flag‚ Mount Rushmore‚ and the Statue of Liberty. The second section of my collage is labeled ideals and values. The pictures I choose were family‚ wealth‚ products‚ and democracy. Family‚ wealth‚ and products are three things Americans strive for; it’s a common goal for most of us. Democracy is something
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What Jesus Means to Me Jesus—perhaps the most discoursed name in history. He has transformed and influenced many lives including mine. To some people‚ He was a prophet. To others He is a mere legend. To me‚ he is a father and a friend‚ but most of all‚ He is my Lord and Savior through justification‚ sanctification‚ and redemption. First of all‚ Jesus is my Savior through justification. Justification by faith is being attributed by God as righteous‚ even though we have sinned‚ and are therefore
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WHAT THANKSGIVING MEANS TO ME In the United States‚ Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday‚ of November. However‚ seven nations also observe Thanksgiving as an official holiday. Those nations are Argentina‚ Brazil‚ Canada‚ Japan‚ Korea‚ Liberia‚ and Switzerland. The first Thanksgiving is on record as being celebrated in the year 1621 near Plymouth‚ Massachusetts‚ with a feast following the Pilgrims first harvest. However‚ the feast was never repeated. In fact‚ the devoutly religious
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What chemistry means to me and how it impacts upon my life From the foods we eat and the medicines we take to the products we regularly use‚ our lives are inextricably linked to chemicals and their operating principles. Chemistry is everywhere. The air we breathe‚ the ground we stand on‚ the seas we sail‚ and the variety of living things including our own bodies; all these are made of substances that we call chemicals. These chemicals interact with one another‚ and‚ in many cases‚ these interactions
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Personal Health Journal entry #1 For me health is working proactively to make sure my mind‚ body and soul‚ are functioning at a high level. I don’t believe you have to run a marathon to be considered healthy. However I do believe in order to be healthy‚ a person must treat their body and mind as a high performance machine that requires constant maintenance and quality fuel. According to the two assessments I completed for this entry‚ I have an excellent chance at living beyond 85. To maintain
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Ares lukeal chapter 4 question 4 Hodge Shannon English composition 1 What I’s work Work is the process of initiating an action or the process of creating an effect or outcome‚ Work is also an activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result. But this is not how the world defines work most people see work as doing something in a more strenuous way‚ pain‚ suffering and slavery to a task‚ this artificial definition is how most people define work
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To me virtue means to be loyal to something that is important to you. In order to be virtuous‚ you must be willing to be truthful with others who care about you or the cause your group is working toward. The combination of loyalty and truthfulness (and probably some other important values like being a generally good person) make up virtue. Virtue is both an act and a state of being. You must first complete a set of virtuous acts before becoming a virtuous person. I have most often heard virtue related
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