I believe in the impact a college degree makes. Receiving this scholarship will boost my self-confidence‚ knowing that I not only completed a very important task‚ but also took it upon myself to create a foundation for getting me closer to my career goals. This scholarship award will only push me further towards my aspirations and my dreams of one day having a successful career in the Liberal Arts field. Scholarships are a prestigious award that can help fund my education. Being the first generation
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I am 50/50 with his comments and his essay he said he’s very critical of blind faith which makes sense most people choose not to believe an a god because they think how can someone create something an three days ? How can someone just say let there be this and that an it happens? How can someone let so much evil happen on a place we call earth or better yet call home? The reason why I’m 50/50 is because I sometimes question it too but I choose to believe an I grew up around holy people an there nothing
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of a single mother‚ I grew up to know I would have to work hard for the things I wanted. Just as my mother did when she provided for my sister and I. Ones determination for life is based on past experiences. The experiences I have faced has made me a worthy candidate for this scholarship. Coming from a Mexican and Salvadorian family‚ I’ve grown to work towards my aspirations; my goals of becoming a teacher. Although not being financially able to qualify to be a philanthropist‚ I donate my services
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In a world full of war and sadness there’s always the optimistic people who help people going. This is why positive thinking is one of the best ways to respond to conflict. The stories that were used are I am Malala: Young Readers Edition by Malala Yousafzai and Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by none other than Anne Frank herself. Malala Yousafzai is a perfect example of why positive thinking is one of the best ways to respond to conflict. In this case‚ Malala stayed positive throughout
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the stories are told by using different perspective. The excerpts from Palimpsests: Literature in the Second Degree by Gerald Genette describe many literary devices that are used when writing a hypertext‚ which is adaptation. Nancy Springer’s novel I am Mordred is an example of an adaptation of a fifteenth century book by Sir Thomas Malory called
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Thirdly‚ his intelligence shown to us that in life‚ in order to survive we must use our wits. And finally‚ the discovery of the cure-gone-wrong for cancer shows to us what we are now‚ people have always been not contented with what they have‚ although I am not saying that its bad yet we also need to put limitations on what we are doing for as to what they say “Too much and too less of something is undesirable”. Summary: The movie is about‚ Richard Neville‚ the last man on Earth. Neville is
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WHY AM I HERE?: A REFLECTIVE APPROACH TO PHILOSOPHY AS A WAY OF LIFE IN THE ECLECTIC LIGHT OF ANCIENT WESTERN THOUGHT AND VIKTOR E. FRANKL’S MAN’S SEARCH FOR MEANING CHAPTER 1 This world is an unfinished story. Everything tells more than it can listen to; and the unheard remains in silence which listens patiently and responds silently. The rise of this age of technology and information has broadened our horizons of experience in and encounter with the world. Dating millions of years
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Foundation Scholarship Committee 26000 SE Stark St. Gresham‚ OR 97030 Dear Mt. Hood Community College Foundation Committee: I have walked out of blackberry fields with my fingers bleeding from being poked by the thorns‚ exhausted and thirsty from the burning heat‚ and hard labor. Till this day I remember every minute of those nine hours‚ thinking‚ how were my parents able to work like this their whole lives. They showed me how hard the life of an immigrant is and because of that I am who I am and I want
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of learner am I ! Hi‚ my name is Thomas James and I will like to tell you some things about my self. I know I learn different from others but when I put a little more time in my work it will probably come out good. Most of the time I look around to get inspired so I can focus when I find something I put all my ideas on paper. I’m connected to education by trying my hardest to focus and think in my mine I can do thins and I do like in math. When I’m in math it seem like I already know
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change the world." Each day‚ I walk into school knowing that I will safely learn something whether it be a new math equation or a new style of essay to write. In school‚ we have the power to ask questions and get answers from our teachers. In America‚ this seems like an everyday occurrence that nobody seems concerned with. We do not have to worry about the Taliban threatening to blow up our school‚ shot our school teacher or shot a student. Before reading the book‚ I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up
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