Why did I take sign up for an Honors class? This isn’t the first nor the last time I have been asked this‚ but I must say my answer has changed drastically since the previous questioner. I used to believe school was just boring. I believed that it would always be me sitting through a class‚ waiting for the end. I always made extraordinary grades‚ but seemed to be bored. The last time I was asked I answered that it was because It would look good for me to get into college. Now I realize it’s because
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Honor the Grandmothers Honor the Grandmothers takes a look at four Dakota and Lakota women who offer to share the stories of their lives to the reader. It is a heartfelt look into their hardships through racism‚ to their ongoing battle to pass along the rich history of their ancestors while fighting poverty on the reservation. The first grandmother we get the chance to hear from is Celane Not Help Him. I wondered how she got her name because I think that would be an entire story all by itself
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Elizabeth Smith (Bessie Smith) Elizabeth Smith was born on April 15‚ 1894 in Chattanooga‚ Tennessee. Her parents were Laura and William Smith. She was one of the second children. She was born into a poverty stricken black family in the segregated south. Her father was a Baptist minister he died soon after her birth leaving her mother to raise her and her siblings. She was about nine when she lost her mother and two brothers. Bessie and the remaining siblings were raised by their
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Around 1513 Niccolo Machiavelli while writing "The Prince" would not be considered a theologian. When thinking of Machiavelli many people confuse him together with the names of rulers who have abused his writings. It also seems other people confuse Machiavelli with the rapper who took his name. Either- way people confuse Machiavelli it seems they fail to look at his true message‚ bettering the state and the greater good. Machiavelli may seem evil to some but his political theory properly applied
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Today’s twenty-first century definition of honor according to Dictionary.com is‚ honesty‚ fairness‚ or integrity in one’s beliefs and actions. But the definition of honor has drastically changed over time. For example‚ in A.D 800 to the 11th century Vikings‚ a nomadic people from Scandinavia‚ had an honor code for their wives/ slave girls. The honor code they had stated that if a woman’s husband/ master died that she in order to keep her name and her husband/ master’s name honorable she was to be
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Elizabeth Chadwick‚ Self-Determination in the Post-9/11 Era‚ Oxford: Routledge; Simultaniously‚ New York: Routledge‚ 2011‚ $160.00; ISBN: 978-0-415-55004-8. Introduction: Recognition of self-determination in international law is new. International law has adopted self-determination as a right in 1941 by UN charter‚ but from the beginning of the civilization the desire for self-determination was there. Debate over this topic is like never ending saga‚ as it’s related to government‚ peace‚ war‚ right
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Queen Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 - 22 January 1901) was the Queen regnant of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837‚ and the first Empress of India of the British Raj from 1 May 1876‚ until her death. Her reign as the Queen lasted 63 years and 7 months‚ longer than that of any other British monarch before or since‚ and her reign is the longest of any female monarch in history. The time of her reign is known as the Victorian era‚ a period of industrial‚
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The honors program also required us students to participate in community service and group activities. I did not mention this before but I was a very shy‚ quiet child which led to me not easily making friends later in life. I don’t think I spoke to anyone during the semester I spent at the university in Texas and probably only a few people the entire time at the community college. The honors program basically forces students to interact with each other and with the community and the group projects
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“A Question of Honor” by William Chace was published in the American Scholar‚ Spring of 2012. In this article Chace explains the growing problem of cheating and plagiarizing in Higher Education. He uses many different views from deans of universities to explain the issues of cheating. Chace first begins his article referring to a recent report. He states that from this article one can concur that student are learning less every day in Higher Education. From there Chace then asks the question of who
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When I transferred to Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU)‚ I was fortunate to be selected to the Honors Transfer Fellows program. As a requirement of this program‚ I was required to complete an undergraduate thesis and take additional classes along with the regular curriculum for my major. While this project was a valuable experience‚ it was also challenging to balance the workload of conducting thesis research‚ attending classes‚ working part time‚ and working as a clinician at the MTSU Speech
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