always been achievable; however‚ as each year of my life sped by and I got older‚ I always came up with more and more excuses as to why I should not return to school. One day I received a course catalog in the mail showing online classes at the college. I decide that an online class would be the first step to my future. I am so grateful for the first day of that class. All the excuses and delays regarding returning to school were in vain. It is amazing the different prospective I know have about being
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negative situations. For example‚ recently my friends have decided they don’t want to be friends with me anymore. They positive in this is that I get to meet new people and I have really opened my eyes to the world around me. I have learned that excuses don’t get you anywhere‚ and you might as well finish the task before its too late. One night at 11:00 P.M. I realized I
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write a 500 word essay. The Army allows us to make appointments for whatever we need. Be it for a medical appointment‚ house goods‚ CIF‚ Smoking Sensation or whatever we need‚ these resources are available to us. Forgetting is the worse of the excuses possibly given‚ shows the Solider is lacking in his attention to detail‚ which has been drilled into the mind since Basic Training. We as Soldiers should be accustomed to insane schedules‚ late nights and are expected to keep a certain pattern while
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Each person has a different ritual to start the day. Some might think that their day hasn’t started without having a cold shower‚ others demand watching the news‚ and there might be others paying attention to shallower things like wearing perfume before going out. That is perfectly fine. But‚ do these people include breakfast in their rituals? What number of people says that they can’t get out of the house without having breakfast first? Is the breakfast something essential to start a good day?
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once again urged me to stay out of school to work and help support the family because I was the only one that had a job. I have often regretted making that choice and wonder what would have happened if I had finished school. I have used the excuse that I don’t have clothes to wear or that I can’t hear an alarm or the last time I quit I didn’t have a hearing aid. I can come up with one hundred and one reasons to quit my current goal of getting a degree and getting a good paying job.
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The Civil Rights Movement that began in the late 1950’s was a struggle to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to primarily African American citizens of the United States. In the end‚ African-Americans won basic rights long denied to them‚ as well as inspired other discriminated groups to fight for their own rights‚ which had a deep effect on American society. Many blacks took part in this movement‚ whether it was through protesting or holding demonstrations. However‚ some blacks used
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There has been recent discussions of trigger warnings‚ a controversial issue has been whether it protects students or take away freedom of speech. Microaggressions are small actions or word choices that people can do or say‚ without any intent‚ which will end up offending other people. Students are starting to use the word “trigger warnings”‚ a word that first appeared on blogs and other online forums to alert people of content that contain sexual assault (Wilson). Universities are using them more
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A video consisting in a conversation between Donald Trump and Billy Bush in 2005 showing Donald Trump brag about his ability to sexually assault women because of his stardom has resurfaced. While many people are dismissing Donald Trump’s comments as ‘locker room talk’ there are others who believe comments as disrespectful as his are the source of the problem. Donald Trump and Billy Bush’s conversation helped uncover the enormous amount of sexism that still exists in today’s society. Many people would
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Insanity Defense: Why Should It Be Eliminated Or Altered Hassan Khan Ozark Technical College Mr. Brett Houser 28 January 2014 Abstract The author of this paper argues several reasons why the insanity plea should be changed or either eliminated. The reasons are considered
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INTRODUCTION With all of the talk that a student must hear about getting ready for college‚ some students may raise the pertinent question‚ ’Why go to college in the first place?’ It is a very important question that has different answers for different people. For some students‚ making the decision to obtain a higher education can be difficult. Students must overcome several obstacles‚ and some of the reasons students decide not to go to college are: No one in their family has gone to college;
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