Giving Back to the Community Title of article: Lebron James: Promise of an education Tuesday‚ August 21‚ 2012 NBA Cares pages 1-2 The article I have chosen is about LeBron James giving back to the community of Akron. He wants to decrease the dropout rate of students in school by motivating them to stay in school and study. The Akron school area has a dropout rate of 24 percent which is a lot of students giving up on their life and potentially becoming nothing. When LeBron launched this
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The Gift That Keeps On Giving As human beings‚ we gifts and presents giving are part of our daily life. People give or receive gifts to show appreciation or how much one is loved or remembered. Annually‚ we receive all gifts and presents during holidays and the several special occasions that litter our calendar year. Some the gifts we receive throughout the year are dear heart because they came from a special person or because of their monetary value. While other gifts or presents with no attached
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GIVING AND RECEIVING FEEDBACK This was a crucial moment in the team because to give and receive feedback‚ the team members must be open and willing to accept it. Would any team member lash out and create tensions among the team members? Spock’s comments to others should be well balanced and he would be willing to learn from other people. Mr. Congeniality and The Soul Seeker would receive the feedback gracefully; I only hoped that both could gracefully convey one’s weaknesses. The Contrarian might
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is a process that is complicated and a skilled art. The process of giving a tattoo can be very in depth and difficult to understand. For many years‚ the process of giving a tattoo was only learned by proving one’s self to a tattoo artist in hopes that they would give you your own tattoo machine one day. Now that the art of tattooing has become so popular‚ it is more easily learned. There are many different steps to follow in giving a tattoo. The first step is talk with the client about what tattoo
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result in a stronger present. Though many might find themselves alone in their misery the truth is they are not‚ everyone has struggles. We all have our ups and downs‚ but it is how we react to them that truly matters. Life is life and no matter what‚ giving up on lifelong dreams and aspirations because of a few bumps in the road should never be an option. "It isn’t where you come from; it’s where your going that counts‚" stated a very wise woman by the name of Ella Fitzgerald. This may be hard to
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The name-giving of Athens It is well-known that Athens was the most powerful and glorious town of ancient Greece. Its residents managed to develop a wonderful civilization that is admired till today. It is also known that the city got its name from Athena‚ the goddess of wisdom and courage. But how did Athens have its name? Here is a charming little story about the origin of the city’s name. The dispute of the gods Cecrops‚ a strange creature‚ half-man half-snake‚ was the founder of a city which
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Giving Up Privacy to Live Happily Privacy has been a controversial topic since the humanity began to develop the civilization and live individually or in a small group as family instead of in a big group of population inside a huge cave. Basically‚ privacy is a seclusion of one’s information or existence from public. The motion of privacy is described as an action of hiding something or keeping something secret‚ but it is still debatable whether privacy is achieved when either someone is being
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Giving Back to My Community I dedicate many hours of my time to significant community service activities. Through my participation in such service projects and activities‚ I have learned many valuable lessons about the significance of each individual in the community. As a literacy volunteer‚ I am given the opportunity to see the glow on a mother’s face when she realizes that her son will finally be given the gift of the ability to read. I am given the satisfaction of knowing that my time
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explaining how it is vital for everyone to work together and give a helping hand to solve the problems that are occurring in our world today. The Rotaract Club does an abundant amount of volunteer work from alleviating hunger in their community to giving needy families the opportunity to celebrate the holidays. The CU Rotaract Club creates a holiday event in the Boulder area every year where there is a gift exchange‚ holiday feast‚ and vocal entertainment. In addition to helping others‚ CU Rotaract
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Giving Voice to Values is a book that is innovative regarding an approach to leadership that is value-driven. The book explains how most people are always looking forward towards performing wholeheartedly at their place of work; however‚ many are the times when they are faced with a conflict of values in their work (Gentile‚ 2012). Therefore‚ at times people are forced to make certain ethical decisions when they are faced with dilemmas. At times people are aware of the right thing and they surely
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