Academically and professionally my former boss‚ Gisella‚ has been the most influential mentor in my life. Gisella was once a professor at my junior college but I knew her as the director of the East Los Angeles College Writing Center. I was hired as a writing tutor and Gisella was my main boss. What I admired most about Gisella‚ was her intelligence and her empathy. Her knowledge of literature and her ability to think critically‚ always inspired me to push my intellectual abilities. As a student
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during the years 1865-1877. On the one hand‚ some argue that African Americans deserved to have freedom in America. On the other hand‚ however‚ others argue that Southerners didn’t agree with giving African Americans their freedom. Reconstruction changed america because the KKK‚ expansion of railroad‚ and the thirteenth Amendment ended slavery. The KKK is well known for the amount of hate that they had for African Americans during the time of reconstruction. They were a destructive group of people
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Ever since I was little I wanted to have a significant impact on the world to show my life is worthwhile. Obstacles have been part of my life struggles beginning at the age of three‚ when I was informed my mother would probably only live for one to two years‚ because she has an autoimmune disorder that was unidentifiable. However‚ my mother overcame the odds and is alive‚ but can’t function as a healthy individual. Thus me and my sister were home-schooled and I quickly stepped into the shoes of
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insurmountable. Running has helped me in many aspects of my life‚ both mental and physical. It’s a type of meditation. It helps me clear my mind and lets me be alone with no one influencing my thoughts. People think running alone is lonely‚ but I think of it as an opportunity to better myself. I can think clearly without any distractions. This sport in my hometown has had a great affect on my life‚ especially the running aspect of it. The people in my hometown have changed my life. People from friends
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How the family has changed over time? The institution of the family has changed dramatically over last 50 years and the main sociological perspectives‚ functionalism‚ Marxism‚ feminism and interactionism have described this changes in terms of family structure‚ divorce rates‚ marriage rate and gender roles. Defining family in Britain is problematic as until 1960’s few sociologists questioned the importance of the benefits of the family. Family is a group of people living together related by blood
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occurred when I was in eighth grade. I had made the varsity cut for volleyball. This might sound shallow to most people; I got into a team‚ great‚ but what is the big deal? For me‚ it was‚ however‚ because this one thing that happened‚ that day‚ changed my life forever. Getting into a varsity team in eighth grade shaped the rest of my high school years. Being part of a team in which your age is a drastic outlier makes you particular to the rest. Everybody wants to know who this middle schooler is
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people and Yuma Arizona. Even though they knew it was going to be tough to make this happen and they didn’t know what problems were going there way when building the irrigation system. Question 1 : Describe in details how irrigation changed Yuma/ Southern Arizona. Irrigation changed Yuma/ Southern Arizona in both a positive and negative way. A positive way that irrigation
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righteousness” (Elwell‚ 1984‚ p. 665). After realizing the truth of Ephesians 2:8‚ Luther would come to change his view of God‚ rediscovering the grace of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Luther’s views not only contributed to the Protestant Reformation that changed Christianity forever‚ but also contributed to the advancement of science and psychology‚ and placed him at odds with the Church on issues such as marriage and the accepted understanding of free will. The contributions Luther made to Christianity‚
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Every character on the show goes through some version of personal growth‚ whether that’d be emotional‚ mental‚ or physical. This interpersonal growth is how Glee’s characters sneak its way into your heart as you soon develop sympathy and a true connection with their struggles and success. In my own life‚ confidence is an aspect that I am still struggling with. I have grown a lot since my days in middle
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Although I have had many injuries growing up‚ there is one that particularly changed my life for the better. The injury occurred when I was playing eighth grade football. It was August and we were scrimmaging Westfield; a very good team that had a lot of big players. The coach called me onto the field to play fullback‚ which means that I was probably going to carry the football. As I was running onto the field my heart started to beat a little faster. I had a bad feeling about getting the ball. I
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