project them without adversely affecting our chances of being admitted. All of us fail regularly to equal our dreams of perfection and to perform as well as we feel we can. The big issue is not that we have weaknesses or we have failed; it’s part of life. The point to make through the essays is that you have a system to manage these imperfections in a way that they do not dictate you. It’s about showing setbacks and weaknesses as robust stepping stones that lead you to growth and maturity. WEAKNESSES
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Family life compared to a hundred years ago is on the decline. Everyone moves at a fast pace these days. My Father and Mother are working to maintain the home‚ while my sisters and my brother are left to their own devices and there isn’t a coming together to sit down and communicate on some level. There just doesn’t seem to be enough time in the day. Technology has advanced so much compared to a hundred years ago‚ that we are well on our way to fuel less cars and robotic companions. Yet‚ with advanced
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all the way from New York to California‚ and unfortunately as it brought more and more settlers to the west this prompted the final stages of Indian displacement and isolation and the erosion of Mexican-American communities. During the centennial year‚ the South still remained largely devastated by the effects of the Civil War‚ and many African Americans were not much better off than they’d been before the war and subsequent constitutional revolution; however‚ they were free and this was a start
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Name: __________________________ Date: _____________ |1. |British civil service workers in executive positions live longer than those in clerical positions. This best illustrates the | | |value of: | |A) |emotion-focused coping. | |B) |the general adaptation
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50 years ago‚ but life views‚ beliefs and opinion differences between generations induce to continuous controversial discussions such as “The world today is better than 50 years ago”. Who haven’t debated regarding this endless theme‚ at least once‚ with a family member? The conflict “time” between generation always have been a theme for divergent discussions‚ and as rule elder generation tend to influence youth’s opinion‚ pretending on the idea that the live was better then‚ fifty years ago‚ and
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HISTORY OF THE CARIBBEAN LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES UNIT HUMANITIES COURSE SYLLABUS History of the Caribbean: LAC 108 Tuesday and Thursday: 11:00AM-12:15PM Professor: Ana Ozuna‚ Ph.D. Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday‚ 2:00PM-3:30PM Office: C-417 E-mail: aozuna@hostos.cuny.edu Tel.: 718-518-6852 REQUIRED TEXTS Palmié‚ S.‚ & Scarano‚ F. A. (Eds.). (2011) The Caribbean‚ a History of the Region and Its Peoples. Chicago: UP Chicago. ISBN-13: 978-0226645087 Handouts
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24 III-13 December 5‚ 2012 100 Heartbeats The Race to Save Earth’s Most Endangered Species Introduction Title: 100 Heartbeats Author: Jeff Corwin Credentials: Jeff Corwin has been working for wildlife conservation from a very young age. He is a wildlife biologist‚ an Emmy Award-winning producer and host of several television
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MARKETING 100 The baby boomer population is edging into retirement. The second largest generation in the United States consists of baby boomers. Baby boomers ares proportioned across the country. Census data suggests that cities with the most boomers to accommodate are in the eastern United States‚ led by Portland‚ Maine‚ where baby boomers make up nearly 30 percent of the population. Meanwhile‚ those cities with the smallest boomer populations are in the West‚ clustered in Texas‚ Utah‚ and California
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terrorism rather than contain it? Will it get better or worse? Why and how? Alcohol Should the U.S. lower the drinking age to 18? Animal rights Should it be illegal to use animals for sports and entertainment? Arming pilots Good idea? Art A few years ago‚ an artist was criticized for depicting the Virgin Mary with elephant dung. When is art not really art? Athletes in high schools Should shoe companies be able to give away free shoes and equipment to high school athletes? Beauty contests Do they
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1. Pretend that it’s 100 years from now. Which piece of technology from our era do you think people will think we were foolish to have used? Why do you think they’ll think this? What are the costs and benefits of technology? The piece of technology from our era that people will think we were foolish to have was the laptop. Pretty soon there will be tablets and phones that store and can do processes faster than any laptop every could. These tablets and phones are going to weigh less than any phone
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