Proud Moments in our history Canada has had many proud moments in the past 100 years that makes us who we are now. Vimy Ridge was one of our first proud moments in the 1900s where all four Canadian divisions in World War I fought in one battle together. After the First World War Canada became its own country by the Statute of Westminster stating that we were no longer was about of Great Britain. In the 1920s Canada invented many useful things that we still use today like the telephone‚ radio
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Throughout my life and educational career I have had many experiences and have accomplished many things. I am most proud of my accomplishment through my independence. After high school I moved to Hawaii to attend college. This was my first experience of being on my own. Through my experience of being independent I learned more about myself. From this experience I was able to understand who I was and realize what I truly wanted from my education. Before I became independent‚ I was unsure on what
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A successful professional career demands a blend of personal traits ‚ knowledge and skill set aquired through personal‚ academic and professional experience. My undergrad years provided me a platform to inculcate a few. One such instance was my experience as Placement Coordinator of the Institute. Post recession‚ the economic environment across the globe was gloomy and India was no exception. By the end of August‚ 18 of the last year’s recruiters had already turned down the invitations. Challenge
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What Are You Proud Of? By: Mulki Abshir Certain things happen in your life that you never forget; sometimes they’re happy moments‚ other times sad moments and sometimes they’re even powerful moments like when it’s your turn to be bullied. I’ve always thought that when your friends or you get bullied‚ by ignoring the bully would make them leave you alone but I realized it just makes things worse. It was 3rd grade in Elementary School‚ a year that I realized something important. So far
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Proud to be an Indian 20 26 Oct 2010 | India India‚ a country with a culture having more than ten thousand years has enriched the global scientific‚ educational‚ economic and cultural scenario significantly. That is the reason why mark Twain has stated “India is the cradle of the human race‚ the birthplace of human speech‚ the mother of history‚ the grandmother of legend and the great grandmother of tradition.” Being born in such a great country‚ you have millions of reasons to feel proud as
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What is accomplishment? Eleanor Roosevelt once said‚ “You must do the thing you think you cannot do”. If everyone did only what was easy to achieve‚ nothing would ever truly be accomplished. Reaching beyond goals‚ out to what is thought to be impossible‚ is one of the greatest accomplishments‚ even if these goals are not successful in being achieved. In life‚ accomplishment is something that I strive for most because without it‚ my life would feel worthless. To begin with‚ accomplishment
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I am an Indian and what am I proud of? What if I were to list five points? umm....‚ *India’s diversity in flora and fauna (just a while before it reads only flora) *Cultural differences (toooooooo many really) *Tourism spots??(I must have visited ‚what‚ five or six of them?...the foreigners know them better!) *Growing Economy (growing since God knows when?:S) *Indian Cricket! (the real pride of the Indians) Something we have been writing since decades in essays? India is perhaps the
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Summary In the article of “I’m a Banana and Proud of It”(Choy‚1997) explains the reason why he is called a “banana”. Choy begins by expressing his love to his North American citizenship. He mentions that banana means “yellow on the outside and white inside”. In other words‚ Chinese born in North America behave and act like white people but still look like Asians. Regardless of this nickname Choy believe that it is not a racist term. Likewise‚ Choy comments that other cultures earn also their
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“Prison Studies” by Malcolm X Born Malcolm Little in Omaha‚ Nebraska‚ Malcolm X (1925-1965) was a charismatic leader of the black power movement and founded the Organization of Afro-American Unity. In prison‚ he became a Black Muslim. (He split with this faith in 1963 to convert to orthodox Islam.) “Prison Studies” is excerpted from the popular and fascinating Autobiography of Malcolm X‚ which he cowrote with Roots author Alex Haley. Many who today hear me somewhere in person‚ or on television
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my previous feelings of admiration. My need to match my brother’s achievements began to escalate. Competing with him served as a driving force behind some of my many accomplishments‚ several far more commendable than Otto’s. My National History Day wins last year left not only me‚ but my entire school‚ family‚ and town feeling proud‚ and yet I still had that nagging feeling that I was not quite measuring up to my brother. Our friendship remained strong‚ but I worried that my respect for him would
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