I would like to be a Speech and Debate captain because I feel that I am committed to working‚ I yearn to teach‚ and I am capable of leading. In addition to the skills that I think I can offer‚ I also seek help benefit the team in more tangible fashions‚ such as through providing assistance to the new coach and giving afterschool practices more direction. Specifically‚ I think that as a captain I would be able to provide assistance to the new debate coach‚ Mike‚ through recruiting prospective students
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advantage. Thus‚ the analysis of literature and poem becomes more interesting and intriguing when we eventually learn more about its historical and cultural background. In this essay‚ I am going to look through several poems of Walt Whitman: “O Captain! My Captain” and “Drum Taps.” These two precisely represent the struggles of the greatest event – American Civil War‚ which marked a defining moment in the United States History.
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its past. When Brazil was first visited by the Portuguese they quickly found that there were rich lands and money to be made off those lands. The coastal areas of Brazil were taken by wealthy settlers‚ this was over 500 years ago. Jorge Amado’s “Captains of the Sands” was written in 1937 and although the main theme was set around a group of orphan children who ran the streets‚ there were political undertones that also told a story of the divide between the rich and the poor. When the Portuguese
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Captain of Industry or Robber Baron: J.P. Morgan J.P. Morgan was a post-civil war “captain of industry‚” separating him from the other “Greats” such as Cornelius Vanderbilt‚ John D. Rockefeller‚ and Andrew Carnegie because of his motives and his upbringing. A “robber baron” is most simply defined as an individual who has financial ambitions that cause him to knowingly take advantage of others for his own personal gain. A “captain of industry” seeks solutions to common problems‚ and though the outcome
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Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller The book I decided to read was The Titan written by Ron Chernow. I was interested in reading this book because I wanted to learn more about how John D. Rockefeller dominated the oil industry and became so rich and powerful. We briefly discussed about John D. Rockefeller in our first section of class‚ but I wanted to learn more about this influential man. This book was very detailed about his life‚ from birth all the way to his death. The author thoroughly
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School Captain Speech Good morning /afternoon ___________ my name is _________I stand here before you to discuss the reason why I want to be part of the leadership team and hopefully become school captain for this year. (20__}. I realize that it’s a privilege to have the honour but I am confident that I will be a suitable candidate I promise to work hard to be the effective leader that you would be proud of in the school. I will try to uphold and obey all the rules and become the role model
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John D. Rockefeller was the owner of Standard Oil Company. John was born into a very poor family and had to work very hard to start Standard Oil. He also had many problems later in his career. One of the problems he had during his career was the antitrust laws which made him disband his trust into many of the different companies that made up the trust. After Rockefeller stopped working at Standard Oil day to day he became a philanthropist and donated a lot of his money to help different causes.
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Social Causes of John D. Rockefeller Jr.: How Rockefeller changed the “Bleak World” When people think of John D. Rockefeller Jr. they think Billionaire‚ Oil Tycoon or Entrepreneur. Not many view him as Naturalist‚ Environmentalist or a social benefactor‚ but just as Mr. Rockefeller has a long list of business accomplishments he also has a lengthy list of causes he started and supported throughout his life. The most famous of these would probably Rockefeller center which he called
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Competitive forensics has been extremely important to me. Of course‚ debate has given me a multitude of skills‚ but also debate has helped me grow as a person. Being the Debate Captain for the past two years of the Texas State Debate team‚ has been an extreme source of pride during my collegiate career. Forensics drove my ability to craft solid opinions. Also‚ through forensics I have meet a multitude of new people and formed long-lasting friendships. I wouldn’t trade what I have gained from being
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John D. Rockefeller With a very humble upbringing‚ John D. Rockefeller was your mediocre son of a traveling salesman who lived in Richford‚ New York. As a young boy‚ Rockefeller made money by selling candy‚ turkeys‚ and doing odd jobs for his neighbors. When Rockefeller was fourteen his family and he moved to Cleveland‚ Ohio‚ where he attended high school. When he was just sixteen he found a job as an office clerk for a Cleveland commission firm. The firm bought‚ sold‚ and shipped grain‚ coal‚
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