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    It is important to me that nursing is identified as an honorable and essential profession. I believe that nursing is a status that reflects the two equally important parts of nursing knowledge: Empirical knowledge and Esthetical knowledge. “It is the artful nurse’s interactions that can bridge the gap introduced by technology and science‚ thereby creating integrity and engagement rather than detachment in the personal encounter” (Johnson‚ 1994). Even when I am not at work‚ I sub-consciously carry

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    Social skills are essential for long-term accomplishment. According to Howard Gardner‚ it is the ability to understand and manage one’s own emotional state and the ability to understand and respond to other people. Difficulties with social skills‚ and deficits in social skills are found in different degrees across abilities as well as disabilities. Difficulty managing one’s own emotional state‚ especially or aggression in response to frustration is common in children with disabilities. Children

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    What does freedom mean to me? Freedom means the knowledge of knowing your rights‚ your personal freedom that nobody can ever take away from you. Freedom means being able to have an opinion without it being judged. Freedom means not being restricted or held down from trying to accomplish your dreams. Freedom is a right that every human being deserves‚ yet people around the world are being stripped of that right‚ being forced into a religion or being forced to do things that they may not want to

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    Why does Plato think that the soul is immortal? Is he right? Discuss with close reference to Phaedo 102a-107b. The Phaedo is Plato’s attempt to convince the reader of the immortality of the soul using four main arguments. These include the argument of affinity‚ recollection‚ Forms and the law of opposites. In the final passage of the Phaedo‚ (Grube‚ 2002:102a-107b)‚ Plato provides his ‘Final Proof’‚ despite seeming like the most conclusive argument it is not necessarily the most convincing. Plato

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    Madeson Todd Ms Casey IB English 20 March 14th 2015 What Does It Mean To Be Human? In what sense is Oedipus‚ though a king‚ also an "everyman" figure? In other words‚ how might this play be said to explore something fundamental about the limitations involved in being human? “In a sense every person must grope in the dark as Oedipus gropes‚ not knowing who he is or what he has to suffer; we all live in a world of appearance which hides from us who-knows-what dreadful reality” (E.R Dobbs‚ 1966). Oedipus

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    happiness is our highest goal in life. Aristotle points out that most people in this world have a false view of what happiness really means. Most think of it as physical pleasure like eating‚ sex‚ or honor. These people have an imperfect view of what it means to be alive and what it means to be happy. The reason people have a false idea of happiness is because they lack virtue. Virtue is behaving in the right manner. Such as being courageous in life or being a coward. If one is courageous

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    Life is complicated and each of us have unique experiences; existence becomes messy the more we allow others into our lives. Life was always lacking‚ causing hurt to both my mental and physical being. Experiences filled with pain and suffering have shown me the harsh lessons about the nature of the world and the importance of resilience. Through it all‚ I have found what justice means to me and its importance to the world. Pain physically is easy to overcome‚ mental is harder‚ however‚ like the

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    What Trust and Respect mean and how it should be earned Respect as defined by the ARMY values is defined as‚ “treat people as they should be treated” I believe that this is true but that there is more to it than that. Respect to me is about doing what is asked of you without back talk or argument‚ talking to someone as they should be talked to i.e. if someone is in a greater position than you treat them as such (stand at parade rest‚ etc.) Respect is a very important quality that we are taught

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    Silkey Xie Professor Cristiana Giordani Anthropology 2 June 6‚ 2013 What does citizenship mean to America? Picture that it is one sunny afternoon‚ as you walk around the University of California‚ Davis campus filled with thousands of students walking by. As you observe your surroundings‚ you notice that there are students of different colored skin‚ speaking a variety of languages. UC Davis is home to a diversity of students from different ethnic backgrounds‚ Asian‚ American Indian‚ and Hispanic

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    characteristic of people or human beings.”‚ but what is the characteristics of a human? What does it mean to be human? Some people say it has to do with the human brain and opposable thumbs. There are many meanings to what it means to be human. There is so many different definitions out and everyone has a difforent understanding but human characteristics‚ humanity‚ and having a human body is three of the very few terms of what is means to be human but this are what feels more correct and have the most

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