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    As a rule of nature‚ children grow up to be adults. What events make a person an adult? There are three experiences and ceremonies that mark a person an adult: eighteenth birthday‚ graduating from university and his marriage ceremony. One of the events making a person be an adult is his eighteenth birthday. At this time‚ he has all civil rights‚ such as getting married‚ having a driving license‚ doing military service etc. In some families‚ theycan discuss family issues. Take my brother an

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    and adults. What events (experiences or ceremonies) make a person an adult? Use specific reasons and examples to explain your answer. I think the question what events make a person an adult is the one that is open for debate. Some people think that the graduation of high school makes a person an adult. Others think that the age of 21 is the age when childhood is replaced by adulthood. However‚ from my everyday experience and observation I can stand three major events that make a person an adult.

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    “different” from the next person‚ but that is not true. I could list plenty of things that describe my physical aspects as an African-American female. My skin is brown ‚ my hair is kinky‚ and my lips are full. Unfortunately‚ those characteristics does not technically make me “different”  from any other African-American female. Diversity can refer to someone’s economic or geographical background‚ religion‚ and even their sexual orientation. In this manner‚ being African-American did not make me who I am‚ but

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    What Defines a Person

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    A person is defined by the past events and people in his or her life. My personality has been shaped by the experiences I’ve had and the individuals involved with my life. Certain events in my life‚ such as my parents’ divorce‚ and the move that followed have helped me develop certain personality traits that I may not have acquired otherwise. When my parents divorced‚ I felt helpless and everything came falling down. My grades started to suffer substantially‚ I began to see a therapist‚ and it was

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    What Makes a Leader?

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    Daniel Goleman’s article “What Makes a Leader?” was a very interesting analysis of the traits that make a leader. The article provides an examination of the relationship between emotional intelligence and the effective performance of leaders in organizations. His article looks at each component that makes up emotional intelligence and describes how to recognize these characteristics and their manifestations in the work environment. Goleman tells us that leaders need basic intelligence and job

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    What Makes a Leader

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    IQ and technical skills are important‚ but emotional intelligence is the sine qua non of leadership. What Makes a i Leader? BY DANIEL GOLEMAN E (VERY BUSINESSPERSON knows a story about a highly intelligent‚ highly skilled executive who was promoted into a leadership position only to fail at the joh. And they also know a story about someone with solid-but not extraordinary-intellectual abilities and technical skills who was promoted into a similar position and then soared.

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    What Makes Me

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    Sometimes a person may feel that they have no purpose in life. Finding out who you are just takes the time of sitting down and thinking of the importance in your life. Who am I? I am Mercedes Kimberly Kingston‚ and I am a person with different personalities‚ characteristics‚ and identities. The many ways‚ in which I identify myself‚ in fact‚ are the ways that define who I am. My Identity is something only I can fully define. I have a little brother‚ which makes me a sister; I have two loving parents

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    What Makes a Hero?

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    What is a Hero? What is a hero? What makes him or her different from everyone else? In Phillip Zimbardo’s article “What Makes a Hero?” he states that heroes surround us. One in five or 20 percent of people qualify as heroes. Seventy-two percent of people report helping another person in a dangerous emergency. Sixteen percent report whistle blowing on an injustice. Six percent report sacrificing for a non-relative or stranger and fifteen percent report defying an unjust authority (1). Although

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    “Ego”. To describe this word‚ most people would say it is the word that means‚ “I”. It is the word that makes each person individual. Ayn Rand writes a story called Anthem bringing to life a character named Equality 7-2521 along with his companion Liberty 5-3000. The society they live in believes every person should be equal. “And we know well that there is no transgression blacker than to do or think alone” written in Anthem. In this story‚ there is no such thing as the word “Ego”. But to Equality

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    what makes a family

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    What makes a Family It was three o’clock in the morning on a cold spring night in 1988. My parents woke me up and told me it was time to get ready to go to the airport. We were leaving Russia to move to the United States. My grandparents‚ aunts‚ uncles and cousins had moved to the United States a few years back. I was ecstatic to be once again reunited with my relatives especially with my cousin Yana who I was very close to. I jumped out of bed with so much excitement; I can almost see my heart

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