graduating senior I was under a lot of pressure trying to decide which college was best for me. I didn’t know where I wanted to attend mainly because I didn’t know what I wanted to major in. I chose Southwest Tennessee Community College for a few reasons; not knowing what I wanted to major in‚ flexible schedules‚ support services‚ and being able to transfer credits over to any four year University. Not knowing what I wanted to major in had held me back from going to a University. I wanted to transition
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doctors in the United States. And I could be one of them. They treat people when they are sick or hurt. They give advice to patients to help keep them from getting sick. They bandage knees‚ prescribe medicine‚ sew up cuts. They bring new babies into the world and comfort older people who are sick or dying. And what made me go into this career was that I always wanted to do something in medicine. And I thought that why not become a M.D. And medicine is something I love to do. Characteristics-
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Never forget why you do what you do and who you do it for‚ and make sure everything you do honors that. What I’ve seen happen often times (especially in… yup‚ you guessed it: the education reform movement)‚ is that intentions start out good but the sword starts to swing the other way when money‚ power‚ and statistics are valued over the lives and humanity of students. “Kids first” and “For the kids” becomes merely rhetoric‚ as people jump to enact radically dangerous and untested policies that do
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Social psychology‚ theory‚ and methods gave me insight into figuring out how people I deal with tick. In the work place you will usually find groups of friends who stick together as well as people you won’t be able to get along with. Even outside of the work force social psychology and theories will give each and every one of us the insight to better understand people and their groups. This class has given me more insight to help better know that not everyone thinks as I do and we won’t always agree
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21 FICTION OR NEWS? Fiction or News? A Quest for Multidisciplinary Research on the Entertainment Industry and Its Effect on Journalism RUNE OTTOSEN Michael Moore used the stage at the Academy Awards this year for a political manifestation against President Bush. When receiving the award for his film “Bowling for Columbine” his opening remark was: “We are living in a fictitious society”. Moore’s point was that it is increasingly difficult to identify the borderline between fiction and reality
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Section 1 “Why I Quit the Klan” is a non-fiction story written by Studs Terkel‚ which talks about former Ku Klux Klan leader‚ C.P. Ellis. Ellis was invited‚ as a Klansman‚ to join a committee on how to solve racial problems in the school system. This committee included people of all different ethical backgrounds‚ including African Americans. He reluctantly accepted‚ however after a few short meetings‚ he was elected co-chair of the committee‚ along side of Ann Atwater‚ an African American woman
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career that can make you feel proud and accomplished‚ and it is a career in which I have a lot of respect for. In order to be a firefighter you must be in shape‚ prepared‚ experienced‚ and ready to deal with your job emotionally as well as physically. I chose to be a firefighter because I want to be able to help others and make them feel safe to live in their communities. After visiting some actual fire departments‚ I realized as a firefighter you certainly have a lot to be proud of. It’s not your
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are not good at the subjects in the school‚ can determine in what they capable of. In my experience‚ I used to attend to a vocational school and I just joined because it was a required major for my grades when I was in high school. I chose computer science as a subject that I would learn and guess what I just learned the basic knowledge which I had already known. The rest of time my classmates and I spent was playing game‚ chatting and surfing Internet. That was kind of funny time! Instead of spending
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Essay I Matthews and Cofer both came from different cultures and both have problems. They lived two completely different lives. Both Matthew and Cofer worried about their friends excepting the fact that they had another culture. They both lived in the United States but had another life that they didn’t like sharing‚ but their family would not let them forget about it. In “Don’t Call Me a Hot Tamale” Cofer‚ “Pick One‚” Matthews‚ and “My Two Lives‚” Lahiri all face similar adversity‚ social problems
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challenges‚ thrown out by rapid development in science and technology‚ have made me choose engineering profession. My predilection to this field of study is because of its immense diversity in applications and the range of complexities it possesses. I chose to major in Computer Science Engineering with an intense urge to develop deeper into this challenging field. This century can be credited with have given birth to too many ideas‚ visions‚ ways of living and working. It can be credited with almost
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