Our world depends on the abilities of leaders and how well they can do their jobs. Being a leader takes practice‚ dedication‚ bravery‚ and passion. Throughout the years I have had a variety of experiences with leadership. The leadership position I have been involved with the longest is high school cheerleading. By simply being a part of the squad‚ I have a platform to encourage others and support my school. We‚ as a squad‚ have the ability to set the tone for the rest of the student body before
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Rohan Shad in Understandings & Epiphanies3 min read Why I want to be a doctor First of all‚ I really enjoy medschool; it’s full of crazy ups and downs‚ but honestly‚ I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else. I actually started this essay almost a year ago‚ and it’s been stuck at that one line until now. I confess that I am slightly materialistic‚ I do care about the money. I do care about the life I want to live when I’m older. I feel guilty about it sometimes. The general public views doctors as
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China Grove In Eudora Welty ’s story‚ ?Why do I Live At The P.O."‚ the main character directs the focus of the reader through her own point of view. The story is set in a small Mississippi town‚ sometime after World War II. The time and the place have a significant effect upon the language used. This helps to create an overall mood that is dominated by Southern prejudices‚ interpersonal ignorance and simplicity; for example‚ Sister says ?Nigger girl? (1031) words that now demonstrate racism but at
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Influence of Art I was fortunate enough to spend the first 11 years of my life in Grand Rapids‚ Michigan: home of streetcars‚ freezing winters‚ and humid summers. My family and I lived in a standard sized cobblestone house surrounded by thick bristled green fir trees that stood so tall‚ and wide that my father was able to build my younger sister‚ Erinn and I a pint-sized tree house that was pink with lime green shutters that he managed to somehow wedge in between two of the giants. I went to an elementary
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speaking to me all at once‚ I try to focus on the task at hand. I am the only experienced pharmacy personnel volunteering at the Flying Samaritans Mexico clinic. I delegate counting tasks to student volunteers while I am checking off fills to ensure quality. Simultaneously‚ I am counseling patients on medication use and adherence. Lastly‚ a doctor is asking me which nausea drugs we have in stock. This environment of organized chaos became my Eureka moment. The moment where I could tie all my experiences
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Tuesday‚ April 20‚ 1999‚ I was preparing to leave my downtown Denver office for a meeting when I noticed the red message light flashing on my phone. I worked for the state of Colorado‚ administering training programs for people with disabilities; my meeting was about student scholarships‚ and I figured the message might be a last-minute cancellation. But it was my husband‚ calling from his home office. His voice was breathless and ragged‚ and his words stopped my heart. "Susan—this is an emergency! Call
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say it I hate writing I absolutely positively hate it. If I had to choose between writing and getting a tooth pulled let’s just say that I would be missing a lot of teeth. The reasons I hate writing are numerous. I can’t just single out one of them and say “This is why I hate writing!” then go on some dramatic rant of an experience I had years ago that led me to hating writing today. There are many things that contribute to this hatred‚ one being that I absolutely hate explaining myself. I always
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that always bugged me. Now I see why. When I entered high school I never considered it until senior year came creeping along under the covers‚ ready to eat me alive. This was when Shakespeare made sense: "To thine own self be true" his words made sense. It was like he could grab the world in his hands and tear it apart piece by piece. I never really forced myself to be more of a people person- it just happened. Over time you tend to develop more social skills naturally and I hoped that everyone understood
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I remember how much I hated being Catholic when I was younger. My mother wanted my siblings and me to understand the importance of going to church‚ the same way she was raised to be. I learned to understand that people stayed and left the Catholic church for their own reasons . When I was younger‚ I wanted to be part of a different religion. Sunday school required children and parents to be at the church an hour and a half before mass started. My brother and I dreaded going to Sunday school so
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Why I Joined The Army There are multiple reasons in which I enlisted myself into the United States Army. Some of the reasons are to improve who I am as a person mentally and physically‚ move away from the place that I grew up in‚ and last but not least be able to one day look back on my life and say that I did something. So in this essay I will get into further details on to why the three main points as in to which I choose for this essay. First off I joined the military to improve myself
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