A True Hero True heroism is remarkably sober‚ very unspectacular. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost‚ but the urge to serve others. My dream begins with a teacher who believes in me‚ who drags‚ drives and leads me to the next plateau‚ sometimes poking me with a sharp stick called “truth”. There are many things which can make a teacher great and they all can’t be defined. However‚ I have always considered several of them essential. A worthwhile teacher
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Heroes are often thought of as those who save lives‚ but I think those who inspire us to greatness are heroes too. The person that I look to as my greatest hero is Tun Dr Mahathir. As the fourth and most dynamic Prime Minister of Malaysia‚ Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad will indelible impression on the sands of Malaysia for many years to come. He held the post for 22 years from 1981 to 2003‚ making him Malaysia’s longest-serving Prime Minister‚ and one of the longest-serving leaders in
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is a tragic hero‚ only to be brought to demise by the people he considers his friends. All of the flaws along the way that affect his downfall just cause Gatsby’s fortune to reverse. Amongst everything that would have ever taken place in his life‚ he causes the reader to feel pity for him in the end. This western man realizes his dream‚ and strives to achieve it‚ and is willing to hurt anyone or anything in his path. Aristotle‚ an ancient Greek philosopher‚ believes that a tragic hero is a noble
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A Malaysian Hero Datuk Lee Chong Wei is our Malaysian hero.He was born 0n 21 October 1982 in Bagan Serai‚ Perak. He is a professional badminton player of Malaysian Chinese who resides in Bukit Mertajam. As a single player‚Datuk Lee Chong Wei was ranked first worldwide for 199 consecutive weeks from 21 August 2008 to 14 June 2012. He is the third Malaysian men’s single shuttler after Rashid Sidek and Roslin Hashim to achieve such a ranking (since official rankings were first kept in
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Oliver Stone’s Snowden Explores a Reticent Hero in an Age of Surveillance Oliver Stone’s latest iconoclastic biopic‚ Snowden‚ is a stunning exploration of personal liberties‚ journalistic integrity‚ and demonization of the whistleblower. Stone minces no words and makes his position clear: for revealing the extent to which the US government was spying on its own citizenry at great personal risk‚ Edward Snowden is a hero. Hence‚ Stone is primarily occupied with humanizing Snowden‚ and his casting
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Comparing Societies Have you ever thought about today’s society becoming a dystopian society? “The Machine Stops” is a story written by E.M. Forester in 1909. For Forester’s story to be 106 years old the book is incredible accurate of today’s society. However‚ “The Machine Stops” dystopian society differs from today’s society in the way they live‚ the way they travel‚ and the way society interacts. One difference in the dystopian society described in “The Machine Stops” and today’s society is the way
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talking about Jesus Christ. Steadfastness means never changing‚ and Jesus was‚ is and always will be the same; according to the bible‚ in Lamentations 3:22‚ “ The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases‚ his mercies never come to an end.” Jesus is a hero because of how understanding he is. Having walked the earth himself‚ Jesus understands better than anyone our struggles. He faced the same struggles and temptations we face everyday‚ and yet he was perfect. He was sinless‚ did nothing wrong‚ and that
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occurred in Mesopotamia. Ancient Mesopotamia’s influence goes much farther than a common children’s song. The way that we measure time‚ our various modes of transportation‚ and how we communicate are three of the ways that Mesopotamia still speaks to us today. We measure the passage of time with seconds‚ minutes‚ hours‚ days‚ et cetera. Sixty seconds in a minute‚ sixty minutes in an hour‚ and 24 hours in a day are the standard‚ international measurements for time. Whether you’re in Europe‚ in China‚
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Running head: LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY 1 Law Enforcement Today Kalisha M. Garcia CJS/200 6/30/13 William Patton
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it. Here are a few examples of prejudice surrounding the population everyday that you probably don’t even know. Prejudice exists today because of society and the influences people have. People who believe that they are being judged negatively or who are treated as inferior may have difficulty performing to the best of their abilities. According to “prejudice in society” “approximately 1 in every 25 people is a victim to cast discrimination‚ that means that 250-300 million people in india alone are
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