...NHS essay There are many ways one can do to contribute to the society. Some use their intelligence to further advance society; others may volunteer their time to help. These steps all take part in making the world a better place, however there aren’t many people who possess these qualities, but I believe that I do. I think that I deserve this honor and this chance to become a part of the National Honors Society because I have worked very hard to get there. Over the past years as a student, I believed that I have demonstrated leadership and character. I will use the skills I gain from my education to help those in need. Through this paper I will prove that I am qualified for a program as prestigious as the National Honors Society I can consider myself as a role model for students at my school because since the beginning of the year until now, I have excellent grades and have been involved in many school activities. Not only do I work very hard to achieve my goals and challenge myself, but I learn to maintain a positive attitude even after my failures. My G.P.A has never gone below a 3.7. I have also received the Honor Roll every year since middle school. One of the best ways I love to express myself through creating and accomplishing challenges and showing honesty towards my family, teachers, and peers. I feel accomplish when I help others solve problems. Part of my requirements is to use my skills to help people that need it. I would like for everyone to receive an inspiring...
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...I would be honored to become a member of the National Honor Society. I strive for excellence in education maintaining an above 4.0 grade point average, enthusiasm to serve as a leader in my community makes me an ideal candidate for the National Honor Society. As a goal orientated student, the opportunity would allow me to continue to develop important leadership skills, critical thinking, creativity. I have participated in co-curricular activities, held several leadership positions, and participated in community activities are extremely beneficial to the local community thus enhancing my critical thinking and leadership skills for the future. As a student, I have participated on many co-curricular activities at my high school...
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...During school and traveling teams, I have been captain of the volleyball team. Being a captain, I stepped up in the leadership roles and set valuable examples for my team by staying encouraging and positive no matter the situation. I also helped with committees during high school got to lead in certain pages of the yearbook. I was fortunate enough to also assist the teachers in guiding the youth at our church. For my employment, I have worked at Happy’s in Onamia, for four years. I started at the age of 14, at 16 I became a supervisor in the front area. I am a leader by training new employees on the job, show them how to take orders, deliver food and a variety of other duties. I started another job two years ago working at Bayview Grill in Onamia MN. I work as a waitress and have stepped up to be a leader and role model for other workers and show them with hard work and dedication anything is achievable. I will continue to work both jobs to save as much money as I can to help get me through the next eight years of college, as I don’t qualify for any financial aid help. I intend to use these leadership experiences I have gained all through college, my career and...
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...Sample Scholarship Essays Updated on Thursday 18 February 2010 (see below for url) This section contains three sample scholarship essays: 1. Scholarship Essay Sample One - Crabiel 2. Scholarship Essay Sample Two - National Merit Scholar 3. Scholarship Essay Sample Three - Fulbright Scholarship Essay One - Crabiel Scholarship Winner, won $3,000 scholarship Like Mr. Crabiel, I literally work tirelessly in many academic and leadership roles. I sleep no more than six hours a night because of my desire to expertly meet my many commitments. Throughout my life, I have worked as long and as hard as I possibly can to effect beneficial changes in both school and society. During the summer of tenth grade, I took a number theory course at Johns Hopkins University with students from Alaska, California, and Bogota, Colombia. Similarly, during the summer following eleventh grade, I was one of ninety students from New Jersey selected to attend the Governor's School in the Sciences at Drew University. At Drew, I took courses in molecular orbital theory, special relativity, cognitive psychology, and I participated in an astrophysics research project. For my independent research project, I used a telescope to find the angular velocity of Pluto. With the angular velocity determined, I used Einstein's field equations and Kepler's laws to place an upper bound on the magnitude of the cosmological constant, which describes the curvature of space and the rate of the universe's expansion. In addition to...
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...I am a proud, hopeful Montegut Middle School eighth grader, nominated for student of the year; an honor for which I am truly grateful. I would absolutely love to be given the chance to represent our school, and possibly parish and state. To know my school and its staff have faith in me, has increased my strong determination. I come from a diverse family background. I’m lucky in the sense that I have two families; though different and don’t always agree, they come together to form one big family. There are few things I hold in higher regard than my family. Without their support, I think it’s safe to say that I’d be lost. I’m the second oldest of seven siblings. I take great pride in being a role model for my sisters and brothers. I would say I’m a prime example of a hands-on big sibling. I hope and pray that every kid that every kid has awesome family support like me. One of my biggest passions is dance. I’m currently a member of our member of our LMMS Golden Blues Dance...
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...Private Influence “The Evolution of the role of First Lady in America during the past half century has been….almost as dramatic as the expansion of the Role of the Chief Executive.” [1] Katie Louchheim in the March 1964 issue of Ladies’ Home Journal observed this phenomenon. The most significant development was the power acquired by the first lady through her position as a public figure: “Regardless of her distaste for public life, her role can no longer be a private one; she acquires indirect power when her husband takes the oath of office as President of the United States.”[2] In the Era of 1964-1977 the role of the first lady began to transform from one of a political celebrity to the first lady as a Political savvy activist. One of the First Ladies during this era instrumental in the emergence of the first lady as a proactive political activist was Lady Bird (Claudia Alta Taylor) Johnson, wife of former President Lyndon B. Johnson. Through exploring Lady Bird’s roles as a wife, mother, conservationist, businesswoman, philanthropist and First Lady, one will further understand how her influences and actions transformed the role of the modern First lady and how she used her platform to eventually transform not only cities and states but an entire nation well after her role as First lady. In order to fully understand Lady Bird Johnson’s development of her legacy especially in the sense of defining roles and responsibility of a modern first lady one must...
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...He was on the cross country team even though he didn’t really enjoy sports. He loved pepperoni pizza. His favorite TV shows were the Simpsons and X-files. He got straight A’s on his last report card. He also applied for National Honor Society two weeks before he died. In September 1999 he was posthumously accepted into National Honor Society. Corey Depooter was a kid who loved just about every outdoors activity out there. He loved to golf, fish, hunt, and hike. He loved to fish the most. He got a job at a golf club to save up money to buy a boat with his friend. He was said to be the kind of person you wanted to be around when you were sad. He could cheer just about anyone up. He wanted to be a Marine when he grew up. At his funeral he was officially made an honorary Marine. After what happened, Columbine high school tore down the library since most of the deaths happened there. They built a bigger, better, and safer library. The library was renamed the Hope Columbine Memorial Library. It was built on the hill Rachel...
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...BROWN WESSLING 2010 Iowa Teacher of the Year Johnston High School Johnston, IA School profile: Students in district: Students in building: Suburban 5700 1250 Teaching area: Teaching level: Years in teaching: Years in present position: 2010 National Teacher of the Year Sarah Brown Wessling English 10 - 12 11 10 Page 1 II. Educational History and Professional Development Activities: DEEPENING THE LAYERS ACADEMIC BACKGROUND Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. Master of Arts, August, 2003. • MAJOR: English. Specialization: Literature. • THESIS TITLE: Using Literary Theory in an Advanced Placement English Classroom. • AWARDS: o Excellence in Research for Master's thesis, 2003. o Albert Walker Excellence in English Award, 2003. o Critical Writing Award (for critical scholarship), 2003. Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. Bachelor of Arts, Graduated with distinction, May 1998. • MAJOR: English Education. • Honors: o Phi Beta Kappa Liberal Arts and Sciences Honor Society, 1998. o Mortar Board Honor Society, VICE PRESIDENT, 1997-1998. o Phi Kappa Phi International Honor Society, 1997-1998. o Kappa Delta Pi, FOUNDATION REPRESENTATIVE, 1997-1998. o Golden Key National Honor Society, 1996-1998. o Dean's List: 1995-1998. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Johnston Community School District, Johnston, Iowa. • High School English teacher, 1999-present. • Department chair, 2003-present. • Courses taught (Grades 9-12): Advanced Placement Literature and Composition/DMACC ...
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...common misconception, these people are not just looking to live in America for working privileges. Their real desire is to become something that depicts pride and honor, an American. Being an American in a country as diverse as ours means more than just living on American soil, it has endless benefits that allows one to feel free. Unfortunately, the rapid flow of immigrants into America has led to many issues. One of the main ones is the concept of assimilation, which has been disputed for years due to the capacity of the incoming immigrants. Jay Nordlinger, in his essay “Bassackwards: Construction Spanish and Other Signs of the Times” notes that not “everyone who comes to America is dying to melt into the pot”. Yet he stresses, as does Linda Chavez in her essay “Supporting Family Values”, the need for immigrants to assimilate to American culture. These two concepts have been floating around America since the first illegal immigrants started to show up and they’ve been controversial ever since. Everyone is looking for a happy medium for the issue but can’t seem to find it. Recent immigrants are being expected to trade their ethnic and national identities for new American identities, and the concept of ‘Americanization’ commences. Is the idea of American culture as a “melting pot” still valid, or are immigrants becoming ‘Americanized’? Being an American means to live on American soil. But more than that, to be American is to...
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...of the award is the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, and it is administered to organizations in the business, healthcare, education, and nonprofit sectors for performance excellence. Each award is given by the President of the United States and awarded to organizations across six categories of eligibility including manufacturing, service, small business, education, health care, and nonprofit. The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is named after the former United States Secretary of Commerce Malcolm Baldrige. He served in this position from 1981 until 1987, when Baldrige death in a rodeo accident. During his tenure, he was a strong supporter of quality management and believed that it was imperative to United States wealth and sustainability. Because of this interest, Congress named the award after him. The award was created in response to the leaders of America finally realizing that quality was a key component in the worldwide arena of business and competiveness. The purpose of the award, which came to be as a result of the 1987 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Improvement Act, was to promote awareness of performance excellence in regards to competitiveness in U.S. business. Since its inception in 1987, the award has expanded to include health care, education, nonprofit, and government organizations. In addition to increasing performance excellence awareness, the award also exists to identify and recognize role-model businesses, establish criteria for measuring...
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...Learning Officer • June 2010 • www.clomedia.com ueled by social networks and technology, universal collaboration is becoming a daily business reality. Global data and knowledge are now accessed on devices that people can hold in the palms of their hands. Jim Kouzes, renowned leadership expert, recently described this shift by stating that “while the content of leadership has remained the same over the past 20 years, the context has not.” Leaders striving for success today must be able to master three new levels of competence: • Global business acumen: The new financial, industry, functional and technical skills needed to navigate a market characterized by rapid evolution of business models, markets, products, and mergers and acquisitions. • Global mindset: The capacity to engage in a boundaryless and synthesizing cognitive process that identifies opportunity and innovation in complexity. • Global citizenship: A potent combination of geographic, political, economic, governmental, legal, cultural, technological and environmental savvy that informs business strategy formulation and execution. Global Mindset vs. Global Citizenship A global mindset includes the ability to see beyond the boundaries of the organization, national culture, functional responsibilities and corporate gain to envision and communicate the ultimate contribution and value of the work to society and sustainability. In his book Five Minds for the Future, Howard Gardner delineates five sets of cognitive capabilities...
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...women have anorexia and only about 10% of men suffer from the disease (Eating Disorders). In 1980, anorexia was classified as a psychiatric disorder. Since then it is still becoming a growing problem. The number of anorexia cases has doubled since 1970. Anorexia is not having an impact on one particular race or social group. It is having an impact on people of all social groups and ethnic backgrounds (Anorexia Nervosa). However, there are 10 million women and 1 million men that have anorexia, the majority of them being white people (Bennett). Researchers do not know exactly what the causes are of anorexia, or other eating disorders for that matter. They say eating disorders can be caused by many things such as: biological, psychological, social, cultural and even family factors (Gowan). For many of the sufferers, anorexia becomes almost like a religion. People feel this way because, they have power over themselves. They control what they can eat and they feel in power when they do this (Bennett). A story I found off of ebsco, (academic resource website) was a girl who dreamed of being a ballerina. She saw many dancers who were thin and good at dancing and that’s what she wanted to be like. This girl was only 15 years old when she started to starve herself. It was all because of a role model she looked up too. This girl lost 30 pounds and she still didn’t think that she had any problems. She wouldn’t admit to anorexia. Most people with the disease don’t admit...
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...labor industry and who are constantly contributing in our society in different ways. Oprah Winfrey is one of those women that has contributed greatly to our society and is still contributing today. Lets take a deeper look at what she has done and what has made her into a fascinating woman. Oprah Winfrey was born in January 29, 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi. She was born in a rural poverty family. Her name...
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...Rachel Hoffman and Sarah Gentil Ms. Wolverton English 1010 January 9, 2013 Body Brainwash? From the beginning civilizations all had their own ideas of the perfect body shape; this ideal image of the body has evolved throughout time, and continues to this day. In this essay we will discuss different aspects of what America specifically believes the ideal body image should be today. The different issues we will be discussing will involve: concerns with the body image, obesity, cosmetic surgery, compulsive exercise, masculinity and models. There are heated debates about whether these topics are negative or positive. Every part of the world has some kind of ideal body image and will go to certain extremes trying to achieve this perfect image. Probably the most known would be foot binding. Some historical records claim that foot binding began its origin in the Song Dynasty 960-1279 A.D.; the practice was outlawed in 1915 (Lim). Yet some continued in secret. At that time foot binding was a status symbol and the only way for a woman to be able to get married in a decent setting. There are a couple of survivors from this practice, Zhou Guizhen, 86, now regrets binding her feet, yet understands that she had no choice. No one would have married her and at the time that was what women were expected to do (Lim). On the other side of the world, Europe had their own opinion on what the ideal body image was. It wasn’t tiny feet, but tiny waists. In Dave Girdle’s site the author gives...
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...Harvard, Favorite books The novel Black Like Me was the most stimulating book I have recently read. I was taken aback by the cruelty the narrator experienced when he was black compared to the hospitality he found as a white man. Possessing the same occupation, clothing, wealth, speech, and identity did not matter when his skin was another color. Given that this was a non-fictional piece, my reaction was even stronger. The book made me favor equality of opportunity for all in every endeavor so others' opinions of them are based on performance, not preconceptions. Harvard, Favorite teacher I selected Mr. (name) because he taught me more than U.S. History; he taught me how to think independently. This wasn't done only to prepare me for the free-response section of the A.P. test, either. I know he did it to make his students responsible citizens and responsible adults. From the outset, he wanted to make sure that we knew how we stood in our political philosophy: strict constructionists or loose constructionists. He wanted to make sure that we didn't gravitate towards empty categories like liberal or conservative, but rather focused on issues separately whenever we needed to take a stand on them. Imagine my surprise when I, the son of two very conservative parents who constantly bombarded me with their rhetoric, discovered that I had strong liberal tendencies on some issues. Aside from political affiliations, Mr. (name) taught us how to make sense out of history by trying...
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