...Has digital communication been a blessing or a curse to young people? Young people, mainly secondary school students and undergraduates nowadays live in a world characterized by dramatic, cultural, economic, social and educational differences. Notwithstanding the immense diversity in living environments, an unprecedented and unifying global media culture has developed that challenges and often surpasses such traditional forms of socialization as family and school. This has made digital communication tools like blogs, sms, cell phones, video sharing indispensible in the lives. It is considered a blessing due to the conveniences and benefits that have greatly affected the daily lives of the young people. While most may benefit, we must bear in mind the downsides of such improvements. Personal communication is compromised, and with convenience all kinds of information is easily shared, increasing chances of young adults falling prey to the wrong kind of information. However, in todays context-the information age, the benefits that digital communication can bring to young adults, far exceeds the harms that can befall. Digital communication, is thus in my opinion a blessing to young people. Digital communication plays a huge role in the pervasive and powerful media. Inappropriate information transmitted results in young people becoming innocent victims, as they might not have reach a stage of development that allows them to appropriately process the information they are receiving...
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...day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. The MUHS Thanksgiving Mass incorporated many of those original ideas and added their own. Thanksgiving itself and Thanksgiving Mass are different for everyone. Everybody is giving thanks for different things in their lives, but ultimately the Thanksgiving Mass revolves around the idea of just being thankful and giving back, both of which are expressed regularly in the MUHS community. They lay underneath the various Grad at Grad values that most students will possess when their time comes to graduate from Marquette University High School. As for the difference it makes in the community, besides improving overall spiritual...
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...gathering. We all would be delighted to present you few tokens of appreciations from our heartfelt gratitude. (give flowers and shits now) We would also like to acknowledge your attempt to consider and grant our causes and interest all through. On that regard, we would be further obliged if you address few of our needs which are yet to be fulfilled. We would like to request for two minibuses or atleast one with 50 seats for the ease of students' movement. As you know already, due to the on going construction of our new campus, students are in requirement of convenient transport while going to Sadar hospital for clinical duties. We are asking for mini buses since big buses can be troublsome and uneconomical to manage. On that note, we also pledge for quickening the process of construction of the new building for everybody's wellbeing. In a conclusionary note, we would yearn for your blessing for our upcoming academic and professional lives. We would like to have your blessings so we all can be successful and over all a be a good human being as you are. We will be grateful to you for your constant concern and support for us for so long. Thank...
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...ability to have lead the path for so many. Maybe the reputation the star has for leading people in the past. Or maybe it the brightness of the star that makes people trust it. There are many different characteristics that a person could have that could make them leader just like the North Star. Two years ago I attended a leadership conference as a student council. At the leadership conference, I learned...
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...First and foremost, I would like to give thanks to God for all of his everlasting blessings. I would also like to thank ACE American Industries for this wonderful opportunity to participate in such a gracious and beneficial program for the sake of our children. Thank you and God bless. My name is Merton M. Hunkin. I am a parent of 3 beautiful children that attend the Aua Elementary School. I am also the current president of the Parent Teacher Association. When I first took office, I immediately performed an inspection on the school. Upon the completion of my inspection, I knew that I had my hands full because there were so many problems within the school that needed immediate attention. Once I identified the issues and problems that needed to be fixed, I immediately began to search for answers. I have been in and out of the D.O.E. headquarters seeking help. Unfortunately, there is not enough funding. We have also requested assistance from our adopted government agencies. Unfortunately for us, this means of support has come to a stalemate. The problems that currently exist in Aua Elementary School are just too overwhelming for us to repair in a timely manner without any financial assistance. We have tried fundraising, but unfortunately the money that we have raised so far is nowhere near enough to make the repairs needed. So when I heard of the ACE Helpful Hands Program, I knew for a fact that this is an opportunity that I absolutely cannot afford...
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...Azusa Street The Azusa street revival was essentially the birth of the new age Pentecostalism; where Charles H. Parham and William J. Seymour spread the news of being Baptized in the Holy Spirit not being a mandatory step in righteousness, but, the given power of God to be able to minister effectively to all those around you. William J. Seymour was something of a student of Charles H. Parham. Seymour, according to the Handbook of Pentecostal Christianity, became deeply committed to Parham’s novel explaining how we need the “third blessing” (baptism in the Holy Spirit) following justification and sanctification. The Biblical proof of being baptized in the Holy Spirit was the speaking of tongues. This idea was not new to the Holiness movement, however; the Biblical evidence of speaking in tongues is what made Parham’s concept unique. Shortly after having attended Parham’s school in Houston, Texas, Seymour was invited to pastor at an African American church in L.A., California because the head pastor was heading out to do missions work. Seymour hadn’t experienced the “third blessing” yet, but he was completely devoted to the principles of it being necessary to Christian Ministry work. Most people who were part of the Holiness Movement believed that speaking of tongues and having a “third blessing” to be heretical. So the members of the congregation that was welcome to Seymour coming out to pastor in absence of the head pastor Julia W. Hutchins, ejected Seymour out...
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...will be my first time participating in a mission trip in all my MCC carrier. I am taking this opportunity to tell you about my service to my parish and my school. I have worked many volunteer jobs at my local middle school, Our Lady of Lourdes, and I have the position of being given a responsibility as a young adult has changed mine completely. OLL is like my second home and I have grown very fond of the old and new teachers at the school. They trust me with helping their students and making sure that the teachers understand the problems of students because sometimes I am asked to help with the conflicts at the school since I have also gained the trust of the students. Volunteering my time has taught me leadership skills and interactive skills with adults. Not only at OLL do I speak highly of the school but at MCC I have learned that if I see someone new to the campus that it is my job as a student to talk highly of both schools and the Catholic education system....
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...Danielle Haden Dr. Schenbeck Worlds of Music 1 March 2015 Ritual comparison between Enemyway and Spelman Commencement While the Navajo Enemyway and the Spelman College Commencement have different functions, I believe that they serve as a powerful instrument in the lives of their people, or the people involved. The Navajo Enemyway ceremony is a ritual used to cure someone who has been away from home for an extended period of time or if they have been “in the hands of a non-Navajo”. If the Navajo have been in a hospital full of other spirits: depression, bad dreams, and injuries, this Enemyway is used to purify and cure them and expel the negative energies and spirits. The Spelman College Commencement ceremony is not solely used to distribute...
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...What is the Unification Church? Symbol of the Unification Church. Rev. and Mrs. Moon praying over an altar in Korea, 1997. Photo: TParents.org. Sun Myung Moon with Richard Nixon at the White House. Photo: US Gov. Reverend and Mrs. Moon conducting the 1992 Blessing Ceremony for 30,000 people in Korea. Photo: TParents.org. Sun Myung Moon with his granddaughter in 2006. Photo: TParents.org. The Unification Church (officially named the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity) is a new religious movement founded by Reverend Sun Myung Moon in Korea in 1954. The Unification Church is a unique interpretation of Christianity that regards Rev. Moon as the Messiah and believes world peace can be attained through the creation of "true families." It is especially known for its mass weddings and seeking of converts. Both the Unification Church and Moon himself have been the source of controversy in Asia and especially the USA. The movement's followers have been dubbed "Moonies" by critics. History Sun Myung Moon was born in 1920 in what is now North Korea. At the time, Korea was under Japanese rule. Moon was raised in thePresbyterian church, one of many faiths persecuted by the Japanese rulers. The political upheavals caused divisions and new movements inKorean Christianity, including a group known as "spiritualists" who received new revelations from God and looked for a Korean messiah. Moon says that on Easter morning at the age of 16, he had a vision in which...
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...However, the school officials cannot suggest or have the kids pray, even though its true aim is clear, to encourage students to pray. Because of the “moment of silence,” there has finally been a neutral act to encourage prayer. There is a one sided claim that a mandated moment of silence in public classrooms amounts to an unconstitutional attempt to establish religion. The “moment of silence” is Constitutional, and a great way to encourage prayer for our students. Rufus Goodwin stated, “Praying, like poetry, is an activity that activates the human being.” In other words, prayer is a personal experience and intimate connection with our Father. People pray for several reasons such as personal benefit or for the sake of others. Prayers can consist of requesting guidance and assistance, confessing sins, or to express one’s thoughts and emotions (Goodwin R.). Why wouldn’t this intimate act with our Creator be an important part of the student’s day? Moments of silence often last one minute, but other amounts of time may be chosen. Sometimes people choose the length of a moment of silence to connect with an event being honored, such as a death. During that moment of silence, people often bow their heads, remove their hats, and do not speak or move. When public schools have a moment of silence, Buddhist students could meditate (relax and think calm thoughts), students with other religions such as Christianity, Islam,...
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...Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Technology. It has benefitted just about everyone here in one way or another. It runs in the veins of society and is the fuel that drives our lives. On a positive note, it has brought luxury in the life of the common man; but technology has also shown its negative connotations in the form of, among other ways, increased laziness by today’s youth. I will now discuss in detail the blessings and curses that technology have produced, beginning with the blessings. Now we are all aware that we live in a technologically advanced age. Gone are the days when transportation was scarce and very difficult, when children had to walk miles to and from school and communication with family and loved ones was only through letters. With modern technology, we have advanced from faxes to e-mail and bicycles to cars and planes. Technology has also automated many of the critical processes in the industry as well as households. Modern electronic gadgets that have entered the homes of the common man have saved him from the grind of certain daily household chores. The internet has also shown to be a positive by assisting young people in uplifting their self-esteem through online programmes and we all know that it is the quickest means of acquiring, processing and disseminating information, which is admittedly a plus. Also, technology has led to the discovery of new treatments in previously untreatable diseases like diabetes and sickle cell anaemia, where...
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...deep thought and contemplation. Consider the – how, why, where, when , what, etc., Here is a sampling of quiz questions and detailed answers that did receive full credit, and a few examples that did not: |Explain what Socrates means in Plato's "Phaedo" when he says that philosophy is the practice of death. | |Student response: |Philosophy is the practice of the separation of the soul form the body and in that it is like death. | |Score: |[pic] | Notice here how there is no development at all to the answer. The term ‘explain’ indicates much more than a one or two sentence answer. |Student response: |"I want to make my argument before you my judges, as to why I think that a man who has truly spent his life in | | |philosophy is probably right to be of good cheer in the face of death and to be very hopeful that after death he | | |will attain the greatest blessings yonder." These are Socrates famous words to his judges explains a little of what| | |he means by saying philosophy is...
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...Hughes, “Theme for English B”, brought back memories of myself growing up during the times where it was truly a white only and black only world. It was not college that I had to endure the color barriers but it was going to elementary through high school. I went to an all black school until I entered high school. The plot seems to take on a very structured, by providing detailed background information. The plot is clearly connected to the setting as Hughes states “I am twenty-two, colored, born in Winston-Salem. I went to school there, then Durham, then here to this college on the hill above Harlem.” It sets an indicator of the time period and growth. The setting begins as the student is instructed to “go home and write”, “Then, it will be true.” The setting seems to give indication, of a young college student experiencing the world through a colored man’s eyes. The setting takes you to a time before or during...
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...I am very excited to announce that I will be returning to the Dominican Republic in May on my second mission trip with Fellowship of Christian Athletes. I am currently underway with my sophomore year of nursing school at Indiana University of Pennsylvania where I am also a contracted cadet through Army ROTC. My experiences in the Dominican last spring were truly a blessing sent from God. I embarked on the journey believing that I would be changing the lives of those living in Hato Mayor. Instead, my life was forever changed. I gained a greater appreciation for my faith and all the blessing I have living here in the states. I was personally able to serve the Lord working in make shift medical clinics we set up in churches. As a first year nursing student this was the most hands on learning I had experienced yet in the field. I aided in reconstructing portions of local villages and spreading the word of the Lord to those around me. FCA has become my home within the past year and one of the largest support systems I have here on campus while I am away from my family and home. As students, athletes, and future officers of the U.S. Army we all...
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...TO OUR FRIENDS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE BAR MITZVAH Bar Mitzvah is an expression that means “subject to the commandments,” meaning that an individual is old enough to take personal responsibility for fulfilling and celebrating the laws of the Torah. This traditionally occurs in his 13th year. By reading from the Torah, saying the blessing for the reading, and by helping to lead the service, the Bar Mitzvah will show he has acquired the knowledge and skill to accept this responsibility and its privileges. Becoming a Bar Mitzvah is not itself a religious service. That is, the Sabbath services are not being conducted because of the Bar Mitzvah. The reverse is true: The boy marks the fact that he is a Bar Mitzvah by participating in the Sabbath service. If no one was celebrating a Bar Mitzvah, the services would still be conducted and the portions read by the boy would be read by another adult member of the congregation. The Sabbath service at Congregation Tifereth Israel is a traditional service conducted almost entirely in Hebrew, the Jewish language of prayer. The form and structure of the service are 1,800 to 2,000 years old, with some sections dating back 2,500 years. For example, the "Musaf" service dates almost to the destruction of the First Temple in Jerusalem in 586 B.C.E. and was written to replace the sacrificial ceremony in the temple. (It is interesting to note that the synagogue itself, as an institution, dates to that event, when the Jews were...
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