...Year Writing Essay Throughout my life, writing has always been a skill necessary for me to excel in many of my classes. Whether it was for research papers, or short journal assignments, writing was always a key component in order to achieve the best grade possible for my classes. Ever since I stepped foot into Elementary school, my skills as a writer have been average or slightly above average at best. My writing style is basic and I usually follow somewhat of a similar formula for most of my papers. My weak points as a writer would be my creativity and vocabulary. I also wish to improve my ability to draw the reader in during my introduction paragraphs. I always seem to take ages to write my introduction paragraph for my papers, and this causes me to spend a lot of time on my essays. My strong points as a writer would be my structure and my ability to get my message across to the reader. I am confident in my writing in the sense that I can get the job done, but know that my writing could be heavily improved. There are three instances in my life that made me realize my skills as a writer. The first would be my English tutor, who guided me at the beginning of middle school. She laid down the formula and gave me the skills in order to ace all of my basic middle school papers. The second would be the realization that my writing was not good as I thought it was after my first couple of papers in High School, and finally the last instance, which was my college essay. My mother...
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...I once read a book about three women who grew up together as children. They separated after high school, each choosing their own paths in life. One got married and became a housewife, one became a doctor, and one decided to join the Peace Corps. Each woman had found her own niche in life and was happy. They each, in their own eyes, had what is called, success. Success means achievement, accomplishment, victory, and triumph. The dictionary states that success is “The achievement of something desired, planned, or attempted; the gaining of fame or prosperity” (The Dictionary.com n.pag.) and “The favorable or prosperous termination of anything attempted; the attainment of a proposed object; prosperous issue” (Hypertext Webster Gateway n.pag.). These are just dictionary definitions, though. One needs examples and instances in order to fully understand the meaning of success. Our Service Can Write a Custom Essay on Success for You! Over the years, many people have viewed success as the gaining of fame and fortune. While this is true, success encompasses all kinds of prosperity. Fame and fortune is just one form. The reason why most people view fame and fortune as the prototype of success is because these two things usually come to people who have worked long and hard. For the most part, in order to be and feel successful, one needs to have worked at it. Bob Brown once declared, “Behind every successful man there's a lot of unsuccessful years” (Cyber Quotations n.pag.). Colin...
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...writing. The only way to increase your level of writing is to keep writing, day after day and year after year. The first time when I touched with writing was in the period of my primary school. I have written hundreds of essays for tests, homework, and practices for almost 10 years and I am still writing now. At the beginning of the third year of my primary school my teacher asked us to write a journal every day. For the first few days I am interested in it, but as time went through, it really drived me crazy, because the life was almost the same during 24 hours one day and seven days one week. Most of my classmates complained it is hard to write different journals every day, it was easy, however, our teacher said you can do some observations around you and your community and do not limit yourself. So I got the first key element of the writing-observation. My journal was admired by my teacher as I did good observations and I was introverted when I was a child, that is easy for me to express my emotion into the paper. Journals also made me understand that “practice makes perfert”. After years of growth, my writing skill was updated, but the standard of writing was also uping. The teacher in middle school was more strict with students’ essays than the one did in primary school. I felt unprecedented pressure from each class, especially writing class. Seldom can I get appropriate ideas for an essay even I did a lot of surveies. I consulted my teacher what I need to do. She said...
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...In “The Teacher Who Changed My Life” by Nicholas Gage, is an essay in which his feelings toward his teacher change. The feelings changed in the essay starting out as Nicholas not liking his teacher to him thanking her. Gage’s feelings changed toward his teacher by when he didn’t like her class but he ends up finding inspiration. The way Gage’s feelings change affects him by making him become a journalist. In the beginning of the essay Gage didn’t know what to feel about his new school. The principal had put him and his sister in a mentally retarded class. In this class he would meet the teacher that changes his life. At first he didn’t like her class but he ended up enjoying it. One day Gage followed one of the girls he had a crush on into...
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...Farm Girl In Jessica Hemauer’s essay “Farm Girl," Jessica explains the ups and downs of living on a farm. Jessica shares her feelings of anger, sadness, and jealousy, but we also see how truly grateful she is about the life lessons she gained as a Farm Girl. Jessica gets up at 5 am with her two sisters, Angie and Melissa and her brother, Nick, so they can help their father with the morning chores. After getting up they start their morning routine of “washing their faces, brushing their teeth and taking turns on the white porcelain throne” (Hemauer 2011). Then they make their way to the basement where their mom keeps their clothes, so the house does not smell like a barn. After they are dressed they head to the barn to start their morning chores. Melissa and her father milk the one hundred cows, Nick and Angie feed them, and Jessica being the youngest must feed all the calves. That is her favorite chore; she feels it gives her some responsibility. Jessica does not realize that this is the “beginning of a lifetime of responsibility" (Hemauer 2011). When Jessica was young, she did not realize that all of her hard work and sacrifices were teaching her a crucial lesson in life. She only felt the sadness of being different from her classmates, and that her responsibilities on the farm made it hard for her to have a normal life. In the eighth grade, she wanted to play basketball, she asked her parents, and they agreed to let her join the team. They made her promise that...
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...W. P. Carey MBA Admissions Essay Questions – Evening MBA and Online MBA MBA Applicants are required to submit answers to essay questions during the online application process. Essays may be typed in the document below, saved and uploaded in one document when requested during the online application. Responses to each essay question should be no more than two pages using 1.5 line spacing. Please begin each question on a new page. Essay Question #1 Explain how your past accomplishments have prepared you for the W. P. Carey MBA. “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get.” A famous saying from the movie Forrest Gump pretty much describes my situation. In my earlier life, I never thought I would come to US for my master of engineering, work as an electrical engineer at Force10networks (it was acquired by DELL recently), and now pursue an MBA. My past accomplishments that have prepared me for the W.P. Carey MBA include teaching mathematics in Taiwan, coming to US to improve myself, earning my engineering masters at the University of Arizona, and working as electrical design engineer at force10networks. Before I came to US, I had taught mathematics from high school level to college calculus for seven years. The reason that I like teaching is I like to sense students’ issues of learning mathematics. I like to communicate with them, and to help them succeed in achieving...
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...unnoticed or are part of an unspoken code. Women have played a major role in the development of greatness, but will often go unrecognized for their input, effort and involvement. Many times the role of a woman asked her to take a back seat to men’s work and not be in the fore front. It was not important for women to be educated, for they were not made to be leaders, creators, commanders or organizers. Sister Flowers by Maya Angelou and I Want a Wife by Judy Brady bring light to the dynamics of a woman and the many facets of a woman. Whether of a high or low class the, fortitude of a woman is astounding. In this ever changing world, women have begun to evolve and smile at the ratification of the positions that they have long held. These essays provide us with a piece of history that shows the growth and development that women are making to get the recognition that is their-due. Sister Flowers by Maya Angelou is a descriptive essay told through the eyes of a young girl named Marguerite who has admiration for a woman in her community that is full of grace. The presence, stature and charisma of this woman was enough to put her in a class with the elite. This woman was different from the others within her community and due to education. Sister Flowers words and language supported that image. As she would often have conversations with Marguerite’s mother that would be very shameful to her, due to her mother’s lack of knowledge in the proper use of language. Sister Flowers...
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...Process Analysis Essay Proper education requires a person to understand various processes that enable life to continue. Therefore, process analysis essays explain how something is done, and it includes various steps. This process analysis essay describes how to complete an application for college. How to complete an application for college Students need to know the process involved in completing an application for college to ensure they follow the collet steps to be admitted into the college of their choice. Indeed, after listing down the colleges one is interested in, they must complete an application for each. There are ten main steps one...
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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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...People say that college is different than high school and you will see the difference when you get there, you do not get a heads up that every class time could be your last class. A professor has the right to drop pretty much for any reason, in high school the teacher is stuck with you and they have to deal with it. But from these difference I realized that I was by no means ready for college and what it had in store for me this semester. We as students are expected to know this stuff before class has even started, but the teachers in the past they said they are making us ready for college that is there goal for us as their students, but they are just holding are hand and walking us through high school and across the stage for graduation....
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...An Analysis on “Are Too Many People Going to College” Charles Murray’s essay proposes that American colleges are being flooded with individuals who are either unprepared for higher education or who are simply forced into attending college and can’t succeed because of the lack of certain innate abilities. Murray’s essay goes on to take issue with the idea that the pursuit of a traditional college education is somehow strategically creating a separation of the American class system. While Murray makes many salient points with regards to America’s obsession with college education as a standard into a class of the intellectual elite, the essay fails to take into consideration the various motivators that can lead to student success, despite where that student might be on Murray’s ability ladder (Murray Paragraph 13). This essay seeks to analyze Murray’s claims about why the pursuit of a traditional, four-year college education can do more harm than good when it comes to defining success for the individual learner. Rhetorical Analysis The main thesis of Murray’s essay is that the unrealistic pursuit of a college degree, propagates to children at an early age and does more harm than good. Murray claims that many students do not have the ability needed to enjoy and complete a four-year college education (PARAGRAPH 13). Murray further supports his thesis with his reasoning that more people are going to college because they are indoctrinated, regardless of their skilled ability, to...
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...quote this early in the essay? Explain (1)I feel that Emerson’s quote “Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to its own string,” Is implying, whatever you set your mind too you can accomplish. “Every heart vibrates to its own Iron string,” Is implying that everyone is different; we go about doing things in different ways, but it doesn’t mean that it’s wrong. (2) I feel he placed this quote so early in the essay because; he wanted to attract the reader’s attention with such a unique passage. He tried grabbing their attention, early in the passage. 2. In paragraph 4, Emerson says, “it is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own” (as cited in Langan, 2014). What does he mean by this quote? What is his purpose in making this statement? Explain. (1) “It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion”, basically it’s saying that it is easy for other people to justify your life, doing what’s good in the eyes of society. Letting what other people think, affect the way you live your life. “It’s is easy in solitude to live after our own,” Is saying to live in solitude, you can easily live, doing the things that you want to do. (2) To shed light on the situation, of people caring, what other people think. Live by your own path; don’t let people influence what you do. It would be easy living in both situation, but living for your own self-interest, would be easier. 4. At the end of the essay, Gregory shifts his focus...
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...Alexa Jaime January 7th, 2015 AVID 11 Life Goals Essay Now that I am a junior in high school, it’s important for me to know what I want to do with my life after graduation and what steps I have to take to get there. In order to pursue the career you want to go into, you have to take a few more steps in order to get to that point. It might take a while for you to get there, but it’ll most likely be worth it. For now let’s start with the basics. No matter what career choice you decide to want to go for, you need to have the proper education even after high school in order to get there. As for me, I was currently stuck between three collages; University of Washington, Washington State University, and Central Washington University. After doing some deep research, I stuck to my current choice in my future education with the University of Washington (I’ll explain my reason why I choose this school later). I know in order for me to get accepted into the University, I need to start working on some acceptance essays for the collage and to obviously graduate high school. I feel like those two steps are the bigger ones to take as of right now. Let’s say I end up getting admitted into the University of Washington, now I need to figure out what courses I want to take in order to get where I want to be. As for me, I would like to work in the dental industry and become an orthodontist or dental assistant. Like I have stated before, I did some deep research...
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...Tiffany Houpt Professor Habbestad English 104 2 December 2013 The Pleasure Scale As we go through life we will experience different events that will help shape the scales that we use in life. Biss talks about how pain is our own experience and no one else can feel the same intensity of pain that we feel at any given point in the day. I believe that it can also be turned around no one can feel the same type of pleasure that I feel. There is no way that I can write a scale of pleasure that fits every person that is on the earth; the only scale that I can make is one where I use the pleasure that have happened to me during my life time. As we age we tend to go through events that will change our outlook on life. Something that may have been a pleasure to us when we were younger may not be pleasure to use when we are older. Take for instance playing on the playground as a young child, that was to time of the day we all waited for we got to go outside and play on the jungle gym. That would not bring me pleasure it would make me depressed just for the fact that I can no longer play on the jungle gym because I am not small enough to enjoy to the level that I would want to. 0 Imagine a world where there is no such thing as pain. Now that you have done that do you think that there would be pleasure in that world? If there is no pain there can be no pleasure they go hand in hand. If you have never felt pain then how can you know what pleasure is? Biss talks about how there is not...
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...University 100 Barbara Boyd Essay Assignments #1 “To laugh often and much. . . to win the respect of intelligent people. . . to earn the appreciation of honest critics. . . to find the best in others. . . to leave the world a little better. . . this is the meaning of success.” – Waldo Emerson. When I was in high school, I often long to know what will my future laid. I often wonder what will I become or what will I have done. I also wonder how will I be able to adapt to the label as a “college student”. About eight weeks ago, I arrived to CSUN ( California State University of Northridge) as a college student, no longer a high student or a visitor, and I felt nervous but excited to see what does CSUN have to provide for me. Eight weeks went by fast, and now when I write this essay, I look back those wonderful eight weeks seem so yesterday. I met a lot of new faces, new names and I still cant remember all of their names because I've met SO many people in eight weeks. I discovered a whole new environment, new places, and a whole new journey for me. I learned how to deal with my roommates, learned how to adapt with them and work as a teamwork. I learned how to manage my time with social time and my education time. I learned that the classes are simple but yet hard. I learned how to deal with teachers, students and interpreter. Most of all, I enjoyed a lot being here as a CSUN student. Back in high school, I went to a mainstream school, Poly High School Riverside, I was one of those...
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