...Overcoming obstacles and barriers is a difficult thing to do. In ‘The Osage Firebird” and “A Life Painting Animals” it talks about two women who overcome tough barriers to gain and achieve success. They both tell how they never got discouraged nom matter how many times they we told “No” or “You will never make it”. Although, I believe the story “The Osage Firebird” tells more information about overcoming barriers and difficulties. “The Osage Firebird” is a story of a girl named Betty Marie Tallcheif who overcame many obstacles to become a great ballerina. It shows the purpose more in this passage because she goes through many things that most people with a fixed mindset would be put-down about, but she never got discouraged so she kept going....
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...Some obstacles are looked at as impossible. | Whether someone or something someone cares about is trying to overcome an obstacle, there will always be support. Family and friends will always try to encourage and show they care. In times of need and support, family strives to help overcome an obstacle in a loved one's way. In Takings Sides by Gary Soto, Lincoln’s family sticks together to get through some tough obstacles. He has to overcome some obstacles with his best friend, Tony, from his old neighborhood and school in the barrio (the mexican ghetto in their urban area). One of the main things that the friends fight over is how Lincoln moves to a new city. One of the main reasons for this argument is because of a TV that belonged...
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...affinity towards overcoming challenges and difficult adversity. Throughout life, we adapt to challenges and master the ability to surmount obstacles. Despite the difficulties we experience, the process of overcoming complications allows us to become more knowledgeable on the task at hand. However, it is not just the conquering of adversity that is beneficial, but the adversity itself has positive effects on the challenged. Adversity allows an individual to develop a sense of discipline, as well as encouraging individuals to exercise their mind to confront a problem or conflict. Specifically, students who encounter hardships are more inclined to try harder, which promotes competition within the school. Although adversity may be beneficial towards some students, challenges can be detrimental for students who lack confidence. For instance, some students develop a mentality of despair; they believe that if one has to work hard, then the person does not have the natural ability for the assignment. Based on the effects of adversity aforementioned, I believe that students can both benefit from the obstacles faced in school with the proper mentality or the effects could be hindering. Students face adversity every day, regardless of how transparent the obstacle may be; some problems may not be as evident as others. According to Carol S. Dweck, author of Brainology, all students face adversities throughout their high-school career, specifically, the challenge of overcoming a fixed mindset...
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...plain out just sucked for them. Somehow they had to get through it and they did. Gecko struggled with a lot of things like getting picked on and trying not to make bad decisions. Mr. Healey also had some obstacles like raising the kids right and from when he was younger he didn’t make good decisions but now he’s out helping children like him. Gecko and Mr.healey, characters in the book “The Juvie Three”, written by Gordon Korman overcame obstacles in their lives. They did this because they learned from the things they did and other people did to help them in becoming better people in the book....
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...I have learned over the past years that a challenge is something to embrace, not to be ashamed of. Obstacles are meant to be overcome, even if it takes a toll on one’s life. The greatest challenges I have faced, and am still facing, are consequences from the concussion I sustained two years ago from soccer. This head injury took me out of school for three and a half months, and put me behind in my academic journey. In October 2014, I was held back from any academic and social achievements due to a head injury that would affect me for the rest of my life. Because of the gnarly concussion, I was unable to participate in any academic activities, including reading and writing; this was the hardest challenge of all. As a result, I was too far behind in school to suddenly make it all up; my 3.86 G.P.A. (grade point average) quickly declined to a 2.8 G.P.A. The only chance I had to somewhat makeup these points was to go on independent studies accompanied by a home-hospital teacher. Thankfully, I was able to raise my grades enough to pass each class I was in. Not only was the academic side very difficult, but also so were the emotional repercussions I had, and still have. The head injury made my anxiety and depression levels skyrocket, and made any situation an uphill battle....
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...Emanuel McHenry Lynn Breedlove ENG 1101 4 October 2013 Success In this nation we have a concept called the “American Dream” that everyone strives for. It suggests that if you work hard, you can eventually earn a lot of money and do as you wish. Everyone typically wants to purchase an extravagant house, luxurious cars, designer clothes, and a high paying job that will make them financially stable. These kinds of people measure success on his or her material possessions and there monetary value. True success has nothing to do with material possessions, but comes from a deeper place that is much more substantial than money. When I was younger my father and I would take long rides on his truck every weekend. On these long drives we traveled from state to state and would have many in-depth conversations on success. One time in particular, I remember we were driving along the highway and I saw a 2003 Cadillac Escalade. When I was younger this was my favorite vehicle and I told my Father when I got older I was going to purchase one. My father told me that in order for me to purchase one of them when I got older I would have to be successful. So, I asked, “What does that mean?” He replied with, “You have to go to college and work hard and get a good job.” Looking back at the conversation, my father related success with money as many people do. I thought it was funny that his idea of success did not correlate with my thought of the word. I always thought success had to do with how...
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...When we were young, we all had some kind of hero. Some of the heroes as a kid consisted of ones like Batman, Robin Hood, Hulk, and Superman. All of these characters did heroic actions that made kids love them, or even idolize them, but as we grow older heroes change. Growing up, I never thought about who my hero was until I was in high school and realized that she had always been right beside me. My hero is Shannon Clover; my elementary enemy, middle school best friend, and life-time hero. Shannon is my hero because she is able to overcome tremendous obstacles, go after her dreams, and is hard working. Overcoming obstacles is something that everyone will have in their life, but the way you overcome it can be something amazing. When Shannon...
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...Crippled, a word most people wouldn’t dare to use when speaking to or describing a person with a disability; yet, it’s the word that Nancy Mairs uses to describe herself. In the passage, Nancy Mairs, victim of multiple sclerosis, explains why she describes herself as crippled, as well as why she refuses to be called anything besides crippled. In the passage Mairs explains that though for many, crippled is an offensive word, it is the only word she uses to describe herself. For Mair, to be crippled is to accurately describe her condition, having lost the full use of her limbs. This definition, in her opinion, fits her condition precisely and is straightforward; therefore she has no issue using it. If anything, she finds that using the word...
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...Charlie Brown’s Leadership Being a leader is a huge responsibility. Leadership requires an individual to possess certain traits that are admirable to followers. Charlie Brown is a leader in his own right. Some would argue with his leadership ability based upon his inability to come out on top with the tricks Lucy so deviously carried out. However, the fact remains that even though Charlie Brown could not win with Lucy, others within his trusted circle believed in him and followed him throughout his endeavors to lead; these followers include Snoopy, Pig-Pen, Peppermint Patty, and Marcie. This paper examines the traits Charlie Brown possessed to make him a leader among his followers and relates the traits to leaders within an organization. Charlie Brown’s first leadership trait included his ability to have determination to succeed. How many times did America see Lucy pull the football away from Charlie Brown at that critical moment when Charlie attempted to kick it? Some individuals would learn the first time of falling on their backs that Lucy was not to be trusted with holding the football. Silver (2011) states “Leaders will sometimes fail, but they take action when they encounter new opportunities for success” (p. 4). Charlie Brown’s determination to succeed became a driving force for him to continue to try kick the football; each time he failed he gained more support from his followers because of his determination to succeed. In an organization, to gain followers...
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...I think this artwork is about an African American woman who despite of her current situation, continues to surprise or surround any obstacle that she's presented with. Additionally it was used as a form of motivation to young black girls. Whom were demoralized and were taught self hatred by the various media outlets they were exposed to. Fashion is one of the many examples, where black females tried to emulate the Caucasian fashion. Applying products and Performing rigorous applications of hair straightener to “dekinkify” or straighten and they're beautiful, natural curly hair. The shape of the sculpture, doesn't capture the best qualities about a black woman. But what or whom she commonly is; the shape, curves and sturdiness. All of which are what I believe makes a black woman the most important part of developing a society or assemblage. 6. Elizabeth Catlett has a great...
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...Well when I first started Strategies for the Technical Professional, I came into the course with background knowledge on Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Little did I know that this course would actually involve more than just using these three tools, it would involve thinking about the challenges and adversities I have overcome to get where I am today. Also coming into this course my biggest fear was knowing that I was going to have to possibly do a presentation in front of my classmates. Well I have learned a lot more than I thought I would, from overcoming my fear of doing public speaking to learning what type of learner I am. This course has expanded my knowledge to a wider width, I have already started applying some of the skills and techniques I have learned from this course to my life. I have encountered a lot of personal obstacles along the way, and even though times got hard and tough I overcame them and kept pushing myself. One of the major things that changed from the first day of class to the final day of class was that I changed my study habits. Before this class I never actually set time aside to study. With the strategies I learned, I now set time aside to study every day. One of the assignments that helped me do this was making a personal schedule. By doing this I learned how to consume my time in a manner that is effective and not wasteful. For the final project I chose a topic that was very personal to me. By choosing this topic it made working on it a little...
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...RUNNING HEAD: Marketing Environments Marketing Environments Marla Lundborg American Intercontinental University Marketing Environments Businesses face tough decisions in launching and maintaining a product every day. It seems to be a questions answers game or a what if scenario. Analyzing the market and the environments that affect it is essential to successful profitability. As stated by Armstrong and Kotler, (2009), it’s essential to build lasting relationships with customers, competitors, other companies and external partners, and to do this successfully there must be a strong understanding of the forces that encompass these relationships otherwise known as marketing environments. Marketing environments and knowledge thereof, boosts a company’s marketing plan for max achievement. First marketing environment that would affect a team building exercise course company would be the microenvironment portion of customers. For team building courses, the main drive and contributing force for profit is the customer. The main market that would be detailed with this product would be the business markets, since this product is geared and marketed solely towards business as the customer. Without significant participation from the business markets, this product would not be valuable or utilized; after all it is geared towards increasing employee productivity in the workplace. The customer being this driving force is also the greatest asset in marketing a product; they are...
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...Being a teenager is a strange yet exciting part of life. Teenager faced tough and critical decision each and every day – decision that will effect their lives. Everyone goes though the teenage years, but as people get older, they seem to lose touch of their teenage experience and feel as though they can’t relate to anything that teenagers go though. There are numerous of pros and cons of being a teenager. One of the advantages is most of the teens in our country need not to take big responsibility compared to those adolescences living in India and Africa. They worked very hard day and night in order to put rice on their family’s plate despite their salary is dirt cheap. I believes that most of the teenagers over here have sufficient love and affection from their parents or any other people who is related and close to them such as grandparents or relatives. Hence, attentions from all these kind souls will helps them in developing better personality and attitude towards overcoming obstacles in future. However, lack of love in a teen, will lead them in committing crimes. It is not only applied to those suffering in poor family but surprisingly, it occurred to rich brats too. As their parents are way too busy in search of money and slipped away the responsibility of a good parent which is to care for their children. Furthermore, teenagers have a little more freedom to hang out with their friends at shopping complex and meeting up for meals, compared to when they were a little...
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...Facing Poverty with a rich girl’s habits is an essay written by Suki Kim. This essay is about a young girl and her struggles to be accepted in the American culture as a Korean immigrant. One would view the most important point of this essay is understanding the shock Suki kim and her family went through adjusting from their extravagant life style, to working class, even being considered lower class family. Suki kim had to realize what life would be like living in America without the comforts of money, maids, chauffeurs and tutors at her side at all times. Suki Kim was thrown into a world she had never known before, coming to America in 1983, a teenager that had lived in Korea until that point. She was facing and seeing things that would be hard for her to understand and she would face challenges that she would work hard to overcome. One of the important facts of this essay about Suki Kim is the complete difference in culture she faced. She came from a country and a world of luxury and wealth, to living in a two-family brownstone house in Woodside, NY. Kim herself said the house was a “crammed, ugly place”. Suki reflected on the differences she saw in her school in Korea and the new school she went to in America. She said the children in Korea were taught to bow at their teachers to show respect, they would wear slippers in the building to keep the floors clean, a big difference from the graffiti filled walls and policeman guarded gate of her new school. As Suki Kim didn’t...
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...3434 11/23/15 V for Vendetta Analysis WR 111 C Analysis In the film, V for Vendetta, the director James McTeigue implies that ideas are bulletproof because the idea lives on through the people you've touched. The movie starts off with V saving a fearful women named Evey. She is scared of everything because her parents were killed and she watched her mother get beaten by government officials. V then goes on to explain his beliefs and ideas, and he even shows her his first act of rebellion by destroying the Old Bailey. They then run into each other a couple more times before the main events of V imprisoning Evey to help her lose her fears. She ends up wanting to die rather than give up any information for V's arrest. V does this to help her lose her fears and see what he had to go through partially. His main thing was for her to lose her fears so she would help him execute his main act of rebellion to free the society of their fear and for his ideas to live on. Once he gets all of London to follow his idea, he knows his idea will be bulletproof and it will live on through everyone he touched. V was a victim of a government ran epidemic. The government was experimenting on London natives trying to find a substance to make a super soldier who held a cure and use a illness to be a devastating chemical warfare weapon. V actually held the cure and he was the super soldier the government was trying to make. The whole laboratory went up in flames and burned down unfortunately...
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