At a young age, I lost my mother, who was about to finish college, due to cancer. Knowing that my mother’s dream is for all of her children to finish college, something inside of me made me value academics more. After graduating from high school in the Philippines, we moved to the United States of America in 2013. When I started community college, the tuition and expenses stunned me. I always wanted to earn a baccalaureate degree, but I had the idea that I will never be able to attend a four-year
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it is an essential component of multicultural education" (Ramsey, 2004, p. 44). Drawing on what you have learned in this course and particularly this week, explain why this statement is true, citing the Learning Resources to support your ideas. “In Short, caring is a powerful emotion that energizes concern for ourselves and others and our willingness to confront and change inequities. Thus, it is an essential component of multicultural education” (Ramsey, 2015,
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a college education, it aids you in the future financially, lets you help the economy by creating more jobs/workers to make more money for the country, and realize that you, as an individual, are mentally strong by completing a “difficult obstacle” in life. It is often said that you are more likely to be successful with a college degree than without one at all. I’ve always conjectured that having a college degree in the major you studied for, will help you financially in the future. Why is that you
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Testing has been a way to determine if the student has mastered the subject and is ready to move on to the next step, if possible. For such reason, taking quizzes, midterms, and exams can be really stressful for students, as it is well known that the future practically depends on such assessment. Over the past of the years there has been some controversy towards retakes in the sense of is it really beneficial for students or does it have the totally opposite result. Julie Scagell, a mother of a 12 year
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meaning of what is Personal Responsibility. No one may enforce other person to think or act as the other person does. It is the same when we are talking about responsibility. For me, Personal Responsibility involved experiences, beliefs, education that I acquired during my life. It is different meaning of responsibility for 10 years old child to 40 years old man. Base on these things, I could say Personal Responsibility is the way I take action in front of any situation. Responsibility is the way
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Team focuses on things our school needs to improve, on such as, improving the character of our student body. National Honor Society also is a great representation of my character and leadership. In order to be selected, you must possess many of traits while maintaining a high level of achievement in the classroom. I spend most of my free time participating in school functions. Although you still can find me helping in the community. During the winter months I volunteer
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“speak.” The most important aspect is showing facial emotions to express feelings and to develop reactions to questions. When the emotions and movement are combined, they form sentences more clearly (Hickok, 2001). The face movement and emotions are the hardest to do because a person has to really feel the emotion to be able to really explain it. I have tried sign language on my own, and the most difficult thing for me is that I sometimes speak instead of sign because I am not using my emotions enough
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years of minority groups demanding, and receiving, inclusion into society? Aren’t there any other works that could be substituted for the works of Shakespeare’s? Plenty of good candidates are published every year but they aren’t taken seriously. Why not? One reason is of course the name brand recognition of Shakespeare. He has had 500 years to gain a position in the public eye. Another reason is the many contributions that he has made to the English language. Many of the tried and true turn
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Example of a memorandum Subject: Change in Curriculum Date: September 19, 2013 It has been brought to my attention that there is a lack of understanding among students and parents about Pre AP classes and General Biology classes. Many parents are not enrolling their children in Pre AP because they are told the class is fast pace, rigor and only for top students in the school. This leads to: overcrowding of General Biology classes, mixture of slow and fast pace learners and many discipline
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English portfolio Anne van Oudheusden CEAC4B Englisch portfolio The portfolio consists of eight assignments: Assignment 1 Radio program…………………………………………………. Page 3 Assignment 2 Cover letter…………………………………………………….. Page 4 Assignment 3 Resume………………………………………………………… Page 5 Assignment 4 Motivation email………………………………………………... Page 8 Assignment 5 Job interview…………………………………………………….Page 9 Assignment 6 Press release………………………………………………….. Page 10 Assignment 7 Essay…………………………………………………………… Page
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