people who have had many influences on my life, but there is one person who had the most impact on me as a person. My dad, a man who I lost at the age of 14. Even though he was not always around me as a child because, he was always out on business trips, hustling to be the best he could, he somehow has a huge influence on me. There were many things my dad inspired into me, one of them being that, no matter how hard things got to never give up. That is now how I look at situations that occur in my life
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La’Tonja Oliver Inspiring Person September 11, 2014 Business Communications E102 Ms. Mihelich What is Inspiration? What does inspiration mean to you? Who inspires you? Hmmm….You’re not sure because you have never really thought about it. Well let me tell you what inspiration is to me! Inspiration is something that makes you want to make a change in your life for the better; or, someone who pushes you or sets an example. Or someone that makes you think about your
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stranger who is in just as much of a hurry – these are the Givers. Throughout my life, I’ve admired and grown fond of many people. My mother who miraculously seems to take nothing, and build me everything I need on a daily basis. My friends, one of whom struggles every day to cope with her father’s death and her mother’s fierce battle with breast cancer, yet still seems to put a smile on my face every day. Spiritual leaders like Mother Theresa and Dorothy Day, who constantly remind me to be my best
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someone who doesn’t technically exist. I bet you didn’t see that one coming did you. I’ve been influenced by some of my family members as well but the reason I am the person I am today is because of a show I first saw when I was thirteen. I’ll tell you about the people in my family who inspired me first since they were a part of my life before I ever watched anime. I’ll start with my father. Most of my family thinks my father is a real jerk and for most of my life, I thought the same thing. My father
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Journal #3 7/7/12 Professor Robins There are many people and life experiences that have inspired me to become an educator. The most significant philosophy on education has been influenced by teachers in my life, theorist from the past and movies that I call teacher movies. The teacher that inspired me to become a teacher is Mr.Shakespear, my 6th grade art teacher. He was down to earth person who let us know that he was in charge, but he would come down to our level to help us better understand
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and thought provoking short story on resistance which has been inspired by Chimanada Adichie’s 305 Marguerite Cartwright Avenue. The story focuses on a young man, in his journey for freedom, who is oppressed in a political dictatorship where poverty is rampant and where the dictator (Father Christmas) is worshipped in a similar fashion to a religious figure. I have utilised many stylistic and literary features from this text with the most prominent and significant being the use of anecdotes to give
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Discrimination Upon my evaluation of Discrimination I noticed several key facts about it. Discrimination is more than just a rude action people can afflict on others, for it can be dangerous if it gets out of hand. Discrimination is still relevant to this day and there’s many opportunities that one can find themselves tempted into discriminating against another person. From my readings I’ve learned that anyone can be harassed by others not only based
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Rescuing people is something anyone would want to do if they put their mind to it. That person wouldn’t change her/his mind when they see a burning building. Most people won’t do anything while other people would take action and try to get the person out of the burning building. A little boy died trying to save his family members. He saved six of his family members and went back in to save his grandpa but they both died due to heat and the smoke. An 11 year old tried saving his little brother but
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My Father: The Person I Admire Most Over time, there have been several people who have influenced various aspects of my life, based on their personal characteristics, accomplishments, and values. I have been privileged to have had numerous teachers and professors who I respect for their patience and intelligence. There are artists that have inspired me by their natural talents and original creativity. I value many political leaders, who have inspired me by their contributions to society, and
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Profile Questionnaire 1. The most significant experiences in my life stem from childhood and adulthood. Both respective experiences shaped the person who I am today from a variety of angles. From the perspective of my family group, my father and mother were the two most influential members of my family while growing up. This is not to suggest that my other family members are insignificant or not influential, but rather they did not hold the same level of lasting influence on me as the three aforementioned
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Learning to navigate life without my mother was a challenge I was not prepared for. Through tough situations, I learned to be strong and become an independent young lady. Although I did not like the idea of growing up at such an early age, I understood the difficult situation my family was going through at the time and learned to accept the responsibilities. My father learning to adapt to the customs of a new environment, I often saw him struggle to try to raise four children on his own. Even though
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There are many different forms of graffiti. One of the most modest forms is the discrete patterns such as mottos, insults, or civil statements. This type of graffiti normally found in restrooms or on outdoor surfaces, and it is typically handwritten. Tagging is another type of graffiti. This is written word scribbling, usually the artist’s name or nickname. Nature is Beautiful in Every Season! The graffiti piece in the link below is Mother Nature-esque Madonna or a today’s account of "Our Lady
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a little girl, I spent a lot of time wishing for things I didn’t have. I’d lay awake at night imagining my ideal life, one that always included a blue house with a big yard and a dog. Getting caught up in my fantasies was the best way to drown out my mother’s sobs. After my father left when I was six, my mother was never able to put her life back together. The palpable fear of poverty became my reality after we spent nearly six months in a homeless shelter. While she battled depression fueled by drugs
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should I buy a new pen instead? Well, it would just be wise for me to get both, can’t get a new journal without a new pen, it just wouldn’t be acceptable. These are all the questions I ask myself as I stand there puzzled and excited that I have once again completed an entire journal with nothing but my everyday thoughts. All of a sudden my thoughts are interrupted, in walks my mother, rushing me to purchase a journal that I can write all my new adventures on the way before 5 O’clock traffic jams delay
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Mother Teresa Mother Teresa once said, “We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.” (Catholic Online) Mother Teresa is known to Catholics as Saint Teresa of Calcutta. She was an Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and Missionary. Mother Teresa is a great example of someone who worked for social justice because, she gave her whole
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nderstanding myself little by little as my life goes throughout everyday. I am a very calm, passive, shy, naive, and can be extraverted ( but more of an introverted person at times). I’m still in that direction in my life where I doubt myself or even contradict of the things that I want to do in my life but feel that I won’t be able to reach them. All this time I been pretending to do what my surroundings ( people & society) want me to do , but as my life has been changing throughout all these years I’ve been
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worker. I would like to be able to help build a strong repour to better assess their problems. I want to gain more education to better serve those in my area. I want to provide leadership and become part of the world of social work. After I have completed my master’s degree in social work I want to work closely with different organization in and around my town, I would like to start different programs within the urban community. I want to bring attention to neighborhoods to get them the services they
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Katie Wright 6th Period One in every five Americans has special needs. The most common that we’ve all heard of are Autism, ADHD/ADD, Dyscalculia and Dyslexia. Since I’ve become a peer tutor this year, I’ve had the pleasure of meeting numerous great kids with learning disabilities. One girl stood out to me, her name is Catelynn and she has Williams Syndrome. Catelynn has inspired me to choose Williams Syndrome if I was born with a disability. Williams Syndrome is a genetic disease that causes
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profound impact on me. The symbolism rang so true to my personal life experiences and Miss Moore represents many people that I have come in contact with in my personal journey. The messages and perspectives that reading this story made me contemplate were very moving. The language used was strong but it served a purpose that awakened me to the reality of the cycle of poverty. It caused me to put my view of morality in check. The characters in this story and their reactions made me contemplate the
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in the game of his life, he showed me something important in life. Let me show you what that was. Tommy Gallagher is 5 feet and 9 inches tall, he has thick, chocolate-brown hair that that falls just above his left eyebrow. His eyes are an amazing shade of brown, like mahogany wood, that gives his teammates, friends, and family a comforting, steady toughness that lets them know he’s going to be there when they need him most. Like now in his life when he dad, who is a firefighter died saving two girls
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church where everyone stared you down like a beast eyeing its prey. I often felt out of my element and uncomfortable there. Because of those stares, I worried too much about my appearance. I was worried about what I could buy to make people like me. The things I owned and my appearance began to take over me as a person. It was something that would get me into trouble on a regular basis. I would go to parties, lie to my parents about where I would be, would disobey them, and I pretty much only cared about
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My role models throughout my life are Benny the Jet Rodriguez in my early childhood, Kobe Bryant in my early adolescence, and Miguel Madrigal my father currently. All sharing similar traits, but impacting my life at different times. They’ve influenced me to become a better person by teaching me life lessons through their own experiences. Without a doubt, these people have all influenced my outlook on certain scenarios in life. Benny the Jet Rodriguez, a fictional character from the 1992 film “The
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Who I am There are certain ideas and characteristics that describe a man, for me it is: respect, loyalty, and the desire to do something great. As a young boy, I played baseball all day every day. It was a passion in my heart I knew would never die. My father James Esquivel, was my coach and mentor for most of my life. My dad did not only teach me to be a great player, but he also taught me something even greater; to respect and love the game. Before every little league ball game, he would have
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a famine of positive people for the young people to look up to. According to Hawkins et al. (1993) youths that identify with individuals engaging in substance use and criminal activities are more likely to engage in these activities themselves. In my professional opinion that is different from a biological or genetic influence; as evidenced by the homes that they are referring too
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spent most of my life here. My mother, my brother and I left Colombia for economic reasons, and as a result I grew up in Queens, the most diverse of all boroughs in New York City. Queens is where I learned about a world that can only exist in New York, where my friends were from India, Mongolia, Albania, Jamaica and Ireland. In addition, because of my familiarity with the Spanish language, I mingled with kids from Ecuador, Mexico and Colombia. This culturally rich environment allowed to me grow up
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through my family's old photo albums, I feel like I am reading a story – a story about the amazing life of my father. I see a picture of him, tall and handsome, grinning as he skis down a mountain. I see him hugging my mom, their eyes locked together. I see him with a smaller version of me on his lap, his smile huge as he tickles me. These photographs tell a story I have played only a minor role in. My father's story ends in sadness, but he helped me begin my own tale. Alzheimer's took my father
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wanted her name to be perfect. Her name must be everything she is,” said her mother. And it was. Chrysanthemum. Her parents named her Chrysanthemum” (Henkes 2). Early in the book, Chrysanthemum always admired her name because of her parents’ compliments. Since they always said that she was absolutely perfect she started to believed it. This makes Chrysanthemum into a happy girl and shows that her parents are her role models and who she looks up to when she is feeling upset. Furthermore, Chrysanthemum’s
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Writing DR. APJ ABDUL KALAM -the person who inspire me- What does someone do to inspire you? To me, inspiration is the process of instilling faith in someone to motivate him or her to do something. Many people do things simply out of the kindness in their heart, and do not realize they are inspiring others around them. To me, a news paper boy who is became an Indian scientist and also administrator who served as the 11th President of India, inspires me the most. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam
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child, the creed of my religion as had a significant effect on my perspective. I was taught the Five Pillars of Islam: Shahadah (Declaration), Salah (Prayer), Sawm (Fasting) Zakat (Charity), and Hajj (Pilgrimage), while a student of Arabic at my local mosque in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 2001. The Shahadah in particular was especially important for believers, as it allowed one to proclaim their allegiance to one God. In fact, my teachers have emphasized the Shahadah often as the most crucial part of
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the Passing As I close my eyes I’m able to feel the warmth of the joyful moments that now became memories. These memories are left by the woman whom I now view as my role model. Never did I believe that a person could have such a great impact in my teenage life as well as the future. Growing up was like a jigsaw puzzle, but one piece changed my view on life. It was back in the summer of 2011, I can still feel the heat on my skin from the sun and the breeze through my hair. I didn’t feel like
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