What is your greatest weakness? My greatness weakness is my new for perfection. It is a great attribute to strive for perfection but it is something that can not be realistically achieved on a regular basis. When you strive for perfection you loose sight of the things you have accomplished 8.…
Kelsi’s Letter D Flaws, every single person has one. What if everyone had to wear a letter in honor of their flaw or mistake? In the Scarlet Letter, a young woman named Hester Prynne committed an affair, and she conceives a child. Due to her affair, she must wear a letter “A”, meaning adultery.…
This diverse background has enhanced my creativity, perspectives, learning and ability to make better decision and solve problem. 5. What is your principal shortcoming? My principal shortcoming is that sometimes I have a difficult time saying no. I have to work hard to ensure I have a balance in my life and this sometimes would require that I not take on more than I should.…
Is it possible to love someone with all the flaws they have? Are flaws so important that it can enable someone to not love someone? Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare illustrates that everyone has flaws but one can still love them with all their flaws. It is possible to be able to love someone because of their flaws.…
A in The Scarlet Letter defines the novel; I in my life defines me. Insecurity is the reason for my self-doubt and why I hold myself to fail or be unloved. This places me at an disadvantage in every aspect of my life and does not allow me to be successful. It’s hard for me to graciously accept or give a compliment, for I am nervous in all social situations.…
A weakness that I have is that I do not know how to say no to individuals that ask me for help since I love to help people. It is important that I learn to say no when helping others gets in the way of me accomplishing my tasks. It is important that I do both, but not when I run the risk of not meeting my deadlines and me staying late hours after work to get my work done. It has not been an easy task saying no, but I am learning to be okay with saying no because it is important that it does not interfere with my responsibilities.…
Many adults look back in life and regret a time they consider a failure that shaped their whole future. I do not want to be that person. That time you may be wondering about is high school. My first years of high school have been a failure. Coming to Fork Union I know success is around the corner if I keep working hard.…
I agree with the author, I am someone who supports individuality because it is a good thing that some people are self reliant decides having someone you rely on and most of the time, have them shoot you down. another reason is that you are more free than being confined in…
After my two full years at Roscommon High School, I am very grateful to have reached the standard for National Honor Society membership. This is an opportunity that not everyone has the privilege to be a part of during their high school career. I would like to display the ways in which I have demonstrated the required assets to be a part of this organization. Not only do I possess the qualities of character, scholarship, leadership, and service, but through N.H.S., I am certain that I will grow tremendously in each of these areas. The first quality I have demonstrated throughout my life, but more specifically, my high school career, is character.…
Finally, in the Bible, God banished Lucifer from heaven because he believed his status was above the creation of God. Hence, the greatest human flaw is arrogance because it causes a person…
Pride and Prejudice in Pride and Prejudice True to the title, Pride and Prejudice is filled to the brim with characters that exhibit those two flaws and many more. The main heroine Elizabeth to the imperious and powerful Lady Catherine to everyone in between, almost everyone in the novel shows some form of one of these flaws. Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy is an important character in Pride and Prejudice.…
ENGL 101-Mikayla Worley Essay#1 Fall 2017 My Life Calling There are a vast amount of combinations for personalities and career fields, in a society that can make it or break it in one’s choice of career. In my life, the career I am pursuing falls into the medical field.…
In Geoffrey Chaucer’s collections of stories, The Canterbury Tales, a group of pilgrims traveling to the shrine of St. Thomas Beckett tell each other stories containing different moral connotations. One such fable, The Pardoner’s Tale, is narrated by a licensed pardoner, who explains the evils of one of his main faults: greed; a vice that has indeed made him wealthy, but has done so at the expense of others. The story, although directed towards greed, is also important as a warning against any characteristic which seems to benefit us, but in reality is a vice which can have harmful effects on us and the people in our lives. Similar to the pardoner , I am able to identify a great failing which I have, although it is not the same weakness.…
This semester, even though it is not over yet, I learned a lot about myself. Going away to college was a huge adjustment but I adjusted well the first couple of weeks and now Athens feels like home now more than ever. I knew going away to college was going to be a challenge but I was excited for a fresh start.…
I agree with all of these being weaknesses. I can be very stubborn when I am sure about something, if I want something or I think something is true I don’t back down. I can be very stubborn about new ideas that I don’t agree with. I can be insensitive in some situations but I am usually sensitive towards people. I care more about other than myself.…