Why Tv Is Important To Me

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Coming from humble beginnings in a small town in North Carolina, there were not many things to do outside of sports, television and my wild imagination, but little did I know this was just the recipe I needed to discover the tools to my success. At a young age I noticed whether you win or lose in sports the way you carried yourself and how likable you were to your fan base determined not only your popularity but your time on the field as well, I took full advantage of this knowledge on and off the field. I have always considered myself an open minded person trying to see every side of any situation, even the one I could create, and this is where my wild imagination mixed with a little mainstream television comes into play. Have you ever avoided a movie because of a certain actor? Although the concept of the movie sounds interesting you just cannot bring yourself to suffer through the movie because you don’t see the character all you see is the real life sob of an actor. This is what I want to change.
Ever since I was a child, I have been intrigued with other people’s
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with my own firm, helping people not only with their personal image but the products they make as well, as seen by many major companies today (Tropicana, SyFy, Radio Shack etc..) marketing can kill a product with great potential if not done right and at the same time lead to the success on a product with lesser potential if done with creativity and uniqueness. Achieving this goal, however, requires that I study in a rigorous academic environment such as yours, among professors who are also leading professionals in the industry. Therefore, I consider your master’s program to be a very important step on my overall career path, and I am grateful for your consideration of my

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