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Perseverance means not giving up on goals when they become challenging. I have had perseverance in the past by trying out for school sports teams even when I doubted myself. Although, I overcame the doubt and now my biggest accomplishment was my goal. I made the Reagan High School lacrosse team. Jackie Robinson showed integrity by doing what he did best, playing baseball. He is famously known as not only a ball player but the first African American to play major league baseball.…

In Plato’s dialogue, Phaedrus, Socrates meets Phaedrus and walks outside the city to discuss love and rhetoric. Phaedrus tells Socrates of Lysias ' speech about love and Socrates gives Phaedrus his response through two different speeches. His first speech proposes the coldblooded passion of the “non-lover” or the wanton lover regarding carnal pleasure. Then, he delivers a second speech which begins with him discarding the truth in the prior speech and refers to true beauty. With this book,…

In the same first experience, she would see this as one of the greatest opportunities to have. She believed that you could be anything you wanted to be in America. Unlike Jing-Mei, her mother felt like this was the prodigy that Jing-Mei should live up to. She would have done anything to make sure Jing-Mei would become a piano genius. In the second experience, she expected her daughter to play astonishing, which was quite the opposite of what it really was. It was obvious that Jing-Mei’s mother…

Cheers to Lucktoberfest As summer comes to an end, we bid farewell to the parties at the beach and warm weather. But we say hello to all things fall! We’re especially excited about one event coming up soon…Oktoberfest! In fact, we’re so excited that we’ve even coined our own promotion in honor of this lovely tradition called Lucktoberfest. Read on to learn more about the Oktoberfest, and the promotions we have to offer. The History Well to put it quite simply, Oktoberfest is where millions…

James Joyce’s “Eveline”: Wrong Decisions People are faced with many decisions throughout their lives. These decisions could be important, or they could be very minor. Eveline was faced with an important decision. She had to choose between staying with family in her house and take the consequences of doing so, or she could start a new life with her charming new lover. Eveline made the decision to stay home with her family. Eveline made a terrible decision, to stay with her family and will…

For my change project, I have decided to focus on individual change as opposed to organizational change because at this time I am not involved in an organization. After deep consideration and self-reflection, I have decided to write about time/self-management and how it will help me achieve my goal of attaining a business degree by the end of 2018. At the beginning of last year, I decided to dedicate myself to school and learning with the hope of being successful in the business world. To do…

The smell of burning wood fills my nostrils. I follow the scent seeing red and orange flames spreading fast. I panic not knowing where to go till I heard a little yelp come from my left. I follow the sound now as it grows louder and louder till I come across a bundle of fur with big brown eyes looking up at me. I quickly pick up the little one and put him against my chest running from the red monster. “Zabdiel, be careful!” I yell out to him. “I will Zadock don’t worry!” Zabdiel calls back. I…

Identity and its flexibility Everyday our minds change and develop. One will go through a series of life altering events, and not only will these events be life changing, but they will be identity changing as well. Ones identity is flexible and changes constantly. Change can be slight or change can be major, but identity is never fixed. We, as individuals, choose how to create our identity. That does not necessarily mean that we have many different identities, but they change as life changes.…

When she was alone, in her dark, hopeless room, her heart raced, her hands got clammy. All she could think about was what she could’ve possibly done wrong. Her guilt took over, she leaned over and grabbed a razor. As she pulled her sleeve up, one slice at a time, every cut is one time she thought she messed up in life. Her mind is scattered in a million different directions. She feels so alone, a feeling she’s never felt before. As her arms and legs drip with bright red blood, she cries. Her…

What does it mean to “come of age”? When do we “come of age”? Furthermore, how do we Know if we’re of age? The First Part Last was a story out of chronological order in which the main character Bobby told us the moments of his life. Starting with him caring for feather alone, as well as explaining the story of Nia (his girlfriend) being pregnant up until the story's end. This story's main purpose being to describe how/when we come of age. The brown brick wall from when bobby went out…