Colin Powell

competence" (Carter). Ultimately, the Tuskegee Airmen opened doors that promoted achievement and prevented poverty, inequality and fear. General Colin Powell credits the Tuskegee Airmen with his saying, “they made my rise in the military possible. I stood on their shoulders. They made America better for all of us.” In addition to a full military career, General Powell served as national security advisor, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and secretary of state (Brief). The Tuskegee Airmen…

This generation of children in school has learned an incredibly harmful lesson, even when one delivers a mediocre or sub-par performance, a reward of a participation trophy, gold star, or cupcake is awarded. There is no incentive to improve when average behaviors are reinforced with prizes or praise. If this practice continues we will be stuck with a generation of underachievers who live with their parents, work at McDonald’s, and have absolutely no semblance of motivation or work ethic.…

Racism has existed since the early 1600s when African Americans were first brought to America against their will to work as slaves. It wasn’t until the Civil Rights Movement, beginning in 1955, that the lives of African Americans started to transform and the U.S. Supreme Court began to terminate “Jim Crow” laws and ban segregation (“Civil Rights Movement,” n.d.). The main goal of eradicating segregation was to reach what is known as “racial equality”, which is the balance between all the races…

Battle of Mogadishu United States (US) forces lacked communication, ignored intelligence, and underestimated the enemy during the Battle of Mogadishu. The conflict is one of the worst military tragedies in recent US history. The US forces did not use the intelligence provided properly. Good intelligence practice was not enforced. The lack of discipline cost many American and Somali their lives. History of the Battle of Mogadishu President Clinton sent American special operation forces to…

, so that it is not something that is impossible to earn and something that is not just handed out. The millennial generation is always handed a participation award for everything they do. Therefore, the award has no meaning and no worth to it. From my personal experience I played a lot of sports growing up and I would always start in every sport or worked my hardest to get the starting spot. Although, at the end of the year I would get the same award as everyone else who showed up to play. The…

The pursuit of equality in America has been an aggressive undertaking which has produced impartial rights indiscriminate of race or gender. Organized efforts for uniform rights originated in the mid-1800’s and have been successful in appealing to the true nature of the American dream- ubiquitous and identical opportunities that are available to any American. Progress toward rights for (then) African Americans began with President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation and eventually…

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” ~ Winston Churchill. When asked, “What does it mean to be successful?” there are innumerable amounts of answers to be portrayed into ones perspective. By nature, it is inevitable for a person to fail in life because plans that were initiated in their minds did not triumph. Many people think success revolves around how much money you have, how big your house is, or how nice your car look. In my opinion…

A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work (Colin Powell). This quote means you can not get your dreams out of thin air you have to work for them. In the story Of Mice and Men characters want a dream and have to work for that dream. Dreams affect the characters from Of Mice and Men through George sacrificing his time for Lennie, Lennie for making bad decisions to get his dream, and Candy by investing his money into the dream. Dreams affect George…

Hounds. He worked for two years straight just so he could get these beautiful coons and he finally got them. He worked so hard with his coons and got so many rewards on the way. In the end, it made sense that with hard work would come rewards. As Colin Powell quoted “A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work.” In the beginning of the story, Billy puts in hard work for his dogs. Throughout page 38-39 Billy finally gets his pups. This is a…

Solution to our education system Every morning as i wake up for school I would always think about the boredom that lays ahead of me and how many more days left until school is over. And when i get to school i would do my usual routine, stare at the clock and count how many minutes until class is over. If i feel this bored at school, I can guarantee you over half the people at school feels the same way and i consider myself to be a very motivated person at times, but what about those who are…