Latin honors

National Honor Society is more than just a club students join in high school for fun; it’s an organization made up of young brilliant minds that want to make a change, not only in their community, but in their own lives. NHS provides many functions that can improve a student’s personal insight on how they should live their life, but they all lead to one main function and it’s to prepare us for the real world. National Honor Society not only helps with self-improvement, but it also helps students…

on how to serve God and live for Him daily. The truths in this book still apply to us today. Romans 1-8 gives a basic idea of the worldview a Christian should have. God commands Christians to live differently than the rest of the world. We are to honor Christ in everything that we say and do. It is important for Christians so fully understand what it means to have a biblical worldview. Romans lays out what a Christian should think regarding the natural world, human identity, human relationships,…

I believe that I would be a good member of the National Honor Society, for many reasons. The main reason is the fact that I am a member of the Washington City Youth Council, so I know what kind of commitment this would take and am willingly to make that commitment. I have been on the Washington City Youth Council for 2 years and am currently on the executive board. The executive board gives me more responsibility than being on the regular council and I have been able to learn much more. Being on…

I am very honored to be invited to apply for membership to the National Honor Society. So many activities and experiences in my life demonstrate the key ingredients to be an outstanding member of National Honor Society. I love being engaged in school activities, such as band, pep band, gymnastics, vocal jazz, theatre, Swedish club, swimming, French Club, UWM Horn Choir, and I would like to join additional activities if I could. On a normal day, I come home at around 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and…

Being considered to be in National Honor Society is a great privilege that I never thought I would be given. This organization has an incredible impact on society that I would like to be a part of. I highly believe that I can become a valuable member of this organization because I am hardworking, dedicated, and reliable, as seen with my activities that I participate in. Most of the activities I take part in revolve around music and that is because music is something I am passionate about. This…

rooted in Latin American culture in, specifically highlighting the presence of social status and machismo. Being a central part of the work, these two aspects of Latin American culture are emphasized through the symbolism of knives. Gabriel Garcia Marquez includes this symbol to challenge traditional ideologies of social status and machismo in Latin American culture. The reader comes to a greater knowledge of Latin American culture through this symbol and the social hierarchy of Latin America as…

In 1810, many Latin American countries gained independence from Spain’s American empire, customs and allegiances that had been established since 1492. In Toward Independence, Fuentes notes that in 1810, eighteen million people lived under Spanish rule between California and Cape Horn (Fuentes). In total, there were eight million indian’s, one million blacks that were brought through by slave trade and four million caucasians (Fuentes). Late-Colonial Latin America was filled with many types of…

Additionally, the poet expresses strong emotions and Holy Spirit when using repetition on the word “Alabanza”, sending a clear message to take time to praise above God, and to appreciate and honor the recognition of the lost lives. It is inferred that the poet has a strong character and has accomplished, by verbally presenting to the audience, the unthinkable. Espada mentions, “Praise the great windows where immigrants…” (391) which significantly…

Think of tradition, convention, and normality. These are parts of society that allow people to bond over commonalities and provide a basis for the culture that each person exists in. Each factor of society allows people to interact on a normal, day-to-day basis, and serves as the general foundation for civility. In Edward Albee’s The Goat, each of these integral parts of society are stretched and strained by the protagonist through certain acts deemed vile by his family and peers. The…

In the essay Advice to Youth by Mark Twain, it voices the authors advice to young people in order to help guide them throughout their lives. His goal is to convince youth to agree with the ethical and moralistic values he discusses. Furthermore, he wants them to apply these values into their own lives. Throughout this essay, I agree with the advice he gives due to the values my parents have instilled in me from such a young age. These morals are an immense part of my identity. An identity is the…