The Best Years

could get in their way now. … The sky as black as ink and the rain pouring in torrents, nineteen-year-old Nala, hunched over in the middle of the boat trying desperately to protect her baby Azita from the gale, looked up at her family surrounding her and smiled. The final stage of their extensive journey was just hours away and they would once again have the chance to regain a normal life. In the years since the war began, she had never felt so assured. Hours later, the passing of the storm…

How I Know I Matter To My Friends Over the years I have become really good friends with a lot of people. However, I have two friends that absolutely mean the world to me and they will tell you the same thing. These two guys are named Jacob Bullock, and Will McCoy. They both went to a rival school “West Jones” while I went to Laurel High. Will and I met each other as soon as we started kindergarten. We both went to Saint Johns for elementary school. After 6th grade we were separated but stayed…

bus rider, she rode bus to and from school everyday along with her best friend Sean. She and Sean were inseparable since the day they met in preschool. When Tekica got made fun of because of her name. Sean always stood up for her, he always stood by her side, and she always did the same for him. Within the years of friendship, they both built a strong bond towards each other. They also learned from each other. "You know you 're best friends when they buy you food for no reason." Sean said…

business. Although the organisation is fast growing, their objectives remain pretty standard. Their ethos expresses their aims to maintain customer service and increase revenue by offering “the very best in technology” [5]. “Mission: At 4Com, our business ethos is based on offering our customers the very best in technology, coupled with a cost effective way to fund the package and delivered via outstanding personal service. This allows us to have extremely strong partnerships with our clients…

generic benchmarking. Resource managers are therefore tasked with the decision of which benchmarking works best for their company because of the difference in resource investment and possible…

Benchmarking Paper Introduction This paper talks about the application of benchmarking in a business or organization. It is a tool that allows businesses to recognize opportunities for improvement. “Benchmarking is the process of determining who is the very best, who sets the standard, and what that standard is.” (Reh 2014). By applying process analysis we will identify the various ways and which type of benchmarking technique to use. Advantages of the different types of Benchmarking If we…

wanted. He did this for twelve years, and eventually came to the point in his job where he was teaching people how to do the job. They listened to him, and he found that he enjoyed helping them. Then, later, another unexpected twist: When talking to one of his friends who was currently in college, Mr. Kaufmann decided that maybe he could after all, and, bearing the well being of his family in mind, decided to go back to school in the field of wild life after twelve long years of…

old enough. When freshman year came around, I was nervous for my first day of cheerleading practice. I was afraid that even though my older sister was there with me I would feel left out. I was amazed with how unreal the outcome felt. Coach and the other girls made me feel welcome. I felt like I was part of another family. I fell in love with the sport and cheer became my reason for waking up in the morning. By the time winter cheer season came around of my sophomore year I was interested in a…

My family and my three best friends Lucy, Susana, and Isabella are the most important individuals in my life. My family is very important to me and they’ve always motivated me to be better. My family consists of my two wonderful parents, my four siblings, my brother-in-laws,…

remember what happened to make you and another person click. Especially if that person is your best friend. Sure, I have a lot of pals now, but Aaron Klein has been my best friend for almost eight years. This is our story. Third grade was the start of it all. Aaron and I had seen each other around before, but it never came to anything. We both had Mrs. Gregory for third grade. Sometime near the middle of the year Mrs. Gregory assigned a new seating chart. Slightly discouraged, since I was a shy…