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    Stage 4 Reflective Essay

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    It’s happened and I can’t change that, the only thing I can do is use that as a base point, it’s terrible and there’s nothing I can do that could make it better except learn from it and look for a silver lining. By looking for a bright side where none seems to exist, or learning from this that it could be worse, you began to understand what is happening and accept that it’s bad. But understanding and accepting the odds does not mean that you are going…

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    “Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit” (Williams). This quote shows how a human is stronger than anything we have made or will make; a human spirit is unbreakable. Resilience is the strength to survive anything hardships life may have, the authors used the theme of resilience because resiliency is something everyone needs. The texts We Should Hang Out Sometime, “If”, and “The Art of Resilience” all share the common theme that people need to look past challenging…

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    My top three core values are faith, happiness, and love. These core values are my top three because they make me the person I am. To me core values really can say a lot about a person; how they act, how they treat themselves and others, and why they make the choices they make. In my life faith, happiness, and love are some of the most important things to me and I have my own reasons for that just like everyone else has their own reasons for their core values. I also think the situations that we…

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    Clinicians and mental health professionals are primarily tasked with developing and implementing appropriate treatment plans designed to increase the quality of life for individuals who have a mental illness. Collectively, these professionals work diligently to accurately diagnose and provide services that have been developed to meet personal and familial needs. Mental illness is a pervasive occurrence throughout our communities and those who have a mental illness frequently encounter difficulty…

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    accessory, but it is a useful showpiece of it's own, and is extremely useful and trendy to any sort of event, party or every day. This watch is designed to be different sizes (depending on the cosmetic palette inside), and different styles. From silver linings and silver metal straps, bedazzled with diamonds/crystals, to vintage brown leather strapped and waterproof clock faces, you can find a watch like this to match your personality and style (3)(4). The watch is bigger by circumference than…

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    5. Ethan’s misery is both a result of the uncontrollable circumstances around him and the unwise decisions of Frome. Starkfield itself was a place where a dead community contrasted the vital climate (Wharton 7-8). Frome belonged to this dead community, and his emaciated look was obviously not the result of poverty or physical suffering alone—in fact, the unnamed narrator noticed that Frome’s refined interest in the sciences sharply contrasted his outer situation, proving that his misery came…

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    Fifteen days after he was taken hostage, the Powhatan’s released him. Chief Powhatan wanted to make a statement: he could have killed Smith, but refrained because he has the power to do so. Jamestown immediately tried Smith for the death of his fellow colonists. However, he was never sentenced to death and his popularity rate shifted rapidly. By September 10, 1608, Smith assumed position of President in the Local Virginia Council King James I created the Royal Charter. Smith’s leadership…

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    Lies, love, revenge- all were complexly raveled into a plot-line that has stood the tests of time for over 400 years. That plot-line belongs to Shakespeare’s tragic play Hamlet which is about Prince Hamlet, a man ordered by his father’s ghost to avenge his murder. Things become complicated when he discovers that his father’s murderer was none other than his newly pronounced uncle-king-step-father. At the end of the play, tragedy is presented full force when Hamlet finally kills the king: and…

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    Silk Road Summary

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    The Silk Road was an anonymous online marketplace that was created in 2011 that engaged mainly in the sale of illegal items, such as fake IDs and hard drugs. The site uses Tor to anonymize transactions and make the locations of computers using the site nearly impossible to locate. A study down from 2011 to 2012 showed that the most popular drug on the site was marijuana, which accounted for 13.7% of drug sales, which the second most popular item being the broad category of “drugs,” which…

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    we can handle. “God gives the hardest battles to the strongest soldiers” (Fabolous, music artist) is a good quote that would definitely describe Milton at this point in his life. Even though, he’s going through a rough time that he can find a silver lining in his situation. Furthermore, the sonnet teaches a lot about bravery and courage in the way that Milton had to have needed a lot of the two qualities to realize this. He was a great writer and just wanted to be able to use his talent to the…

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