Definition Essay About Triumph

Success is a word that really hard to define, because everyone will have a different definition for this word. In fact, there no exact definition for the word "success". For a student, maybe the success means to pass all courses of the semester; for a business man, signing a importance contract and get a lot of money are successes; and for a president, leading the country to develop and make the people have a better life are success. For me, I also have my own definition for the word "success". When I was a kid, I really want to be a scientist, but after I become mature, my thinking has become more mature and my definition of success also

Success can mean different things to different people. The definition of success can change for a person at different stages of their life. A person's culture, family, friends, experiences, and environment can be a big influence on defining what success is to that individual. We all hear the stories of people failing and failing until one day they make it to the top, beat the bad guy or pass the trial. The story can also go that they got all they desired or raised up from the ashes. All of these have one thing in common, it is at the end of the story. It's never the beginning or middle. It's always at the end of the story that the person succeeds in their quest. But why does it have to be at the end? Simply, like how there is no good without evil. You can not have succeed without struggling and failing first.

During my early years of school, I remember being taught white accomplishments and wondering if blacks and other people of color had made any significant contributions to today's world. I noticed that television consist of all white people. Throughout my research paper I hope to cover certain aspects of African American heritage. Aspects such as blacks making up the largest minority group in the United States, although Mexican-Americans are rapidly changing that. The contributions blacks have provided to our country are immeasurable. Unfortunately though rather than recognizing these contributions, white America would rather focus on oppressing and degrading these people. As a consequence American

I define success as trying you're hardest no matter what and persevering through everything that you try. You may not get through the problem that you are having. Even though you didn't complete the challenge that you were having if you got as much out of the task that was placed in front of you, then you have succeeded. I also define success as when you set a goal for you're self or someone else sets a goal for you. If you reach that goal or go above that goal that was set, then you have succeeded. I believe that success is not just finishing you're work, test or challenge, if you finish it but do not do you're best and try you're hardest, then I believe that you are not successful in what you just did, but if you go as hard as you can, not

African Americans have endured many trials and tribulations over the centuries. Our people have suffered from war, violence, and anguish simply because of the color of our skin. Our history has been so blatantly missing from textbooks and the K-12th grade educational atmosphere. Our educational system continues to neglect the history of our African American ancestors and fail to provide them with the educational resources to inform them of our past and allow them to learn about the true origins of our culture. We have made many significant contributions to the world but those have also been highly ignored as well.

The definition of success is in the eye of the beholder. More than three-fourths of your life is spent working to become successful. People are told during childhood to work as hard as they can so they can grow up and make lots of money. But the word success can be taken in many different ways. Everyone has a different understanding of what success means to them. Generally, success means fulfilling the goals that you set for yourself. For some, success is measured by popularity and riches; for others success is determined by the amount of happiness that they feel.

For years I had believed that I was learning so much about my origin and about our derailment and advancement as a people. Within less than a year in African American History, not only did I learn the truth about race, human origins, and eugenics -among many other topics- but also that I never truly retained the information that I had been given for my first eight school years. If you were to ask me, what do you know about slavery? My answer would be a collection of what is known as “feel good stories.” You know, the story of how Henry “Box” Brown escaped enslavement by shipping himself to freedom or Harriet Tubman, who freed thousands of slaves by herself during dangerous nights.

African Americans have always suffered to be put down or belittle by the opposite race, not knowing that blacks were actually the first to overcome many circumstances and changing the world. In today’s society not too many African Americans understand or know where they come from and how many of their ancestors pave the way for Blacks today. After reading the poem On the origins of things by Listervel middleton African Americans have fought with knowledge, overcame circumstances and changed history.

I have family members from this particular culture that endured slavery. My family members were slaves and had babies by the white man. The last name of my family is the McCoys and the Hatfields, which were rivalries. These slaves’ owners are my family. My grandpa told me that the McCoys and the Hatfields disowned us because we were black, but just recently they acknowledged us as family. I viewed their struggle as heartbreaking and strong. It’s heartbreaking because us mistreated and disowned by our own family, but they kept moving forward. Due to my grandpa’s grandmother and mother enduring slavery, I’ve seen how it has made my grandpa. My grandpa and his siblings look like they’re white, but whenever someone calls them that, they get highly upset and say “they are not white, they are elite”. Also, they were strong individuals because they endured things that I couldn’t imagine going through. If I was back in the time of slavery, I would’ve went crazy. My mission would have been to kill the white people or kill myself. No individual should have to be mistreat and degraded. I give prompts for those who experienced that

Greed, religious persecution, racial segregation, slavery, and ethnic cleansing have all been well-documented throughout history to account for why people have been forcibly removed from their homes. Accounts of the Crusades, Spanish Inquisition, Jews, Japanese Americans, and Apartheid (to name a few) were ingrained in students as part of their education curriculum. The plight of the Native Americans was also taught, but in very little detail comparatively. Joe Sarita, author of “I Am a Man”: Chief Standing Bear’s Journey for Justice, recounts the plight of the Ponca Indian Tribe and their Chief, Standing Bear. Most of the book is written in third person, along with excerpts from future generations. The survival of

Success is like a flower, always blooming everywhere, you just have to look. My definition of success is winning every baseball game that is possible to win. First, winning to me is a success, no matter what, I would rather have a win than a loss any day. Second, a successful person to me is Johnny Bench, he is and has been one of the best major league baseball players of all time in my opinion. Also, another successful baseball player that I think is a success is Babe Ruth, one of the best overall players ever, I think. Therefore, success to me is winning because I do not like to lose ever.

As a young African-American man in America, my life (past, present, and future) has been a constant struggle for survival, adequate education, and self- awareness. No matter how handsome, smart, or strong one is or can be, the level of success and peace will always be determined by skin color in America and others countries across the globe.

As it is commonly used, the word "success" is sometimes synonymous with another word — "winning." Success is beating the other guy and getting the big salary. Success is what happens when other people think you're a success or when you can convince them of it.

What is success? Is it the process of doing a task and receiving a positive result acceptable amongst the community, or is it simply achieving ones own personal goals? Success to me can mean many things. Although I am successful in school, that does not necessarily mean I will lead a successful life.

That is the story of this country. The story that has brought me to the stage tonight. The story of generations of people who felt the lash of bondage, the shame of servitude, the sting of segregation, who kept on striving, and hoping, and doing what needed to be done. So that today, I wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves. And I watch my daughters — two beautiful intelligent black young women — play with the dog on the White House