Essay On Contest Winners

1. From the perspective of Native Americans, the Spanish and English empires in America had more similarities than differences. Assess the validity of this generalization.

You get last place in your tournament. The coach walks up to you looking disappointed and hands you a trophy. You look down at the trophy confused on how you go it and notice that it reads “participation”, but why hand out a trophy if you didn’t really earn it? A popular issue today is whether or not participation trophies should be given out to young athletes. There isn’t a right or wrong answer to this debate, however I believe that it is wrong for these no good trophies to be handed out. Here are some of the reasons on why I believe this.

After reading a chapter of The American Pageant by David Kennedy, and a chapter of A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn, they both discuss slavery but in two different contexts. Slavery is a huge part of American history, it has shaped America in ways that are still lasting today. Zinn focuses more on the hardships of the slaves from the shipment, through the cruel work. Kennedy tends to focus more on the trade of slaves and how it shaped the settlers. Zinn's focus on the slaves hardships, gives a better depiction of what slavery was truly like, through the focus on slave conditions, treatment of whites vs blacks, and how racism originated.

Net income on the income statement: $2,377,000,000 ($5.37 per share), which is an increase of 15% compared to 2014.

Between the years of 1930 and 1941 american foreign policy changed how it worked and its goals. They changed because of the threats in the outside world and because of all the absolute need for us to get involved in the war. During this time the world war was restarting in Europe and was leaving no choice except for the United States to get involved in the war. People were dissolving treaties and fighting and the united states could not remain neutral if they hoped to avoid losing their allies. The united states foreign policy changed because of threats and because of the need in Europe.

Slavery is an institution that has existed since ancient times. To argue over its immorality is irrelevant, as its ethical and moral implications are blatantly evident. However, to say that the main cause of disdain of the institution from the North stems from its immorality is inherently incorrect, due to the fact, that as previously stated, slavery has existed since ancient times, perforce its immorality could not simply be the main cause of hatred toward this withstanding system from the North. Nevertheless, it goes without saying that their disgust toward the peculiar institution (a common name used to refer to slavery) is related to its ethical implications. However, the question still

After 2.5 million dollars, that we paid to help you in the war. You still expect us to pay this new tax. After seven years of war, a war that we paid you through. Now you are in debt, and want us to pay more and more money, money that we don’t have. The colonists are upset because of the Stamp Act, a tax on all paper goods, to help pay England's debts. Upset and poor the colonists were determined to find a way to abolish the stamp act. Our families, our pocket books, and we aren’t used to change..

“It doesn’t matter if you can breathe. All that matters is if you look good”. Just Googling the search term “beauty pageants coming up,” will result in 2,710,000 results appearing in 1.18 seconds. Children are the fastest-growing segment of the beauty pageant market, with annual children's competitions attracting an estimated 3 million children, mostly girls, ages six months to 16 years, who compete for crowns and cash. Infants, carried onto the stage by their mothers, are commonplace. April Brilliant, reigning Mrs. Maryland and the director of Maryland-based Mystic Pageants, says pageants give little girls a chance to "play Cinderella." However, playing ‘Cinderella’ can cause children to develop insecurities or self-hatred if they don't

Picture if you will John Bennet Ramsey and Honey Boo Boo. Both are beauty pageant princesses on different sides of the spectrum. As you look at both of these girls, you see their features are very different. Is one more favorable than the other? Why? We have all been pre-programed from a young age to believe that beauty is perceived in one certain way. When we all think of beauty, we all have very similar ideas. But it’s so subliminal that you don’t even know it’s happening, until one day you realize that you all think the same. The detriments of child beauty pageants can be seen over and over through child psyche all the way through adulthood.

My attendance every day resulted in such an award, I was one of the three kids who received the award. I take pride in having perfect attendance, and I like to arrive at events on time. Attendance is a critical skill for anything in life, but this skill seems to become harder and harder to find. Showing up to work or to an event is only half of the battle, however, it is just as important as the work

My involvement to the contest that caught my interest more was in the writing , spent hours and hours coming up with ideas until my writing came along well. Finally submitted my writing while waiting for an answer for a winner .The least person i expected to be the winner was me , but the announcement they made for the contest winner shocked me as they said my name . From there I knew my hard work to becoming a good writer paid off which I wasn't good at that resulted by winning the writing contest.This event is what helped me develop me into becoming a good writer

Chesapeake made a net loss of $ 4.151 billion attributable to its common shareholders compared with $ 145 million made in the same period of last year. On adjusting for the extraordinary items, the net loss attributable to common shareholders in the second quarter of the current year was $ 126 million, or $ 0.11 per fully diluted share compared with an adjusted net income of $ 235 million, or $ 0.36 per share on diluted basis, in the 2014 second quarter. Due to lower realized prices of oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGL) the adjusted EBITDA of the company less than halved from $ 1.277 billion to $ 600 million year-over-year. For similar reasons the company generated only $ 606 million in the recently reported quarter compared to $ 1.269 billion in the 2014 second quarter.

“The Winner Within” is about a life plan for team players and what it takes to be a successful team. Each chapter is based on one subject, and that subject is one of the many things that a team needs to be successful. Pat Riley shares his game plan for team players in all of life, not just on the court. All of the strategies in this book are very inspiring and motivate teamwork. I think that the first chapter in the book, ‘The Innocent Climb’, is one of the most important concepts you have to have on a team. The innocent climb is the surge that occurs within a team as they are accomplishing more because of the synergy that occurs within a team. Innocence means understanding that the team comes first and being carried along by that.

An Academy Award is a very prestigious award. In order to even be nominated, you have to have been voted for 100 times. After the first film is nominated, “The counting continues, and actors or different categories rack up redistributed votes until all five spots are filled.” (mentalfloss.com). If the voter doesn’t fill all five spots on the ballot, it ends up being voided after there are no more selections on it. After the nominations are made, in order to win the film or person has to be voted on by the academy. Each member is allowed to vote only once in each category. If they don’t fully understand the category or haven’t seen all the films in the category, they are discouraged from voting. The ballots that are received by the academy are still hand counted.

Young girls should not be exposed to beauty pageants. Beauty pageants became part of the American society in the 1920's. Child beauty pageants began in the 1960's. Child beauty pageants consist of modeling sportswear, evening attire, dance and talent. The children are judged based on individuality in looks, capability, poise, perfection and confidence. (“Kareen Nussbaum”) Putting your child in a situation as to being