How to Help Our Country

Credibility is an important characteristic to have. How credible you are means how trustworthy and reliable you are. I think my athletic trainer is credible. He is good at what he does and always knows how to help anyone who is injured so I trust he knows what he is doing. If he never knew what to do and could not help you he would not be a very credible athletic trainer. This shows that your actions can affect your credibility. I think Michael Phelps is a credible person when it comes to swimming. He was very successful though his credibility took a hit when he was pictured holding a marijuana pipe (Crouse).

I want this country to be near perfect, it is my obligation to contribute to that. I need to make it a better place. John F. Kennedy once said, “And so my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.” I think we all need to thrive to make our country a better and safer place. A good world starts with good people and we need to make it happen.

I believe that America was established by the bravest, and fearless people that wanted to make America better. To me thats what America needs more of these days, people that will make a difference in the world. That could be from joining the military, or even picking up the trash. I believe that America is the best country in the world because of the people that make the nation a better place. I believe that we have the best military in the world, fighting to keep us safe so we can live our greedy lives. Many men get injured, or even die so we can have freedom is this great nation. Our law enforcment makes our cities safe so that we can live a perfect life.

One Nation: What we can all do to Save America’s FutureSteven HaoIntroductionBen Carson is a great American success story. His rise from poverty in Detroit, MI to become a prominent physician and ultimately run for the Republican Party nomination for President of the United States as an African-American is truly inspiring. His latest book: One Nation: What we can all do to Save America’s Future is Carson’s blueprint on what infrastructural, cultural, ethical, and moral changes American citizens need to make to improve the overall quality of life in the United States. Although Carson’s book seems ambitious in its attempts, the author does a solid job at creating a detailed plan that is not only prescriptive in its instructions, but descriptive

Every year, thousands of people drink, smoke, and become hooked on drugs. Maybe it is due to the fact that those people weren’t properly educated, but nearly in all circumstances, it’s proven that the person knows it is wrong, but continues to do so anyway. In order to have the health of the US maintained, it is vital to have stricter rules on these harmful practices. The best way to prevent this problem from reoccurring is to cut it off completely. By doing so, this would allow further control over the health of US citizens. Although it is common for people to frequently be doing various harmful practices, it is negatively affecting the current generation, shortening the lifespans of Americans, and causes a barbaric outlook to be placed on our country, compared to others around the world.

The children of this country can learn in a profound way that integrity is important and selfishness is wrong, but God can change us and make us strong at the broken places. I want to embody those lessons for the children of this country - for that little boy in Florida who came up to me and said that he wanted to grow up and be President and to be just like me. I want the parents of all the children

The prosperity of oneself should be a major quality in one's life to be considered successful. Having the characteristics of self confidence, persistence, and passion in life give individuals a greater chance of accomplishment. People that posses these characteristics are at a higher advantage. "Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it," (Maya Angelou). Maya is stating that being happy and content with life and oneself makes you a successful individual. The opportunity to gain success is open to anyone who has the point of view on the concept of success as Maya does. The individuals who are determined to carry out a goal and work hard to attain an aim, know the true meaning of success. Those individuals posses the characteristics of a successful person and cherish the life they live. Success and happiness go hand in hand because they are both things that an individual creates based on one's

I need to epitomize those lessons for the offspring of this nation - for that young man in Florida who came up to me and said that he needed to grow up and be President and to be much the same as me. I need the folks of the considerable number of youngsters in America to have the capacity to say that to their kids.

It's the beginning of senior year and I look out too all of my friends for advice about how to overcome the obstacles that this year has to offer. We continue to chat for a while and the conversation shifts. The question ¨what will determine success in my life,¨ exposes itself to the group and just before anyone was able to answer, we scatter to our next class of the day. Responses to this question are often based on objects, and I disagree. According to Zig Ziglar, ¨The foundation stones for balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love, and loyalty.¨ All six of these traits are important, but the three I think are the most important are honesty, integrity, and faith.

"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." -Dr. Seuss, The Lorax. Despite this quote being from a children's book, it says a lot about success. Success is driven by a person who cares about a specific thing and wishes to do something about it. Personally, I find success to be remaining responsible and open minded. My success will include using accountability, resilience, and optimism to my advantage.

Nowadays, we can notice continuous problems in our country already; since, these are obviously seen in the news. The problems are mostly about the Philippines' economy and the governance of the government with it. Most of the problems are just déjà vu or clearly seen; in short, they are repeatedly happening. Until now, there are no appropriate reasons on why these said problems are happening. Until now, I cannot see an effective solution for them, especially if our own President is not efficient for his position to rule and fully change the status of our country.

Looking back to the previous government systems in different periods in Philippine history, we can see that our present government system is somehow shaped and patterned from the previous systems that prevailed in our country. Pre – historically we have seen how they established their government and basically, we can say that it is far more primitive than the present system that we have. However, the basic principles like the consultation of the datus to the elders can somehow be seen in the present by the presence of political advisers where our president consults aside from the members of the senate and the congress. The barangay system

There are many things that all successful business people have in common. They all recognize the value of their business. They visualize the positive outcomes in their business and their life instead of focusing only on the negatives. They learn to maintain a work and personal life balance. They have to develop and maintain a support system of people with the same goals and mindsets. They all maintain a level of self-confidence about their business, have personal plans and actions, and recognize and their limitations. They also all show their passion of what they do in their business and personal lives.

To begin, the political environment of the Philippines should firstly be addressed. In the modern day Philippines, they have established a multi-party democracy which has an elected president along with its legislature. Their democracy is set up exactly the same as ours in the United States. They have the framework of where the president is both the head of state as well as the government in general. Similarly their system is composed of the three independent branches which are the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. Under the leadership of the president, the executive branch makes the decisions for the government/country body as a whole; Congress- the Senate and the House of Representatives, controls the legislative branch; and the Supreme Court, held as the highest judicial body they have, is vested within the courts of the Philippines. Within their country contrary to ours, they hold elections every three years instead of our two. These elections have been held on the second Monday of May since 1992. The winners of these elections begin their time in office on the following June 30th. Although the Philippines have a democracy, not all of the regions within it have political power. Within the local government’s cities, provinces, municipalities and barangays, some regions merely exist just for the use of administrative purposes. (Doing Business In the Philippines, n.d.).

When one thinks about the Philippines, many images may be conjured up, including a tropical Asian location close to the equator, military base operations, and small fishing and agricultural villages. One does not necessarily think about the larger, more metropolitan