Hometown Glory

Once upon a time, in a very far away land, there was a small kingdom called Idris. It was a beautiful, quaint little place surrounded by beautiful mountains nestled between a large, lush green forest very rich in history and also romance and tradition of it's people who'd lived there for many generations. Idris itself was a flourishing peaceful but small kingdom, which happened to be well connected with many various other kingdoms from which it had formed many alliances and friendships. Idris was

There are many different task-related and relationship-orientated attitudes and behaviours within leadership that are important to identify in a leadership portfolio. Some of these attitudes and behaviours that I demonstrated this week consisted of concentrating on the strengths of group members, the ability to ask tough questions, giving emotional support and being a servant leader (DuBrin, 2015). Concentrating on the strengths of group members consists of drawing on current skills group members

Picture this; You just got home from a long hard stressful day of school and now you can relax. Oh wait you can’t. This is because you have more arduous work to do. So you grab a snack sit down and pull out your homework. You then begin to write down everything you have to do on a list so you have an idea of what you are going to have to do tonight. The list begins with your double sided fifty question math sheet, three page science document, Social studies notes, followed by a reading SCR, and a

Stanley Kubrick’s film “Paths of Glory” depicts the grim realities of the trench warfare that had been stagnating the Western Front for nearly two agonizing years. The theme throughout this film reveals the deep inner struggles of a man’s destiny, morality, and place in such a senseless world of carnage. Kubrick was not shy from the beginning in revealing the hypocrisy of the ruling class within the French army. Kubrick truly paints a picture of injustice that is to shock anyone of the righteous

Graham Greene's The Power and the Glory   In Graham Greene's The Power and the Glory, setting is essential in understanding the spiritual conquest of the main character. The story takes place in post-revolution Mexico of the nineteen-thirties, where Catholicism has been banned. The government has shut down all of the churches and established anti-Catholic laws, jealous of the rising power of the church, and nervous of the corrupt ways in which the church has been dealing with sin. The main

After graduating from high school, I was accepted into my city’s medical school and started my career as a physician. However, Venezuela is currently filled with corruption, economic burdens, and violence; thus, after one semester, I decided to leave everything behind and move to the United States for a better future. Even though I had to start from zero, I want to pursue my dreams no matter the time it takes. Every action and every decision made me who I am today; transitioning to a new country

find elsewhere. Unlike both of these, I was raised in a small midwestern town with seemingly very little to do; however, this small town has helped shape who I am today. Hometowns can provide many meaningful experiences important to one's’ development and that is what Smithton, Illinois has done for me. I believe that my hometown of Smithton, Illinois played a vital role in helping me develop my sense of creativity. Living in a neighborhood outside of town I often ran out of things to do, but luckily

Throughout the semester, Billy took on a vocal yet non-leadership role. The biggest drawback of Billy’s participation was his frequent absences. Billy’s top trait according to StrengthQuest is Competition. I think Billy strongly showed Competition in both positive and negative ways. In both BizCafe and other minor activities, competition acted as a motivator for Billy, being more engaged when more was on the line. This was a benefit in direct competition, like the dice stacking game early on in

“Paths of Glory” is the critically acclaimed 1957 feature film, which was directed by Stanley Kubrick. The movie was produced by James B. Harris, and based on the book “Paths of Glory,” by Humphrey Cobb. Leading the cast were Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready, Wayne Morris and Richard Anderson. It was released on Christmas Day. The movie begins with information about World War I beginning on August 3rd, 1914. The Germans invade France and nearly reach Paris. The French

It been a ten years I missed my hometown. I still remember about my hometown, where I grew up and spent half of my childhood time in there. My hometown was small, we didn’t have a tall building,and even we didn’t have a good house. I lived in refugee camp,I was happy to live in there. In my hometown everyone nice to each other, neighbor were grateful, and Helpful. Back in days I had so many friends, We were played football (soccer) everyday, Sometime my friend and I used skipped class together, and