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Today, I will be discussing an inspirational man who went from humble beginnings to the classic American successor. Colin Powell was born on April 5, 1937 in New York City, New York. He was raised in South Bronx, where he attended Morris High School. In 1958, he received his Bachelors in Geology from the City College of New York. Powell later went on to earn his Master’s degree from George Washington University. It was there; he discovered his love for ROTC and went on to serve 35 years. He held

Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously Summary Julie Powell, the author of her own memoir, was a distraught secretary working at a bureaucratic organization led primarily by Republicans in order to build a memorial to the terrorist attack on September 11th, 2001. To further this misery, she was told that she may be unable to have children in the future. After hearing this news, she and her husband Eric went to her mother’s house in Texas where Powell found an old copy of Julia Child’s Mastering the Art

ISS Reflection Paper I would never aspire to be king because it is much more interesting to be the king-maker. This is my informed judgment based on the sufficiency of my experience and the intrinsic value I derive from analytical and creative problem solving processes. I opine Strategic Advisor and Communicator are synonymous with my definition of “king-maker,” both roles I have experience and some success with. Nevertheless, I am fortunate to have many years of experience to reflect on and guide

Colin Powell In the beginning Colin Powell always wanted to do his best every day, and after many days and years he finally made it to the top. Colin Powell’s life choices made him who he is now. Colin Powell attended the City College of New York, that’s also around the time that he joined the ROTC (Reserve Officers’ Training Corps). Since Powell joined the ROTC, he had worked hard every day, soon he earned the rank of commander of his ROTC unit, and graduated as a cadet colonel, the highest rank

General Colin Powell. Mr. Powell has experience many obstacles and understand the meaning of hard work. I personally try to accomplish his pervious goals, such as completing the ROTC program and hopefully attend George Washington University for my Master and Ph.D. General Colin Powell inspires me to do my best at UCF, ROTC and military career. A quote from General Powell said “success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence”. (Powell, 2005) Throughout

Prior to reading these four chapters of It Worked for Me, I knew very little about the life of Colin Powell. I knew his name and heard it often throughout Black History Month, but reading an excerpt of this memoir granted me access to rather admirable part of his character. Colin Powell is a true leader with a great deal of understanding between both military experience and his reign as Secretary of State. This book shares what he has learned during his time of power and teaches its readers his best

Colin Powell has accomplished a lot in his lifetime. People know him for being a four star general in the us army,and for serving his country.Also by following this motto“what I really wanted to do my best I could every single day,by doing my best every day,day,day after day,year after year,i finally got to the top”.And he did get to the top by choosing the choices he made it change the outcome of his life. As Colin Powell grew up, he attended city college of New York,at this time he joined

Rhetorical Reading Essay(Revision)      Since they started pouring the concrete for the dam Lake Powell has been a center of controversy. From nature preservationists to ancient ruins advocates the subject has been heated and intense. On the other hand, those who support Lake Powell are just as avid and active in their defense of the reservoir. One of the former, Edward Abbey, sets forth his plea, hoping it does not fall upon deaf ears.      Abbey

many discussions involving the drainage of Lake Powell, but with each argument there are reason why we should keep it or why we shouldn’t. In the year of 1963 Lake Powell official became a recreational park and known as one of the second largest man-made reservoir in the U.S. Throughout the years the water levels of Lake Powell has lowered causing people to worry that this lake is destruction rather than a benefactor to the environment. Lake Powell is more beneficial to the environment than a destruction

Not So Terrible Ben Powell’s “In Defense of ‘Sweatshops’” article offers an uncommon point of view regarding the necessity of sweatshops. Powell knows that people know about sweatshops, but he offers another angle to the topic. The point he tries to get across is how sweatshops can actually be beneficial to the people in the third world countries, rather than them being a terrible thing. Throughout the article, he brought up some relatively good points, but not all he had to say was backed up with