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    My hero is Amy Goodman. She is my hero because she broadcasted and exposed the oil company that built the pipeline across the Native American’s land in North Dakota. She also has won peace awards for, obviously, trying to keep peace and showing the world what bad people are doing. Many people may dislike this outstanding person because she is a strong democratic liberal. The Dakota Access Pipeline is a pipeline cutting through people’s land including Native American’s land. When

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    Writing for yourself In September of 2013, my English teacher, Mr. Marton assigned the class to write a short essay. I said to myself ,“Oh man, here comes another C in the grade book; I am so bad at writing.” shortly after my teacher announced the criteria for this assignment, it was to pick someone you look up to as a hero. Mr. Marton then said, “Your hero could be a family member, athlete, celebrity, or a fictional character such as an action super hero.” For me, this writing assignment was a chance

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    When you think about a typical hero like Superman, Batman, Spiderman. They save and protect cities and individuals, from any bad or harmful things. But in the real world there there aren't any villains we have to hide from. Those challenges come or propresenter differently, so typical Hollywood superhero doesn't work. This means anybody can become a hero, they just need to inspire others and bring the best traits out of the individual. To inspire people you need qualities others can value common

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    Over the years I've worked on a lot of side projects. You get this idea in your head and run with it for a few days or weeks with reckless abandon. Sometimes you even manage to produce something. But, at least for me, more often than not, I never actually finish the project. Either I'll lose whatever spark of creativity was driving me, or the project turns out to be too difficult to complete. I think this is a fairly common tendency among software developers. It's one of those strange areas where

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    memorizing data, but rather learning about having the will to lead and finding the courage to make it happen. A majority of the information I learned from this course came from learning about myself. Through readings, course activities, and various projects, I learned what makes a great leader, but more importantly what traits I possess that will make me a great leader. In order to be a great leader, one must have an understanding of what leadership is. Leadership is a social influence (Stogdill, p

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    cartoon characters when he was about four years old. His passion is one of the reason he is like a hero to me. Anyone can be a hero if there brave, inspiring, and a leader. In my eyes Walt Disney shows bravery, and inspiration because he makes kids and adults happy by making theme parks and creating characters that makes people laugh and enjoy. "Walt was completely focus on his project and his goals, not on himself." It takes courage to look outside of yourself. One of the scariest things

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    Military Hero Essay

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    are ones that make, test, and fix their equipment. My grandfather, Glen Sauerbry, was a technician in the air force, and played the most important role in the air force and was and still is, a hero for doing it. Glen Sauerbry is a hero because he joined the military with no prior knowledge on what he was to do and did it willingly. This is important because if a hero is not willing to face danger and the unknown, then they cannot become a hero in the first place. In the words of Kendra Cherry, creator

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    Buck: Traveler/ hero This research project will be about Buck who is a character from Call of the Wild he is a hero/traveler archetype. The definition of a hero archetype is universal symbol, character, theme, symbol or even a setting. I have chosen Buck for what I have seen so far. He is a hero because of the events that have taken place he has shown he is the alpha in a sense he takes care of others if they need it. How Buck is considered a hero in Call of the Wild? I’m invested with the topic

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    My Leadership Philosophy

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    1. In my opinion, one of the best leaders in my community is my youth group pastor. He is flexible, polite, a great role model, and always ready to help those in need. Moreover he is the picture perfect image of what he wants others to become, and is willing to help anyone reach that point with grace and compassion. 2. I would like to be a teen hero because I want to be the cornerstone of someone’s life. If I am only able to help one person strive to succeed, then any work I would have done to reach

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    My hero

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    My Hero It gets me through Last year, I went through the hardest things I 've ever been faced with in my life. I lost my grandpa and two months later I lost my aunt and soon after our home was foreclosed on. This left me thinking, " Is this the end of the beginning or the beginning of the end". What I needed was something to help get me through these traumas. That 's where my hero, Ozzy Osbourne, comes in. In the essay "My Heroes", Elizabeth Berg describes how her daughters hero is her

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