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What does it mean to be an AIG student? What is an AIG student? AIG could be translated into Academically or Intellectually Gifted. To put AIG in simpler form, it would mean to be smart. Well that’s how most people would put it. But, I believe to be academically or intellectually gifted it doesn’t just take being smart. I believe that it takes devotion and dedication to be an honors or AIG student. The reasons why I believe it takes dedication to be an honors student because if you don’t put in the

“Bartleby, The Scrivener” is a memorable story, by Herman Melville, that is able to keep its readers captivated from beginning to end. How does the author successfully grab the attention of his readers? The author utilized his masterful command of the English language to convey the characters, setting, and plot effectively; and in the midst of all the detailed descriptions Melville have used food and the action of eating as powerful symbols. In the story three of the characters have names that

wonder and they don’t always get the right definition. What they usually think first is that it is racial profiling and it is bad, we should not do it, but that’s only one type of profiling and it is not necessarily bad in all cases. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines it as, “the act of or process of learning information about someone based on what you already know.” Under the narrow definition, racial profiling occurs when a police officer stops, questions, arrests, and/or searches someone solely

Webster believed the issue of slavery was settled long ago, when the regions were divided into slave and free states, and he also believed an agreement could be reached between the pro-slavery positions in the south and anti-slavery position in the north. Comparatively, Calhoun and Webster both saw the union was in danger of falling apart, they also both believed the issues of slavery between

According to the Miriam Webster dictionary self centered is being ?concerned solely with one's own desires, needs, or interests? or being ?independent of outside force or influence?. The grandmother is certainly guilty of both. The grandmother was like a child she would do anything

Manleen Singh October 6th, 2014 Question 2: What is the status of liberty in Hobbes’ argument? What kind of liberty is it? According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, liberty is defined as, “the state or condition of people who are able to act and speak freely (Merriam-Webster).” Very similarly, In the Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes defines liberty as a man who can act freely. It is significant to note however that Hobbes’ definition of theory is not stagnant. Hobbes’ theory of liberty changes under

great testament to the greatness of being a diversified people. People are classified negatively by their race, gender, economic status, and many more categories, but what someone views as a weakness just might be another’s strength. The Merriam Webster dictionary defines diversity as “the condition of having or being composed of differing elements, especially the inclusion of different types of people in a group or organization.” I agree with this definition, but I don’t know that it fully covers

virtue that I choose to discuss within this paper is the word fairness. Fair is defined as “agreeing with what is thought to be right or acceptable; treating people in a way that does not favor some over others; not too harsh or critical” (Merriam Webster Dictionary, n.d.). With this simple definition, Mattel founded Global Manufacturing Principles (GMP), whose intent was to identify and fix issues within their companies like wages an hours, child labor, forced labor, discrimination, freedom of association

Everyday, people struggle to get through simple tasks due to the lack of perseverance. Merriam Webster 's dictionary definition for the word perseverance is “a continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failure, or opposition.” In terms of usage, perseverance is used as a noun that comes from Latin origin with per- meaning through, and severus- meaning sever. Synonyms of the word consist of persist or to carry on, while antonyms are to give up or to quit. Perseverance is an

• Counselling: “The professional guidance of the individual by utilising psychological methods especially in collecting case history data, using various techniques of the personal interview, and testing interests and aptitudes” (Merriam-Webster's online dictionary, n.d.). It is the process in which a counsellor creates a safe and open environment for a client to speak about a problem that may be affecting them or if they need guidance in how to deal with a particular situation. • Therapy: “The therapeutic