Essays Tagged: "years of my life"

What is the real purpose of education? Are we in it simply for the purpose of learning? Essay suggests that there is more to an education than books.

ake her proud. In reality, what was the purpose of this education that I would receive in my future years? Education is there to make us all well-rounded and not just educated individuals. The whole p ... well-rounded individual through education takes place during the pre-kindergarten and kindergarten years. I remember when I entered my first year of school at the ripe age of four. I was worried abou ...

(3 pages) 275 0 3.7 Dec/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Goals I wish To Attain By Returning to School.

elf-development is doomed." (Gross, 1999, pg. 5). I believe this rule completely. I have spent many years of my life, both personally and professionally, teaching myself how to do things. Married at e ... ems like learning a foreign language on the fly - and this from a guy who went to art school thirty years ago! But most surprisingly, I love every part of the process. Completing a degree in Business ...

(3 pages) 143 0 3.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

A narative essay about a young boy going to a new school.

nging from this school year to the next that I knew this was going to be one of the greatest school years of my life.Everyone in my graduate class of twelve was very excited on our last day of gra ... e was very excited on our last day of grade six. This was supposed to be the best day of our seven years in school. This was the day of our famed graduation assembly. All of our parents were there ...

(5 pages) 55 0 5.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

MY LIFE

wNor was it ever completeIts meaninglessness was thereNo reason for me to completeThe years of my life though only ten and threeWere always fullof many thoughtsAnd never ever were ...

(1 pages) 89 2 4.8 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

Diversity within school

es diversity is not taken so lightly by many people. As for myself I had to face diversity for four years of my life. This took place within the high school I attended. For a young women growing up th ... e, I learned that through life you are going to go face rough times and feel like you don't fit in. Years later, this has taught me to stay strong and to know that no one is better then me. I am who I ...

(3 pages) 127 1 4.8 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Maslow's Heirarchy

would be like if I won a lottery and was guaranteed one million dollars a year for the next thirty years of my life. Sounds very overwhelmingly terrific, but would it really cover all my needs? Accor ... tualization. So, back to main question… would one million dollars a year for the next thirty years of my life really cover all my needs? Lets go through this step by step. Physiologically, I wo ...

(2 pages) 123 0 3.4 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

Song Analysis Five for fighting 100 years

ime to buy and time to lose15... There's never a wishBetter than thisWhen you've only got a hundred years to liveI'm 33... for a momentStill the man, But you see I'm a theyA kid on the way, babeA fami ... beA family on my mindI'm 45... for a momentThe sea is high and I'm heading into a crisisChasing the years of my life15 there's still time for youTime to buy and time to lose yourselfWithin a morning s ...

(3 pages) 54 1 4.6 Jun/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Overview of the Career: Music Educator

me to pursue a career in Music Education so I would be able to share it with others. The past eight years of my life have been dedicated to learning the baritone, euphonium, and trombone. My mentor, K ... d and choral arranging (Carnegie). "A genuinely qualified music teacher has completed four to eight years of college-level music study" (Baskerville 495). The Berklee College of Music, located in Bost ...

(10 pages) 90 0 4.1 Oct/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Alternative

A lesson learned in high school

t important lessons that I learned in possibly the four most difficult, unbelievable, and thrilling years of my life; but, I'll try.Being the oldest sibling, and having parents in their own little wor ... self, no matter what the outcome was. But, even then I felt alone as a tree in a barren field.In my years of high school, I spent my summers wishing I was at school but, even at school with the uprisi ...

(6 pages) 67 3 4.6 Oct/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Writing

Creative Response from "Edward Scissorhands" - the movie "STAMP YOUR FEET TO THE TUNE OF INDIVIDUALISM"

is ever to see. My policy is one, which has derived from many observations throughout the countless years of my life spent living in such an extraordinary community as this one. Of these experiences n ... is opportunity to clear the air in relation to the stories occurring about Edward Scissorhands many years ago. Edward was a kind, affectionate, caring person who was fond of many of you. He was kind e ...

(3 pages) 19 0 0.0 Apr/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

My grandpa.

s twinkled in the same vast sky. I carried on with my studies, songs and friends. I have passed two years of my life without the shadow of the sturdy tree. Storms have struck, but I have pulled throug ...

(2 pages) 116 1 5.0 Sep/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

The Benefits of Slavery to the American Economy.

South and say that we feel that there is nothing wrong with slavery. Being a slave owner for all 45 years of my life I have seen my plantation grow and the United States economy get more and more depe ... he United States economy get more and more dependant on cotton from my plantation. Over the past 40 years the ability for me to buy slaves at auctions has made me capable of doubling by plantation siz ...

(5 pages) 64 0 0.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Criminal figures of the Twenties

hey can. I'm sick of the job. It's a thankless one and full of grief....I've been spending the best years of my life as a public benefactor" (Torricelli 85). As Capone himself accurately describes, hi ... other's house hoping to catch the wanted Barrow. There he was captured and held in prison until two years later, when he was released on parole under burglary charges. The 1930's was a time of free ju ...

(7 pages) 39 1 4.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

The Long View of 100 Years: The Centennial Celebration of Longview, Texas

anniversary.I was raised by southern parents and considered myself a Georgian for the first eleven years of my life, but I have had little exposure to small-town life of any sort. My home for the las ... ven published a book on Longview's history: Longview, Texas, Centennial--The Long View of a Hundred Years, 1870-1970. In it, they assembled nearly 200 photos and historical documents, honored founding ...

(12 pages) 29 0 0.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Ten-Hut! Forward March!

t joined the armed forces of our great nation, I held up my right hand and committed the next three years of my life to defending this country against all enemies, foreign or domestic, and to follow a ...

(2 pages) 15 0 2.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

Revelation

ertain loss of self. I say this not from mere observation but from experience, for the past fifteen years of my life I was nothing but a miniscule component of a machine, more or less insignificant, y ...

(4 pages) 58 2 2.0 Jun/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

The Mystery of Time

yes.Tomorrow is a very important day for my husband and I – our fiftieth anniversary. Not fifty years of being married, but fifty years of being in love with each other. I could not believe how fa ... h other. I could not believe how fast time had passed but it was definitely a very well-spent fifty years of my life. As I sat on the rocking chair in the balcony, my thoughts flew back to my younger ...

(7 pages) 40 0 5.0 May/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Existentialism

re. One of the major themes that I partially see now but hope to see a lot more in the later years of my life is moral individualism. Like I've said I don't want to be like everyone else. I wan ...

(3 pages) 1021 0 0.0 May/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

My Experience

Three and half years ago, I made a big turning point of my life. I left to the new place that I had have never bee ... ad have never been before and behind all my friends, memories, and hometown, which represent the 15 years of my life. It was not just curiosity to have a desire to start the new exploration. I had ... e new situation and having a feeling of belonging. I have been playing the violin since I was nine years old. I love listening and playing music. I strongly believe that music is the world common l ...

(3 pages) 11 0 0.0 Aug/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Judaism And Me

On September 3rd, I set out for my adventure. For 18 years of my life, I sat quietly at a desk at Temple Beth Sholom in Sarasota, studying about the hist ... , a year to experience the sights and sounds of this Land that we have fought over for thousands of years, that we reenact the Exodus from Egypt to at our Seder, that we pray for in our Services. And ...

(3 pages) 11 0 0.0 Aug/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith