Sami Hamzah
English 102
Mr. H
Work of Genius In the mind of each and every individual there is a power, force and desire to succeed regardless of all the odds that one comes across in life. Everyone struggles to bring dreams into reality and maybe try to accomplish that what others felt was impossible in life-this is the essence of achievement. Moreover, the essence of life is to a change that people and the whole society expect and that is why people will try all means to be in the frontline of every challenge and work hard by beating all the challenges on their way aimed at becoming champions. When people are growing up, they are reservoirs of ideas many of which do not come true in life. Many of the ideas and ambitions that people have
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His mother passed away just a few months after giving birth to Smith and therefore smith grew up under the sole care of his father. Due to the poverty state of family, Smith grew lacking most of the necessities. Moreover, her father tried all the best to ensure that thought brought up a poor and dilapidated household; Smith would one day come to succeed in life and be light to the family. When the time came for smith to attend school, he was taken to one of the local schools around his locality. In response, Smith took the opportunity and worked hard to make sure that he never disappointed his father who had great hopes in him. For the first minute he entered the institution, smith differentiated himself from the rest of the students by his great focus and hard work. He worked hard fully remembering where he had come from and filled with a desire to change his place. Throughout the terms in elementary school Smith used to lead and he meant sure that at no given time he could lose focus and betray his father and render his dreams void. While in the primary institution, his academic excellence fame spread everywhere and every young man of his age come to know about Smith as a star in academics. In addition, he garnered several prizes for academic excellence within and without his …show more content…
This victory left smiles in his father and was proud of his son’s achievement. Consequently, several organizations came in place and assured Smith of their sponsorship. The assurance of Smith sponsorship by these organizations and individuals lessened the burden on the side of Smith father and was now assured of his son’s success. The time for joining high school came and Smith got admitted in the prestigious institution for which he had got a position. History repeated itself in high school- Smith became an academic star even in high school. There was a great distinction between smith and other students in the issue of discipline and academic excellence. In all his doings, Smith meant sure that he remained to be focused and principled, he never followed multitude and at no given time peer pressure would ruin his character-he remained steady in his dreams. While in high school, Smith came to fall in love with business and computer related subjects. He loved business studies and even started to practice small scale business in school such as selling biscuits and sweats to other students. His teachers recognized this passion and they encouraged to continue with his passion. It was all joys on the side of smith as his teacher’s encouragement proved beyond doubts that what he was doing was the right
The most important question when regarding the settling of Jamestown and its early years is whether Captain John Smith, world renowned hero of the Jamestown colony, is in fact a liar, as most of what we know about him comes from his own works of novelistic intent about his experiences in the new world. We can analyze other first-hand records and other historical writings and weigh these accounts against Smith’s writings to decide if his are in fact accurate.
Comparing John Smith and Christopher Columbus would be like comparing a rusty sword to a bronze shield: one can only hurt you while the other can only help you. Both John Smith and Christopher Columbus were travelers from Europe, however, both had extremely contrasting motives on what to do when they arrived in the land now known as present-day United States. Along with contrasting motives, their relationships with the natives also were extremely different. While Christopher Columbus demonstrated that he was a kind, knowledgeable explorer, John Smith showed the world he was just a narcissistic fool.
The power to grow emotionally and reach specific life goals lies in mindset of each person. Truslow was a marvelous historian who initially came up with the infamous term “The American Dream” (91). It is because of him that thousands of people seek and question what that dream truly means. To Adam the simple relationship between an employee and boss was sacred. In America looking at each person with equality is highly expected. This is why America leaves such high expectations for the rest of the world. The United States is known to be the land of the free where each person has the same opportunity as the next guy. The simple fact that people in America have room to choose what they want from life is extraordinary (Adams 91). According to Adams, “The American Dream opens all sorts of questions” ( 92). The true meaning of succeeding and being financially set will forever vary on the
Two men came to America for the good of their king to explore new lands for their king to control them or just simply they just failed to make a new life or to explore something new. These men create a town or village for people who come from their hometown to stay and settle themselves there.These did something great for this country, but they are so different from each other. One of these men is an explorer and other was a pilgrim. The pilgrims were the people who got along with the native Americans and also made the holiday Thanksgiving.
The life of John Smith is one of great importance to that of the development of the colonial settlements that later became the United States. He played such an important role to this cause, that some could say he was the pioneer in informing the English people back in the motherland what the regions surrounding Jamestown were like. When anyone talk about John Smith, you instantly think about how he was the first governmental figure within Jamestown. One also realizes that he came up with the first in depth map of the areas around Virginia that were so vital to the sustainment of the Jamestown settlement. But Smith did much more than that. His interactions with the indigenous populations of the area went toward helping colonists survive the
...body wants anybody to succeed. Even though many of them might have great potential like my friend they almost never think they can succeed in a society like ours is set up. This concept is what Bronfenbrenner referred to as the Macrosystem.
Erik Erikson believed that people had to achieve something personally in order to move ahead in life. To not do so would bring complications through adulthood (274).
Greetings everyone! It has come to my attention that the great religious leader, American prophet, Joseph Smith is dead, being attacked and hung by a drunken mob in Carthage, Illinois. This man died a martyr, widely known for his influential religious preaching in states of New York, Ohio, Missouri and Illinois. Being the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and contributing to the converting of people into Mormonism, he vastly transformed people, turning them into large Mormon communities. Being put in such a position, Smith’s 39-year life has been full of exciting experiences.
Colonial settlers John Smith and William Bradford were two of many Englishmen that partook in an expedition across the Atlantic Ocean in hopes of starting life anew in the New World. They lived and died around similar time frames and are both known for their success in maritime travel. Although the premise of their journeys are similar, it is evident through their respective narrative accounts that the two vastly differ in their motivations, perspectives, and literary structure.
“Achievement of Desire”, an essay written by Richard Rodriguez, which describes the struggle a boy, has to go through to balance the life of academics and the life of a middle class family. As a son Rodriguez sees the illiteracy off his parents, and is embarrassed of it, and as a student Rodriguez sees the person that he wants to be, a teacher, a person of authority and person of knowledge. Rodriguez tells his personal story of education, family, culture and the way he is torn in-between it all. In this essay, Rodriguez uses the term of a of a “Scholarship boy” meaning a “good student” and “troubled son”, he believes that being a scholarship boy makes him feel separation and isolation as he goes further in his education and Rodriguez insist that the feelings of separation and isolation are universal feeling.
As human beings, we all have our own values, beliefs and attitudes that we have developed throughout the course of our lives. Our family, friends, community and the experiences we have had all contribute to our sense of who we are and how we view the world. There are many aspects that differentiate humans from one another. Beauty, outward appearance, wealth, health, nationality, race, native language, and knowledge are all examples of characteristics that differentiate us from one another. These differences may even allow us to lose or excessively develop our self-esteem. Despite these differences, what we have in common is that we are all humans who seek one purpose: to find success in our lives. To reach success and happiness in life is the common goal of all of us. We each strive hard to become satisfied with our lives and satisfied with ourselves. Reaching perfection and completion is the unquestionable desire of mankind. The concept of success can be defined through our personal view towards life. It is this view, or our personal beliefs/tenets that can show us our path to suc...
For any person to accomplish their own future goals and ambitions they have to not lack the will and desired to succeed in life. However sometimes life can get you down and you start lacking the will to continue on and you start doubting yourself, sometimes you just need a little motivation to help out. Maybe you can find that motivation in yourself to continue or you may have a random stranger just step into your life to help guide you and motivate you to achieve whatever you’re trying to accomplish. Almost all people in the world have goals that they are looking to one day accomplish. No matter if its someone trying to become one of the greatest scientist to ever live, or even a person looking out for their family
One of my top five strengths that align with success is being an achiever. Rath describes achiever as, “You have a internal fire burning inside of you. It pushes you to do more, to achieve more” (pg.37). My motivation to succeed has been inside me since I was a young girl. Wanting to be number one in my classes has been a need since I was in elementary school. I clearly remember trying to be the best in my reading and science classes. It would fill me with such joy every time my teacher would praise me and acknowledge my work. My motivation to be the best will lead me far in life. Professionally it will give the determination to move along in my career. However, wanting to succeed in life can be counterproductive in my professional life. Always wanting to succeed in
Captain John Smith was considered to be an American hero and he was a man of many occupations. John Smith was “a compiler and writer of exuberant travelers’ tales, an explorer, a mapmaker, a geographer, an ethnographer, a soldier, a governor, a trader, a sailor, an admiral, and the editor of a seaman’s handbook” . Out of all his many occupations, the most questionable one was his job as a writer. As a writer, his writing was often questioned for its accurateness and reliability. Many historians often said that Smith was a teller of tales and might have stretched the truth a bit. John Smith’s writing is not reliable and accurate because some of his writings were false while some were true. Within this essay, I will also discuss some of his major
Do you recall about your aspirations in childhood? When persons were young kids they were enthusiastic about flying the jet aircraft, about being the proprietors of a business. We did not even doubt to reside in the fantastic house on the oceanfront. As young kids we did not limits of our aspirations. Young kids grew up and halted conceiving about their aspirations (bigsuccessx.com). They start to realize the reality and their aspirations become something unreal. They start recognizing that nothing comes very simple. To achieve achievement, they have to work hard. So they overlook about their dreams. Persons can’t overlook about their aspirations or there will be no cause to work for. But our world claims not much, just stay dreaming and employed toward your dream.