To me, service, leadership, and character mean sacrificing your time in order to benefit others,expecting nothing in return. Often leaders are the ones who perform the unwanted tasks with no recognition, wanting only to help others by their actions, Leaders are often driven by their considerate character - exemplary moral qualities that they exhibit, such as patience and persistence, often inspire others around them to become leaders, too. I would like to be in National Honors Society to challenge myself to become more involved in the community. There are innumerable opportunities to benefit the Lansing area and the school, which I look forward to take part in. Additionally, I would like to be in National Honors Society to join a group in
What makes certain clothing respectable? By the way they are sewn or by the people that wear them, people have deemed some clothing to be more “respectable” than others. At Seton Hall Prep, students are required to wear a blazer, button down shirt, tie, and pants with a belt. To quote the Seton Hall Preparatory School’s student handbook, “it is our belief that one’s external appearance will reflect and also encourage certain internal attitudes that are essential to a Seton Hall Prep student.” Their philosophy presents that one’s first impression of their student will be that they are neat and orderly.
“Scouts Honor”, by Avi is a realistic short story about three kids that go camping all by themselves in the country. In the beginning, the three nine year old kids worried that they weren't tough enough,so they joined boy scouts. They all wanted to get to the next level in boy scouts, so they went camping all by themselves. Soon they discover that they didn't bring the right things to go camping with, they brought things like canned beans, with no can opener. A dull hatchet, and a whole mattress.
In The Lesson Before Dying, there are many instances of racial discrimination and inequality, but there are also several accounts of lessons being taught discreetly. Several main lessons that are taught in this novel is that humans cannot be dehumanized by other people from injustice, accepting your fate, and that change is imperative. For centuries, people have always judged and made their assumptions about a person just by their actions and outlooks on certain subjects. If people degrade each other's opinions, there is no way that the world can truly move on to making new inventions and expanding our knowledge of unknown entities because the public is too busy defending their opinions. It is imperative that people change their ways of making other people feel bad, especially when some are only judging by race or sexuality.
A Lesson Before Dying a play by Romulus Linney based on the novel by Ernest J. Gaines was performed at the Clarence Brown Theatre, March, 2016, and showcased a powerful performance of a heart breaking story that left the audience in tears. The production portrayed the themes of racism, injustice and redemption in death through powerful acting, staging, and lighting. With a play like this it was very clear what the playwright’s objectives were and he obviously wanted to put issues that continue to greatly affect our society in a platform for the audience to see and be aware how these issues can have an impact in a person’s life and their love ones. Racism and injustice are not issues left in the 1900s, they are still hugely prominent in our society every day. The play is set in the 1940s when racism and injustice behaviors were a normal
Moment Differences In the world, we as a race have struggled with accepting the differences between our fellow-men and whether we actually accept them or merely tolerate them. This can be shown around the world however through one unfortunate accident Laramie Wyoming is plum smack in the middle of this chaotic mess and it led to a more specific examination of what people really think. It shows that people can tolerate anything, but that doesn 't mean they accept it.
By active community service, leadership roles, and hard work, I have learned the incredible importance of academic achievement, character, leadership, and service. Through these things, I have been substantially prepared by the Beta Club to serve others as I depart high school and
The first reason why I should be in National Junior Honor Society is because of my leadership skills. The first example of my leadership skills are applied to my youth group in the Cecilton Parish. I am the treasurer and help with the Ideas for fundraising. We, as a group held a spaghetti dinner for the church and I managed the money and the setting. Pursuing this further, I actively show leadership in school.
Amongst the plethora of extracurricular activities I am active in, The Key club, In regards to the community, has affected me by the greatest margin. Since my sophomore year, Key Club (A community service organization) has involved me in multiple projects ranging from making chew toys for the local animal shelter, to providing goodie bags for the soldiers at Fort Hood. However, it was not until my senior year that I realized how much a small coalition of students affected the community at large. This became apparent after receiving multiple personally written letters from our fire department and churches. Also, I found that football ties the local community together.
Every week I spend time at the Morristown Medical Center as a volunteer, where I am able to help keep things functioning in the hospital at the highest speed possible and hopefully brighten a few patients’ days. Also, I’ve enjoyed helping refereeing youth basketball games for the past two seasons and being able to talk with the kids. It is a great opportunity to give back to a program which gave me so much in the five years I played in it when I was younger. Furthermore, I am excited for even more opportunities to have an impact on my community which being a part of National Honor Society would aid in.
I will make sure to do my part by leading by example, serving my community and school, staying true to myself, and performing in school to the best of my ability. It would be an honor to be a part of such an extraordinary program in which I can better myself and my community. I am so thankful to the many teachers who have considered me as a candidate for the National Honor Society. As I aspire to become a member of this organization, I will make it my duty to be an active member in my community and will maintain my leadership, service, character, and scholarship
During my third year of National Honor Society, I lead as an officer, the community service representative. Becoming an officer did not make me a leader in my community, I had already been one, but it did strengthen my leadership by adding to my responsibilities. I started as a leader in my community when I began volunteering for different organizations. As an officer, my communication skills strengthened because it was necessary for me to be in contact with organizations in my community in order to discover information about community service opportunities to relay to the other members.
A Lesson Before Dying 1. A Lesson Before Dying, Ernest J. Gaines, 1993, 256 pages 2. A Lesson Before Dying is set in a small Cajun community in the late 1940s. The story started in a courtroom where a black man named Jefferson was being prosecuted for assisting in a robbery in which a white man was killed. Jefferson was judged by white men and was referred to as a hog throughout the court session.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in the Revolutionary Era and go into war? Such a story happens to Christian Holitor and Margaret Volpert in, An Enemy Among Them, by Deborah DeFord and Harry Stout. There are most likely other stories like this, but this one is different because Christian is a prisoner of war who goes to live with the Volperts. An Enemy Among Them takes place in Reading, Pennsylvania in December of 1776. It starts off on the British ship, Mermaid, but progresses into Reading. There are places where it is in a hospital, other towns, and in the battlefield. The main characters are Margaret Volpert and Christian Holiter. Margaret is a young German-American from Reading, Pennsylvania. She is very outgoing, she
According to the Character Education Partnership, character education is a “national movement creating schools that foster ethical, responsible and caring young people by modeling and teaching good character through emphasis on universal values that we all share”. Some of the values that can be addressed in a character education program include respect, justice, and responsibility for self and others (Parker, Nelson, & Burns,
Helping the people around me is so crucial because not only does it exemplify Honor Society’s value of service, but also character and leadership. Twice a year our club picks up trash on a mile stretch of highway. We wake up early