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    and get ready for an adventure”. BOOM! Just like that I traveled back in the 1900s and meet my role model Dr. Albert Schweitzer, he inspired me on how to become a great doctor, a doctor who cares about his/her patients. Dr. Albert

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    "I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve." - Albert Schweitzer My life has not always been as bright and promising as it is today; I had no idea where my life was going, or how I would possibly be able to attend college at all. Since I was a child, my self-esteem has always been low, and any time college was brought up, it simply made my confidence drop even further. I never

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    fame would have been the result of one particular skill. However, every so often, we may come across certain people who are only famous to those who've had the opportunity to know about them due to this or that circumstance. Norman Cousins and Albert Schweitzer are two such famous people, the first of the twentieth century, the second of late nineteenth century. Their achievements are important because their blend of skills enabled information to turn into collective awareness in different domains such

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    While Schweitzer is dressed in all white, has white hair, has white skin, and is in a house with lights, the African boy is shirtless, has a black hat, has brown skin, and he’s outside at night (meaning it’s dark compared to the doctor’s lit home). According to Francis Higginson, in his article “The Well-Tempered Savage: Albert Schweitzer, Music, and Imperial Deafness”, Schweitzer feels that his authority is being challenged by the boy drummer (211). Schweitzer tries to drown out the African boy’s

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    in which one may feeled compelled to take on a mission. Some of the ideas brainstormed include: taking on the mission to fulfill a calling, for gratification, or for religious and ideological agendas. The reading I will be focusing on is from Albert Schweitzer 's The Primeval Forest specifically the chapter titled “The Mission”. The reading fits into this definition quite well. Specifically the chapter shows a lot about Schnitzer 's purpose and reasons for embarking on a mission trip in the Ogowe.

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    believing your thoughts and equations. The fact that they believe them does not make you a scientist until you can prove your theory. Albert Einstein for decades had the best thoughts but was not consider a scientist until he had physically proved his theory. Albert Einstein was considered a middle-class Jew. He was born March 14, 1879 in Württemberg, Germany. Albert Einstein family relocated to Munich, Germany and he began to go to school there. When he was a going to school things that got his

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    In The Stranger, Albert Camus allows the main character to tell the story in order to give the reader an experience of his own. Obviously, with a novel also comes language, which Camus incorporates cleverly as a way to indirectly illustrate Meursault’s thoughts about certain situations. Although the novel represents a postmodern setting, the author shifts the overall meaning. In The Stranger, Camus applies a unique literary style as a power that deflects blame from Meursault, the antiheroic character

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    Camus and Mulisch present that the past and present are interrelated. The authors do this through the two characters, Meursault and Anton. Through Meursault, we see that his past actions affect the outcome of his trial. Through Anton, we see that his present situation constantly brings him back to his past despite him trying to escape it. Thus the authors stylistically link the past and present to demonstrate that they are inevitably related, where certain events are unavoidable or the past is undeniable

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    In this essay I will argue that my practice is contemporary by showing 21st century influences. I will do this by discussion of themes and practices of other artists that I am interested in, evaluating the issues they address. In particular Francis Alys, George Shaw and Social Realism. I first realised my interest in manual labour, menial jobs and cycle of working, when I was travelling, and this influenced my work. Whilst visiting the Yves Saint Laurent gardens in Marrakech there was an employee

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    Teacher leaders and administrators play a vital role in the overall organizational structure of a school. As discussed in Educational Leadership, there are ten roles that teacher leaders tend to gravitate towards. The roles of teacher leaders vary according to duties and responsibilities placed on the teacher leader, they include the following: resource provider, instructional specialist, curriculum specialist, classroom supporter, learning facilitator, mentor, school leader, data coach, catalyst

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