After analyzing the extent of just how bad the accident had been, we were not sure how possible this goal would be able to achieve. ... However, my dad knew what he wanted and he was going to achieve his goal. Finally, on Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012, my dad achieved his goal. ... My father taught me to stay strong and never give up on a goal I want to achieve no matter how hard it may seem. ... However they also remind me that every storm will eventually run out of rain and that if a person works hard enough they can achieve their goals....

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It is this goal toward which the child welfare system strives." ... There are many aspects and roles of the child welfare system that social workers must use to reach this goal. ... Coordination of System Resources Buchanan/3 Before all these systems are used, a social worker sets a goal and uses these strategies to help them achieve that goal with their clients. They set long and short-term goals that are realistic and achievable. ... This set of philosophical principles above help them select the key outcomes and the strategies for achieving them. ...

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But one thing I am sure of is that, yes, I look like my father, not so much physically, because he was almost six inches taller than me, but his gestures, his personality, his determination in reaching his goals, no matter how difficult or impossible this can be. ... I remember when my father told me, "You are a very intelligent child with a prodigious memory; you could achieve any goal you wanted." ... After all, my father always said I was a very intelligent person, and that I could achieve any goal that will draw me. ... He left on Thanksgiving Day, so that I am convinced that somewhere in...

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The problem with this is that Willie's perception of the American dream had been distorted, and he believes that the American dream is to achieve as many modern comforts as one can, and as long as they are a popular and rounded person than this will be obtained. ... Willie realizes that he has failed at certain goals that he has set for him self and constantly lives with the fact of his fathers abandonment and in a frail sign of his own hope for a better life for his sons he raises them to succeed where he did not and to achieve his view the American dream. The goals that Willie has set w...

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At the age of thirty-four, he is still "finding himself" and has achieved little in his life. Like Happy he has bought into the idea of economic success but doesn't really know what it is he should want and uses stealing as a way of achieving this aim. ... This also links with the idea, represented by Ben, that a man can achieve wealth from nothing, and that competitiveness, masculinity and popularity are that most important aspects of this American ideal. ... This contradicts the whole ideal of masculinity and competition as a way of obtaining societies goals, presenting them as pote...

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Wand is one of many young men who have successfully succeeded in both his academic goals and parenthood. ... That new perspective is that they're are as capable as anyone at raising a child and reaching their goals and maintaining everything else around them. ... A report done by practitioners, most notably midwives and antenatal parent educators, they reported that there seems to be a significant number of young men quite willing to be involved in the lives of their babies, but little appropriate help for them to achieve this goal (Father & Child). ... Furthermore, this series shares wi...

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I will never forget her first organized soccer game at age six, when she scored the first seven goals for her team, which included boys; the coach had to hold her back because no one could stop her.... I am motivated by the possibility of working with other athletes and helping them to achieve their athletic goals. ... As a student I have learned how to manage my time, set small daily goals, and how to prioritize what matters most. ... My motives are influenced and guided by the pursuit towards this goal of happiness. ...

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"Few people can reach the goal of a perfect life, so more are anxious and depressed.... Our generation, Generation Y, have such huge expectations for ourselves and often tend to fail due to underestimating the difficulty of the goal, goals such as guidance and acceptance. ... We must look at ourselves, examine our motives for what we had to do and what we wish to achieve. Starting with small goals and then moving on to a slightly larger and more challenging goal. ...

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The opening scenes of the film Billy Elliot, directed by Stephen Daldry, helped introduce me to one of the main themes of the movie; that the realization of one boy's dream will be barred by three different hurdles on the way to achieving his goals. ... This introduced me to the idea that one of the barriers stopping Billy from reaching his goals is going to be money, or lack of it. ... The director has already introduced the idea that Billy's family will not agree with his dream, and that they are another barrier he will have to overcome to reach his goal. ...

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I wanted nothing more than success but I was unable to form any of the habits essential to acquire that goal we all want me to reach. ... Making money was nice but it killed me inside knowing I was still not taking steps to accomplish my goals. ... I remained confident and achieved all necessary steps to complete my applications. ... Although the previously stated goals are directly beneficial to me, they will also have a positive impact on those near me and to society as a whole. ...

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Forging our own identity is achieved through endless trials and tribulations. ... " He wasn't quite sure on how he would achieve this goal but, like his father, he figured hard work would get him there. ... His eagerness to achieve something better had been pushed aside. ... He wondered why my father put so much hard work into the car, but didn't apply the same principles to his life to achieve more. ...

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Agnew (1992) identifies three major sources of strain, being, the prevention or blockage of achieving positively-valued goals, the removal of positively-valued stimuli, and the threat or presentation of negatively-valued stimuli. ...

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Unfortunately, instead of reaping any of the benefits that can come from postmodernism, the Naumann family achieved mostly the negative aspects. ... They focused the majority of their energy on Aaron who was smart enough to achiever the higher grades. ... Although postmodernism can help a family achieve their individual goals, and still meet the needs of the family as a unit, it also has a negative side. ...

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Students that are able to overcome even the most difficult circumstances and achieve highly in school are often referred to as educationally resilient. Unfortunately, these students often go unnoticed until they are no longer producing high achieving or satisfactory progress. ... It is important to understand the factors that can help a student achieve despite the barriers they are faced with so that parents and teacher can give their students the best opportunity. ... By having peers that strive for the same goals as the student, the student feels more comfortable in the classroom, thus mot...

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You can use your emotions to help fuel your drive toward a certain fitness goal. ... Fitness also helps a person set goals for themselves. Lets say you want to set a goal of running five miles in under thirty minutes, you are not going to be able to do that without being in shape. This will help you set the goal to get into the right kind of shape in work toward reaching that thirty minute five miles. If you have a goal and you set your mind to it there is nothing you cannot achieve. ...

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However, as the goal of the system is to provides similar education to everyone, people are prone to think alike in this system, resulting in individual success less likely. ... For example, working-class schools generally involve mechanical procedures "involving rote behavior and very little decision making or choice,"(167) while in the most upper-class schools, the "primary goal of thought is to conceptualize rules by which elements may fit together in systems and then to apply theses rules in solving a problem"(175). ... In order for education to be useful and effective ...

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Success can be defined as conquering one's goals and proving to be victorious. ... He learned that freedom is something that should be achieved by all races. ... James was also not pleased with Langston's goals of being a writer. ...

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Immigrants who have an education, ability to learn, who are skillful and willing to contribute to the Canadian economic goals are more in favor of entering Canada by the current policy of immigration (Creese, Dyck & McLaren, 2008, p.270). ... Two proposals Canada puts forth to guarantee that immigrants coming into our country are achieving their goals and aspirations as they hoped for. ...

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Some people may prefer to complete their education or achieve some career goals before getting married that makes them older relative to people who got married at an earlier age traditionally [ CITATION Bak10 l 1033 ][ CITATION Bib10 l 1033 ]. ... A family achieves and also loses some things during each stage and then move on to the next stage of family life cycle. ...

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In past traditional, East Indian families, there was a very strong emphasis in the importance of the family group. The welfare of the group including extended family was of a far higher priority than that of any one individual within it. It was important that every single family member aspired to pr...

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Many people who live in modern society today have benefited from social improvements which have changed the overall quality of life for the better. We are now living in an age of increased life expectancy, better access to health care, social services, technology, mobility, and far more human right...

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The goal of Healthy People 2020 (n.d.), related to substance abuse is to reduce the abuse and protect the health, safety and quality of life for all, especially children. ... Advanced practice nurses must be knowledgeable and skilled in the family assessment and nursing theories to successfully plan and implement interventions that will assist the family unit and its members in achieving rehabilitation, recovery, and well-being....

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Although Royal's childhood is unknown, it is clear he lacks several healthy adult trait criteria such as; realistic perception of life, compassion and tolerance and also seems to lack a drive to future goals. ... Had Royal not met an untimely death he would have achieved a strong, mature adult personality with a developed sense of well-being....

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A traditional women interviewed said, "not a day does by, when I don't think about what I might have achieved and how that would have felt. ... The main goal and reasoning behind why it is best for a family to arrange their marriage so that the man has a career and the woman has a job is two words, family happiness. ...

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The development of who we are is a never-ending process. No one experience can makes us who we are; yet somehow we find its events influencing in some small way. Our every action and every thought shape us in some way. Many things have influenced me throughout my life, however four have had the m...

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