By reading Chapter 10: Where Do I Want To Go with MY Life, I discovered the importance of goal-setting. I have never been good at setting goals. When I was a kid, I dreamed of playing in the NBA or playing professional baseball, but I expected those aspirations to be made a reality fairly easily. I never put forth much ... to chance, not hard work and dedication. The key to achieving life-goals is by keeping them reasonable and attainable. After that, it is strictly up to me to make good on my dream. Recently, without any goals, it has been a constant struggle for me to get through each and ...

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... the literary version, it seems that they live in the middle of the woods surrounded by no one. In the movie they are in a town of many and they have a good amount of social interaction. Disney makes the women in this story a little more powerful and accountable for their actions where in the story women were definitely treated as the weaker ... ...

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"In the higher world form of good appears last of all, and is seen only with effort." -Plato I think that this summarizes a part of life that at least I couldn't summarize in only one sentence. What Plato is describing is how if you work hard, put in lots of effort, you will see results. Goodness only comes when a person wants to see it, and doesn't take advantage of it. When a person works really hard toward something in particular, and is dedicated to it, they will get what they were working for. Plato realizes that this method of getting what you want is possible, depending on the size of t...

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... limit is not taken in a high regard. To a teenager a party is not a "party" unless alcohol is present; they believe it's "cool" to be drunk and thik that they can't have a good time without it. This is a common problem seen in today's society. How ironic is it that the United States is the one country that has the worst problem with alcohol ... ...

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... feels when the sun beams onto it; it enlightens me. I observed one of my peers tormenting another student in my class. He was remarking about how she was not very good looking. Very disturbed by this, I intervened and expressed my opinion on the situation. I could tell by the look in her eyes that she appreciated my comment. I believe this makes me ... ...

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