Development Biographies Samples For Students

Introduction

The life of prominent personalities remains one of the most comprehensive topics focussed on in the field of sociology. This can be accredited to the fact that various prominent personalities played a comprehensive role in bringing about social change in the society. Worth noting is the fact that the traditional society was filled with various societal matter that hundred societal progress. As an example, the traditional society had a less regard for women in the society as evident by the fact that women were discriminated highly. Nonetheless, the emergence of prominent personalities led to mutual change of the society in terms ...

Introduction

Ideally it takes some time for people to understand the benefits of a college degree where many attempt to skip it although this perception is influenced by the people around you. For a better life to be attained one has to obtain moral support from both parents right away from childhood as well as relevant encouragement towards personal development which can be achieved from relatives, friends or one’s marriage partner. In this paper, I discuss the pathway that I followed to realize the benefits of earning a college degree from a poor beginning.
Rising up as a kid with only a single sibling, ...

Women have long been suppressed and prevented to hold higher office or positions since the ancient times. There were suppositions that women are not politically savvy or capable of handling responsibility outside the home, let alone have a voice in society. Some societies even restricted women from becoming educated to suppress their desire to fight for their rights. However, as the years progressed, societies around the globe slowly became divided in how they treat their female constituents. Jamaica, for instance, had been open to women empowerment but they still held certain reservations on allowing to dominate in the political arena. ...

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Introduction
Euclid (near 365 - 300 BC) is a Greek mathematician, lived in Alexandria, in the 3rd BC. The main work "Elements" (15 books), containing the basics of ancient mathematics, elementary geometry, number theory, the general theory of relations and the method of determining areas and volumes, which included elements of the theory of limits, has had an enormous influence on the development of mathematics. He worked on astronomy, optics, music theory.
Information about the time and place of his birth did not reach us, but we know that ...

In his early life, author Louis Sachar moved around several times while pursuing his education through college. Born in New York in the mid 1950s, he moved to California with his family during grade school before spending time in Ohio and California for college (Sachar). These travels afforded him a wide range of experiences and source material for his later works. Additionally, during this time Sachar became interested in a range of authors such as Salinger, Vonnegut, E. B. White, and Margaret Atwood (Sachar). Such an interest perhaps influenced his on writing endeavors as well as decision to work at an ...

I always have the enthusiasm to learn and develop as a scholar. Since childhood, I have developed a strong desire for Biology, a likeness that I developed back in primary school where I had a strong interest in animals and plants with the adaptation of the living organism in their environment. I liked to read books on cells and how the cell elements interact while accomplishing the various cell functions. Due to this long likeness for dealing with living organisms, I decided to explore biological sciences as an undergraduate student in addition to getting concerned about nature while also volunteering in activities that are aimed ...

A method of classifying pain divides it into two broad classes: nociceptive and neuropathic pain (Helm, 2013; Types of pain, 2013). Nociceptive pain results from nerves sensing danger within the tissues because of change. The change can be due to inflammation, mechanical issues, or reduced blood supply. Examples of inflammatory pain are arthritis or many tissue injuries (Types of pain, 2013). Some mechanical issues that can cause pain are cuts or broken bones (Helm, 2013). Reduced blood supply causes pain in tissues because of an increase of the blood’s acidic levels (Types of pain, 2013). Because nociceptive pain ...

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Dr. Kaoru Ishikawa is regarded as one of the world’s adored frontrunners in total quality control. He is recognized for his prodigious and exceptional contribution to total quality management (TQM) that has shaped quality management up-to-date. Ishikawa used his educational background, philosophies, and ideas to help companies and the overall management industry in producing quality products and services at reduced costs. His work has been highly awarded through prestigious prices and recognition from industrial and educational related organizations. This work focuses on Dr. Kaoru Ishikawa’s biography especially his life, work, philosophy, significant accomplishments, and his contribution and ...

18th of August is the world day of people who are left handed. There are a number of studies that support the thesis about positive traits that left-handed people have. In the past, lefthanders were characterized as someone who has and need to change so that he/she could belong to the group of so-called “normal“people. However, when psychology took this subject into its own hands it was proved that no change is necessary.
There are a number of studies that support the thesis about positive traits in left-handed people. According to the researches, lefthanders have better memory they are ...

While Rip Van Winkle is an amusing story, there is more at work here than a man who saw an eerie group of bowlers before falling asleep for a matter of decades. When Rip wakes up and comes back down out of the Catskill Mountains, his entire village has changed: it is larger, his wife has vanished, and his village has changed from being a British possession to a hamlet in the new United States of America. However, when Rip looks at nature, the land is virtually unchanged. The key theme that emerges from this story is the notion that, while the foundations ...

Reflection Paper

Throughout my life, there have been many factors and influences that have led me to my current career choices; my personality has been shaped in such a way as to provide me with unique skills and interests suited for that career. In terms of career development, there are several theories that can help me link my personality to my aspirations in career counseling. In this reflection paper, several career development theories are used to evaluate my life and personality to the end of determining my suitability for the field of career counseling.

Donald's Super's theory of career development describes a 'life ...

Introduction

The Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) contains a lovely harbor city on the east coast of central Vancouver Island in British Columbia. Nanaimo is the sixth largest city in British Columbia and is popular for its beauty, large variety of recreational opportunities, and shopping centres. It is the second largest urban city on the Island.

In 1891the main part of Nanaimo is what is now considered to be the northern part of the City of Nanaimo (Map 1). In the 1890s north ward was the center for retail, industry At that time the population was approximately 1300. (VIU, 2011)

In ...

Introduction

In the highpoint of my English teaching career, I found myself teaching English to Grade 4 Australian English learners. It was interesting because I am an Arab lady from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. And many people found it rather unusual for me to be teaching Native English speakers their own mother tongue. This essay will outline the progression of my career as an English teacher and how I got to the climax of my career, teaching native speakers of English. I will outline my background, origins, immersion into the Anglo-American culture and how my professional career developed as ...

Biography on Steve Israel, a U.S. Representative for New York
Steve Israel is a member of the U.S House of Representatives from the Third Congressional District of New York since 2001. Steve is a true leader. He values education. He respects the middle class and the low-income group. Even in the worst situations, Steve always raised his voice and stood up for his people. He has sponsored and co-sponsored numerous bills and voted in favor of several reforms that benefit the public to a great extent. He has been in power since 2001 and never misled his people. He introduced acts and ...

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This paper will critically analyze and review the biography of the American entrepreneur, Steve Jobs a founder of Apple and its CEO until his death in 2011. Steve Jobs is known for having two separate spells with Apple – first as its founder in 1976 and secondly, as a visionary leader who turned the company around in 1997 when it was under serious crisis. The purpose of this paper is to conduct a review and assessment of how the company was founded and ran and how it became successful under Steve Jobs. This will include the examination of the situation ...

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I am hereby applying to the Summer 2013 CBSSports.com Media Apps Internship Program which is advertised at Intern Match . I am currently an engineering student at Florida Institute of Technology and as deduced from your requirements, my current skills and competencies perfectly match the skills and experience required and stipulated in the program.
I am very much interested in working and collaborating with members of a group and to gain the announced exposure to large scale web media infrastructure . I am proficient in ...

Many centuries ago, a man witnessed an apple fall from a tree and had a scientific revelation about the way that the objects on the earth worked. This was no ordinary man: this was Isaac Newton, and this incident would lead him to formulate the law of gravity. There are many variations and controversies about the apple story, including a conspiracy that Newton himself made it up. Regardless of the origins of the story, this scenario has become the symbol of Isaac Newton’s life and person in science classes around the world. In addition to his theories of ...

Introduction

Mental events as asserted in behaviorism are considered to be unscientific and embrace the use of practical experiment in the collection of data other than the use of mental processes. Behaviorism, as argued by the different scholars of psychology, is an approach that is employed in the study of both animal and human behavior and holds that the conduct can be measured. However, it is paramount to appreciate the fact that the behaviorist denies the use of human mind and hold that behavior is an essential tool that can be utilized in the psychological studies. However, it is important ...

Hoose, V., William, Kottler, & Jeffrey. (1985). Ethical and legal issues in counseling and psychotherapy (2nd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/1985-98015-000

This book provides current and practical information needed by professionals to meet their ethical and legal responsibilities. It provided explanations to significant court decisions and legal concepts. Moreover, it provides a comprehensive analysis of the broad range of value and ethical issues facing counsellors and therapists. The legal and ethical perspectives of sharing and use of information are very significant. Professionals reading this book will find help acquire insight into legal and ethical questions, create their ethical standards and ...

Wallace Carothers

life and Education of Wallace Carothers
Wallace Hume Carothers was born on April 27, 1896. He was born in Burlington, Iowa. He was the son of Ira and Mary Carothers, and was the oldest children in the family. When he was five years old, his family moved to Des Moines, Iowa. There he studied in high school. He started showing interest in science during high school years and started reading the scientific literature. During his studies, he liked to play with different tools, instruments, and other mechanical items, and liked to spend time in experimenting. He used to have ...

Arguably, Eleanor Roosevelt is one of the most know women leader in the world. Leadership in woman's career was a difficult task to undertake, but the wife of Franklin Roosevelt was an exception. Driven by her personal character, philosophies, and tremendous leadership skill, she became one of the influential individual with re-known leadership skills. Eleanor Roosevelt was born in the year 1884 in New York City. In her entire life, Eleanor Roosevelt was a courageous leader who could always stand on her philosophies, as well as being in the forefront in helping does who needed her help. In fact, Eleanor Roosevelt ...

The first greatest contribution of Karl Marx in political and social philosophies can be summed up by his utmost regard to the proletariats. Marx generalized the poor as being exploited in the market economy because even when he works so hard, he gets poorer and poorer. This is due to the forces of capitalism all over him. The poor produces wealth but he is alienated to it (Bottomore, p. 23 ). This means that he cannot enjoy the fruits of his labor. He could not have enough money to purchase the very thing that he creates.

For instance, the worker ...

My name is Monique, a resident of southern California. I am a psychologist by profession, having majored in industrial and organizational psychology. My interest in understanding human behavior motivated me to pursue a master’s degree in general psychology and applied behavioral analysis. To further improve my skill in this field, I have been active in developing an intervention plan, targeting children with autism.
My career is driven by the belief I have in human of creativity. People have been endowed with the unique ability to bring about their imaginations into something tangible. I view the process of turning ...

Today, we are used to seeing a female doctor, but not so long ago it was a purely male profession. Elizabeth Blackwell was the one to change this trend and became the first American woman to become a registered doctor. Elizabeth was born on February 3, 1821, near Bristol in England.
She had a happy childhood; especially she recalled the positive influence of his father. In education, religion and social issues he was quite liberal, for example, he did not punish children's misdeeds by flogging, but instead he put them down in the black book, and if there were many violations, the ...

Jane Addams entered public life in an era not all that different from our own time: the Oval Office was inhabited by a succession of men who were, it seemed, much smaller than the times, too often treating the position as a way to confer privileges on cronies for four (or, quite infrequently, eight) years, sucking all of the possible prestige (and income) out of this position but doing very little in the way of inspiring or even leading the nation. This procession began with the Republican Party’s deal to effectively end Reconstruction if Rutherford B. Hayes could take office, ...

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The journey to being enterprising is not easy. It involves a lot of effort from the entrepreneur (Justin). This report focuses on two entrepreneurs in the same industry. It investigates their background of each of the entrepreneurs so as to be able to determine the success factors in their life. Besides, it gives a comparison and a contrast of these entrepreneurs and above all the obstacles that they had to overcome before achieving their success.

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Willard Marriott

John Willard Marriott the founder of the Marriott Corporation was an entrepreneur in the hospitality industry. He is an American born who was raised like a ...

Introduction

Nowadays, Math is comparatively accessible discipline to everyone, who is eager to master it, and has some basic logical skills. It is because of the wide range of contemporary textbooks, hundreds of helpful websites and numerous highly-qualified teachers and professors, who are not only acquainted with the discipline itself, but are also talented in the art of teaching.
However, the situation was not so bright in the old times, when the books on Math could not have been comprehended by a common person. Moreover, many theoretical and practical issues still had not been resolved, which complicated the teaching process ...

Annotated Bibliography – MLA

Abdullah, Sayeh. “Challenges for Teaching English as a Second Language and their Remedies.” International Journal of Humanities and Management Science, vol. 3, no. 5, 2015, pp. 371-373. http://www.isaet.org/images/extraimages/P1215035.pdf. Accessed 16 January 2017.
Abdullah’s paper discusses what he calles “language shock” (371) and how learning English is not just about learning how to read, speak, and write it, but to also adjust to learning the new cultural context that English is spoken in.
This is very important to my own research as it helps me understand how words and sounds are not the only challenges in learning English.
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Currently living in the city of Atlanta Georgia, I am a native Californian. At a young age, I was introduced to pastoral care. My grandfather enjoyed a prominent position as an elder in the Baptist church. He would visit his members on a regular basis. He was the one who actually introduced me to learn about pastoral care as a PK. The basis of Pastoral care, as exemplified in one's treatment of the neighborhoods, grew out of the theological commitment as demonstrated in one's love for God’s people. I believe that my interest in pastoral care is a ...

You have been asked to design a substance abuse prevention program for a high school in your community. What do you think should be the primary components of such a program?
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) indicate five basic components of substance abuse prevention program – assessment, capacity, planning, implementation, evaluation.
Dusenbury and Falco (1995) defined 11components which are necessary elements of successful drug-use preventive programs. Authors indicated that effective prevention program have to be theory driven (based on findings of current researches), developmentally appropriate (suitable for a particular age groups).
Also, according to authors effective prevention ...

Biography: Aminal

Introduction
Aminal is a rock band from Jersey City, NJ, which consists of three members. The genre of the band is Molten Rock, SmashWave. The most outstanding feature of this band, accept their unusual music, is a goat statue that is literally melting, being one of their iconic mementos (“Aminal Band. Aminal Music”), and very much in line with their slogan “Blood flows, fire burns and AMINAL Lives!” (“Aminal Band. Aminal Music”, 2). Now this is a band, which never ceases to amaze the audience and just gets better.

Summary of Current Project

The band performs on the same stage with such artists ...

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Having not always been a Christian, it was a struggle to come to the light and find solace and comfort in Jesus Christ’s life and teachings. There was no guarantee that I would arrive at the peace and happiness that I found once I received Christ into my mind, heart, and spirit. Having been raised in a family that was spiritual, but not religious, I had no guidance to point me in the direction of the faith that would ultimately change my life for the better. It was not until I underwent crucial transformation and metamorphosis of mind ...

Nutrition Content Application of Knowledge

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While I haven’t taken many classes in Human Nutrition (HNF classes), I have performed incredibly well in the ones that I have taken. My cumulative GPA in HNF 150 (Introduction to Human Nutrition) and HNF 444 (Business of Nutrition Services) was a 3.5, indicating superior understanding and application of the practices discussed within those classes. I believe that the introductory course (HNF 150) was particularly valuable, because it framed the context of my studies for me. It provided a setting for all further study in this field, as well as providing specific information regarding the basics of ...

Many Faces Wrapped Into One Big Life

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Ronald Reagan was born in the midwest, and moved around a lot. He stood out from his friend’s at an early age by being against the discrimination of African Americans. He later moved to California. In his life, he was a movie star, television star, served in World War 2, became a Captain, the President of a Union, was a staunch supporter of Harry Truman, became a Republican after Kennedy’s death. He served as Governor of California, and eventually became the country’s 40th President. He did all of this while being an incredibly in-love husband, and proud father of five ...

Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790) belongs to the prominent American thinkers and public figures. In him were combined a great scientist-encyclopaedist, a brilliant propagandist of the Enlightenment ideas and active leader of the bourgeois revolution. By decision of the World Peace Council, the 250th anniversary of the birth of Franklin was celebrated all over the world. Scientific and public activity of Franklin is inextricably linked with the war of Independence in 1775 - 1783 years. The largest volume and most famous works of Franklin is "Autobiography» (The Life of Benjamin Franklin written by Himself). It was started by Franklin in 1771 ...

A Snapshot of My Professional and Personal Life During My DuPont Career from 1977-2013

Please write something about yourself here (academic background, current professional career, etc)
My Life at DuPont
A Snapshot of My Professional and Personal Life During My DuPont Career from 1977-2013

The Career Growth

My early days at DuPont were quite a challenge. I heard from people that only very few made it working at where they wanted to be. While I was at my job at the Nylon Beaming, I became so determined to reach my goal, which was at that time to work in Nylon Spinning.
While I was at the height of my motivation to excel, word was ...

I was born on the 31of May 1993 in a big and cultural city under the zodiac sign of Gemini. I believe that stars influence our fate and character as you see I am Gemini. I am creative and dynamic, also enthusiastic, energetic and show initiative. Partially it is true. Actually I am persistent. It’s rather different I think. People say that I am cheerful and quite easy-going person. However, when I am in a bad mood I can be a bit reckless, selfish and moody. It’s terrible, that is why I do my best to be more reserved. Every ...

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Hard work, resilience and patience are attributes that are cardinal to one achieving their dreams. Despite the fact that I was born in a humble family, I dreamed that one day I would be a PA. What I did not know is that I had to join the army for me to fulfill my dreams. I lived and attended school in Phoenix and Springfield Massachusetts. After school, I did manual and clerical jobs to make ends meet. I have my fair share of social struggles. My parents were divorced when I was still young and I had to run away from a ...

A researcher, a scientist, a professor of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Tokyo, a vivid figure of the Japanese branch of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) – Kaoru Ishikawa – made ​​a very important contribution to the concept of management of total quality control and to the concept of quality management. Ishikawa was convinced that the success of Japan's conquest of world markets depends largely on the belief in the effectiveness of methods of quality control. His name is also attributed with the revival and development of the Japanese economy.
Kaoru Ishikawa was born in 1915 in Tokyo (Japan) in ...

My name is NAME from Saudi Arabia, Jeddah. I have a bachelor degree in sociology from the University of King Abdul-Aziz and have a Pre- MBA from the University of New Brunswick Saint John. I am currently working hard to finish at UNB, where I still have two modules to left to complete my MBA.
I do not have a lot of work experience now, as I have only worked at King Abdul Aziz hospital as a social work intern. My internship with the hospital gave me the opportunity to horn my experience as a social worker in a hospital setting. As earlier stated ...

Biography of Mikhail Baryshnikov

Introduction
Mikhail Baryshnikov was born in 1948, in a place called Riga. In 1960, he started his ballet studies in the same place. He is a co founder of White Oak Project and a dance director. Mikhail Baryshnikov won a top prize in the junior division at a very tender age, an achievement that brought him into the lime light. He was named the ‘the most perfect dancer’ in Pushkin class, a characteristics that many others had not fitted in, in the history of that school. His unique talent and skills were noted right from then as his performance in dance industry was exclusive. ...

In order to provide a successful bio-geography, one needs to go as much back in years as possible and provide their family’s events, regarding the changes the family members made to get a better life, as influenced by any external reasons, such as the economic situation at the time being, politics and culture. For that reason, my family’s bio-geography is shaped as followed:
My great great grandfather was a proud private school owner in Uzbekistan that also loved farming in the 1930’s. According to my father, being a farmer in this particular geographical spot was considered a great advantage that ...

I was brought to life twenty one years ago and have been raised and nurtured by my loving parents. Throughout my life I’ve undergone many experiences which have taught me peculiar ways of resolving conflicts. In my childhood period, I was a spunky playful kid who was determined in whatever he committed himself into. As a result of my playful character, I had a lot of friends in the neighborhood. Many of these were my peers who loved to play with me or some of whom we went to school together. Besides participating in a lot of childhood games I was also ...

John Mynard Keynes

John Mynard Keynes was one of the most influential economist of the 20th century. His works have strongly affected the development of macroeconomics and served as a foundation for the whole new school of economics, the Keynesian economics.
John Mynard Keynes was born on the 5th of June, 1883 in Cambridge, UK from John Neville Keynes, who was a lecturer at the University of Cambridge, and Florence Ada Keynes. Keynes obtained his first education in the Perse School and later in St. Faith’s Preparatory School. In 1897 he won a scholarship to join Eton College, the most prestigious boarding school ...

Introduction

Martin Luther King was a Ph.D. in theology who had led the civil rights movement in the South since 1955. He referred to the founding documents and principles of the United States that promised liberty and equality for all, and noted that the country had failed to fulfill these in practice, especially because blacks had suffered centuries of slavery and segregation. His main concern was to secure basic citizenship and voting rights for blacks, and his speaking style was far more like that of a preacher and prophet. A century after slavery was abolished, blacks still faced segregation, discrimination and lack ...

Harry Truman became the 33rd president of United States of America in the year 1945, following the sudden death of President Franklin Roosevelt. He encountered challenges during his two terms in office. First, the republicans and the press, severely, criticized his administration in terms of both domestic and foreign affairs. However, his policies abroad helped many generations. Domestically, he protected reforms. This paper discusses Harry Truman’s background, early life, accomplishments, shortcomings, and failures.

Background and early life

Harry Truman was born in Lamar, in the year 1884. Different historians give varying stories about Truman’s childhood. Some believe that he enjoyed his ...

Astronomy has been a formidable challenge to most scientists and explorers since it would explain the mystery behind the creation. Earth itself is still a mystery to scientists as to how it was created and how different it is compared to other planets. Today there are still unexplored planets, moons and stars continuously being discovered each day. But, one of the greatest mysteries astronomers and scientists has yet to explain is the capacity of human life to live in distant planets and moons in the distant future. As there are many moons discovered at present, I have decided to pick Titan ...

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The quest for understanding is perhaps most apparent when it comes to the assessment of entrepreneurs and the effects of their workings in the world of business. Entrepreneurship is a practical activity that is acquired either through entrepreneurship genes or through learning/acquiring specific behavioral traits that can enable individuals to become active in entrepreneurship (Strategic Direction, 2011). One of the most influential persons in the world of entrepreneurship is Carlos Slim Helu, who owns varied properties ranging from telecommunications, retail, manufacturing, banking, and insurance. According to Forbes Business Magazine, Carlos Slim Helu is the richest man in the world with a ...

Some of you might know me by my birth name, Gaius Octavius Thurinus, or Augustus meaning “the revered one” the title I have earned and have been granted by the senate of Rome. I’m the first emperor of Rome, and of course many of you might also recognize me as the nephew of my great uncle Julius Caesar. I’ve been ruling Rome from 27 BC – 14AD. It almost feels as I have been supporting Rome since 63 BC the year I was born.

Due to the fact that my father Gaius Octavius governor of Macedonia on 61 ...

William Faulkner is an American writer from the state of Mississippi, Oxford who lived between 1897 and 1962. He is regarded as one of most important Southern Literature writers of the United States. During his lifetime, he was credited for writing and publishing a great volume of poetry, novels, short stories, essays and screenplays. His collection of short stories and novel is the most popular. He also won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949 for his contribution to the field of American Literature (O’Connor 1). This paper focuses on the most important works of William Faulkner, his literary ...