on january 30th was a review day in class. I prayed that my essay wouldnt be pulled and lo and behold it wasnt i was the happiest girl on earth even though it was really difficult for me to write the papper by the end of the day i could figure out alot of stuff which made it a lot easier for me to go about my papper. The most important of them was the comment a lot of the students were giving it reaiil made it a lot easier.
The essays used were a lot similar to what i was writting about if i hadnt be in class that day i dont see how i was going to write the papper because he read through them line by line and every one commented on it.
Monday, March 26, 2007
REVIEW DAY
on january 30th was a review day in class. I prayed that my essay wouldnt be pulled and lo and behold it wasnt i was the happiest girl on earth even though it was really difficult for me to write the papper by the end of the day i could figure out alot of stuff which made it a lot easier for me to go about my papper. The most important of them was the comment a lot of the students were giving it reaiil made it a lot easier.
The essays used were a lot similar to what i was writting about if i hadnt be in class that day i dont see how i was going to write the papper because he read through them line by line and every one commented on it.
The essays used were a lot similar to what i was writting about if i hadnt be in class that day i dont see how i was going to write the papper because he read through them line by line and every one commented on it.
THE FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL
I entered the class about five minutes late. It was on the 16th of January 2007, this was the first day at school from winter break. I was still home sick since I had just come back from Africa. class was to start at ten in the morning I got there at ten minutes to ten but the parking lot was so full that I couldn’t find a spot I had to drive around the school for about ten minutes before I found a spot behind the main building, so I entered the class the only spot left was the chair in front of the class the instructor had already started teaching which made me a little uncomfortable he asked, are you registered for English 102 i nodded he offered me the only seat left by then everyone turned in my direction to figure out who this was. oh gosh I was confused as anything else but i finally found my self in the seat in front then he continued what he was talking about which didn’t make any sense to me because i didn’t know what he was talking about neither did I know what was going on since i hadn’t recovered yet. Then he ask the class someone should volunteer to talk about the add on the projector it was then that i realized there was something on there so the girl sitting by me raised her hand she talked first for some reason I wasn’t still getting what was going on all i could figure was that it has something to do with smoking so he got done and the instructor said since she volunteered to start the next person should go which was my turn and I was tensed I sat there for about thirty seconds and i managed to say something I went like this,” SINCE I DONT SMOKE I DONT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SMOKING" so the instructor looked at me and all he said was that’s fine and that it was accepted I didn’t feel bad about it until the whole class said what they taught about and i figured out you don’t have to be a smoker in order for you to talk about an add. What I learned from that day was to never be late for any class since that can screw me up big time
EVALUATION OF THE EX-UN SECRETARY GENERAL, MR. KOFI ANNAN
Mr. Kofi Annan has been the United Nations (UN) Secretary General for two consecutive terms spanning a period of ten years. He was born on April 8, 1939 in Kumasi, to Henry Reginald and Victoria Annan. Kofi, whose name means ‘born on friday’ probably got his first lessons in politics and diplomacy early on from his elite family. His father was half Asante and half Fante; whiles his mother was Fante. The Asante’s were gold merchants while the Fante tribe was the middlemen in the gold trade between the Asante and the British. Both of Annan’s grandfathers and his uncles were tribal chiefs. Upon his retirement, Annan’s father, who worked as an export manager for the cocoa exporter, Lever Brothers was elected governor of Ghana’s Asante Province.
The seventh secretary general of the United Nations is the first to be elected from the rank of the UN staff. His first five year-term began in 1, January 1997 and, following his subsequent re-appointment by the UN member states, his second term begun on 1 January 2002. When Mr. Annan took over as the UN Secretary General, many problems were on the horizon.
For instance international peace, terrorism, disease and famine were at its epoch. However, his quality leadership and vision have provided the necessary recipe to manage and contain these issues paving the way for progress, growth and development, a feat former UN Secretary Generals could not achieve.
Mr. Annan’s success seems to be deeply rooted in the concern for amicable solution to international crisis which he achieved mainly through two principal components thus collaboration and empowerment. Much of Mr. Annan’s success can be traced to his commitment to collaboration. He has given priority to revitalizing the UN through a comprehensive program reform; strengthening the organizations’ traditional work in the areas of development and the maintenance of international peace and security. By reaching out to his council, regional representatives and heads of states, the UN has been brought closer to the people. These practices have resulted in an abundance of shared responsibility of national and international peace of which everyone is a stakeholder.
Empowerment seems to be an important component of Mr. Kofi Annan’s style of leadership. He is devoted to developing informed and confident peace keeping missionaries worldwide. Prospective members of his administrative staff goes through arduous training in addition to motivation to identify capable and selfless individuals. He looked for visionaries who will speak up and question for the benefit on the world in general.
The previous components mentioned earlier, along with Mr. Annan’s charisma compliment the final component thus his non-partisan approach to world issues of which most were dicey and sensitive. As an affable Secretary General coupled with tenacity of purpose, Mr. Annan was able to handle terrorism issues in a manner that inspired hope and peace. All he cared about was installing peace even within the limited manpower and logistic resources. He accomplishes this by soliciting and considering input from all parties involved, tailoring programs to the needs of all and sundry and by presenting the dreams and aspirations of the United Nations.
In his farewell speech to earmark the end of his 10 year tenure of office, Mr. Annan succinctly puts it thus "Only by working to make each other secure can we hope to achieve lasting security for ourselves. This responsibility includes our shared responsibility to protect people from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity."
The Secretary General, a spokesman for mankind and a man who has an aura of simple goodness has also taken a leading role in mobilizing the international community in the battle against HIV/AIDS. It is no surprise that the much cherished and respected Nobel Peace Prize for 2001 was awarded jointly to him and the UN.
In conclusion, the ensuing evaluation of Kofi Annan, the immediate past UN Secretary General has pointed out many and varied characteristics of a man who carried the issues of the world on his shoulders with good faith. Indeed, history does not really care about the position a person holds in society, rather it is more concerned about the quality of their deeds. Mr. Kofi Annan did so much for the UN and the world at large. He served his two term of office and ended it honorably. He has left remarkable footprints for the UN and a big challenge for his successor (s).
The seventh secretary general of the United Nations is the first to be elected from the rank of the UN staff. His first five year-term began in 1, January 1997 and, following his subsequent re-appointment by the UN member states, his second term begun on 1 January 2002. When Mr. Annan took over as the UN Secretary General, many problems were on the horizon.
For instance international peace, terrorism, disease and famine were at its epoch. However, his quality leadership and vision have provided the necessary recipe to manage and contain these issues paving the way for progress, growth and development, a feat former UN Secretary Generals could not achieve.
Mr. Annan’s success seems to be deeply rooted in the concern for amicable solution to international crisis which he achieved mainly through two principal components thus collaboration and empowerment. Much of Mr. Annan’s success can be traced to his commitment to collaboration. He has given priority to revitalizing the UN through a comprehensive program reform; strengthening the organizations’ traditional work in the areas of development and the maintenance of international peace and security. By reaching out to his council, regional representatives and heads of states, the UN has been brought closer to the people. These practices have resulted in an abundance of shared responsibility of national and international peace of which everyone is a stakeholder.
Empowerment seems to be an important component of Mr. Kofi Annan’s style of leadership. He is devoted to developing informed and confident peace keeping missionaries worldwide. Prospective members of his administrative staff goes through arduous training in addition to motivation to identify capable and selfless individuals. He looked for visionaries who will speak up and question for the benefit on the world in general.
The previous components mentioned earlier, along with Mr. Annan’s charisma compliment the final component thus his non-partisan approach to world issues of which most were dicey and sensitive. As an affable Secretary General coupled with tenacity of purpose, Mr. Annan was able to handle terrorism issues in a manner that inspired hope and peace. All he cared about was installing peace even within the limited manpower and logistic resources. He accomplishes this by soliciting and considering input from all parties involved, tailoring programs to the needs of all and sundry and by presenting the dreams and aspirations of the United Nations.
In his farewell speech to earmark the end of his 10 year tenure of office, Mr. Annan succinctly puts it thus "Only by working to make each other secure can we hope to achieve lasting security for ourselves. This responsibility includes our shared responsibility to protect people from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity."
The Secretary General, a spokesman for mankind and a man who has an aura of simple goodness has also taken a leading role in mobilizing the international community in the battle against HIV/AIDS. It is no surprise that the much cherished and respected Nobel Peace Prize for 2001 was awarded jointly to him and the UN.
In conclusion, the ensuing evaluation of Kofi Annan, the immediate past UN Secretary General has pointed out many and varied characteristics of a man who carried the issues of the world on his shoulders with good faith. Indeed, history does not really care about the position a person holds in society, rather it is more concerned about the quality of their deeds. Mr. Kofi Annan did so much for the UN and the world at large. He served his two term of office and ended it honorably. He has left remarkable footprints for the UN and a big challenge for his successor (s).
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