Alex, and that tree. I’ve lived in two completely different places. For the greater part of my life, in Ecuador, and for the last 4 years, in California. Moving away from the place that I spent my entire life at, has really changed me. I had to leave all of the people I love and everyone I ever knew, and move to a strange place where I had no one except my mom, dad, and brother. Moving to California made me become a new person, a different person than who I was in Ecuador. In the following Vignettes I talk about what has made me into who I was in Ecuador, and what made me into what I am today. I talk a lot about the trip to California, and the first few months here because it was a very traumatic experience for me that pains me to think about even to this day. I’ll always miss the person I was in Ecuador, even if I don’t remember who I was. But I will always love the person that I am today and will continue to better myself and live the best life…
Which started at 12:30 and went to 1:30 pm. Everyone in the group walked around the campus while using their senses and people in the group was given red notebook to write in the were also told to be quit. While walking around the group heard airplanes and cars even skateboard riding down the sidewalk. We saw light and dark, blue and green also felt the warm sun. After we walked we went to the student center where we were told “try to use your notes to make a poem or story.” So we did this is mine The footsteps under the bright sun while music plays in the distance while a wet drop roles down my check then my hands being to sweat then I realized I am on next.…
The day I left for ASU was in 9th May. I was so excited because I could start my college life. The flight to Arizona was at 4:15 pm. I woke up at 8 am to pick up all my stuff to my luggage and call a car to take me to the airport. After two hours later, my parents, they woke up and prepared the dinner for me. The food were very delicious. The car arrives at 1:00 pm. I arrived at airport at 1:45 pm. The airliner took off on time. In the meantime, I carried the fear of unknown further because everything was unpredictable. How is the ASU? How is the class? How is my dorm room? How is my room? How is class? All the thing about the collage could not stop running through my brain. After 16 hours, I finally arrive at AZ. The first feeling when I…
The Florida Panthers are endangered in the world, but we are now focussing more on them. Some of the reasons these animals are endangered is because of human. For example hunting by using dogs as one of the methods, building factories in rural areas and climate change due to global warming. This Florida Panthers are becoming extinct and many people are trying to stop it by having acts like endangered species act.…
Life is about making choices, but some of them can even change our life. Two years ago I decided to come to America for my higher studies in Western Kentucky University. Although I knew it was really a challenge to me, this significant decision that I’ve made was going to change everything about my life and me. There are many things in life that can change the course of a person’s life. It can either make a positive impact or a negative impact on a person’s life. It’s always best to have the positive impact though. For me I have had a positive experience that has changed my life forever and that is coming to a different land and culture.…
One day, when I was lying on the bed and started to relax myself. Suddenly, a question jumped out from my mind. What was the most significant event that I had experience in my life? At the moment that I was wondering what was the answer. An answer came in to my mind. It was a trip. It was my first visit, to a country that I had always been told was my great grandfather’s motherland. It was a land I knew no more about than what the travel brochures told me.…
Two events that have shaped my life today have been two different ones. From moving from the Hawaiian Islands to the mainland living in a landlocked state that was completely different the island surrounded by water. From the sandy beaches of Maui, to the desert heat of Las Vegas, Nevada. To the loss of my very best friend whom I grew up with. The girl who helped me to see that I had more confidence than I had believed I had. Who would make me stay up later with her because she didn't want to sleep and wanted to talk about life. These two are different in contrast, but to me, they both hold a place in shaping my life.…
It is one year away from college and I know as well as anybody, that I’m unprepared for college. In the article Your First Year of College: 25 Strategies and Tips to Help You Survive and Thrive Your Freshman Year and Beyond by Randall S. Hansen, the strategies used will be beneficial to keep in mind when going to college. “Don’t procrastinate; prioritize your life,” quoted by Hansen, represents an idea that would apply to myself. In college, people generally become lazy and do not want to go to class or do any work and it becomes a waste of money. This article helps by guiding people through some instances that many have struggled with in recent years such as cutting corners and trying to survive when no effort is being given. This is a time…
Do you ever find yourself anxious, nervous, and afraid of the first week of college? Well, you shouldn’t be. College is the best time you will have during your life time and shouldn’t be wasted especially the first week which is the most energetic time. To survive the first week of you college, all you need to do is have proper hygiene, quickly accommodate yourself with new friends, including peers and teachers, and lastly you should adapt yourself to your new environment.…
This past week back at the NJIT, I've been noticing how college freshmen are so obviously college freshmen. They wear lanyards, spend hours picking out their first day of school outfit, and cheer out wrong names of players at football games. While I find all this amusing, I also totally remember the excitement, anxiousness and remarkable amount of cluelessness that comes with being a brand spanking new college freshman.…
I hate waking up early in the morning, especially during my summer break. My uncle believes hard work will take anybody a long ways in life that is why he owns his own landscaping business. Since my 15th birthday, I have had the privilege to get up early during the week to help clear weeds and trees from areas for other people to fill the vacant areas with what they would like. The process of clearing a couple of acres is hard work that could last all day or stretch to more than one day, it is not for someone who is not a fan of the heat.…
The transition from high school to college in itself is a frightening experience in some way for everyone whether it be moving away from home or the vastness of a college campus others learn from these new experiences. Many very important lessons are learned outside the classroom in college but there is also so much to be learned about who you are in the classroom as well. When someone first sees Composition I on their schedule the first day of college they might think that this class is going to be tedious, boring, and nothing but writing essays, after a few class periods though they will begin to realize that this class is much more than that. Composition one from my perspective was like dipping your toes into water to test and see if you are ready to go in or not, the water may be too warm or cold at first but that is no reason to shy away from it, if they jump right in they will find that the positives far outweigh the negatives.…
Everyone has good or unpleasant encounters. During anyone’s life there are encounters that have positively or negatively marked the heart. These encounters have helped some people move forward or backward. I had a special encounter that helped me thought my life as a student to always carry on. That particular encounter that I had was the first day of kindergarten. Ever since I was a little girl I dreamed of attending school. Although the first day of school was daunting, it brings wonderful memories to me.…
The most significant event in my life began in the past, the moment where I moved into the dwelling lights of the city. Astounded by bright lights, crowded streets, and urban neighbourhoods. This perspective changing event led me to understand that where you are raised has an impact on who you are. Formerly, growing up in a small town where doors are left unlocked at night had no similar correlation to the fast paced lifestyle of the city. Nothing was relatable from what I had known. It was an entirely new introduction: new friends, new school, new house, all that made an entire new life. This led me to remember the importance of my past, what was previously my identity before no longer applied to me presently.…
On my first day at my new school, I expect many new things to happen as well. Many routines had to be changed too. I had to wake up earlier than usual to prepare for school because the new school was four bus-stops away from my house.…