I believe that having grown up with this mindset of how to be given something and use it to your advantage will take me a long way in life, and not only will it benefit me but I can also pass on my habits of learning and becoming successful to others around me. Also having parents that taught me to never give up until you learn something will take me far in life and help me become a successful member of society. I have learned that there will be bumps in your life but you have…
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been living under the influence of something more potent than alcohol or drugs and it’s been addicting! As a third culture kid I’ve been raised “under the influence” of varying cultures for my entire life and have had some tremendous life experiences such as watching volcano ash fall from the sky after an eruption and listening to the call to prayer of different religions in several countries. My nonconventional upbringing has shaped who I am and will continue to do so.…
Allow me to introduce myself; I am the eldest offspring of two children born to the late Harold and Louise Glenn on September 26, 1957, in Philadelphia, PA. I was born Stephanie Marie Glenn, so named at the discretion of my father as a tribute to a very close colleague of his, named Stephen, and my paternal grandmother, Marie Culver.…
Essay topic: We are interested in learning more about you and the context in which you have grown up, formed your aspirations and accomplished your academic successes. Please describe the factors and challenges that have most shaped your personal life and aspirations. How have these factors caused you to grow?…
Writing it is an essential skill needed to communicate. Unfortunately, for me writing is not quality that I have develop with pleasure and it is always a work in progress. Writing is a very difficult process and there is nothing easy about it, but their some things that helps me get it done. My greatest obstacles to embrace writing is my attitude, staying focus and starting the first paragraph. There are somethings the help to make this process less stressful like working in comfortable area finding the right tools to work with and not prognosticate to get it done.…
I believe Margaret Drabble’s statement, “Our desire to conform is greater than our respect for objective facts,” to be quite true. Throughout history, people of all ages have wanted to be accepted and belong to a group rather than look at the facts and measure what is true and false. It is very evident in our society today that not only do we want to be accepted and belong, but we also are willing to do whatever it takes, no matter what the consequences turn out to be. I agree with Drabble’s statement and believe that it is true all around the world. If you were to step outside our society and look back at it objectively, I can assure you that you would see evidence of this.…
CALGARY - Sudarshan Gautam has a long road ahead of him before next year's historic attempt to summit Mount Everest.…
1 In the essay "A Brother's Murder," Brent Staples writes about his younger brother, Blake, who took a very different path in life than Staples did. 2 The essay starts with a phone call in which Staples learns that Blake has been murdered, shot six times by a former friend (517). The essay goes on to tell about the conditions in which Blake grew up. The neighborhood in which the brothers lived was violent, and young men grew into dangerous adults. Staples recalls a conversation he overheard there between two Vietnam veterans, in which one of them said how much he preferred to fight with young men from the inner city, who wear "their manhood on their sleeves." They weren't afraid to fight, believing that violence proved they were real men (518).…
My name is Omar, and I was born in July, 1995, in Syria. I live in a small family, made up of my mother, father, a brother, and a sister. After I was born my family emigrated to The UAE and settled in a city called Ras Al Khaimah. When I was five years old, I encountered my first, but not last, taste of shock. It was living far away from my cousins and my relatives. I always felt oppressed because most of the boys here live with their relatives.…
Furthermore, if you would decide to turn your learning experience into a positive one, you could look on the bright side to anything that might, at first seem like a down fall. For example, when I was in the sixth grade I had gotten a horrible grade on my report card. My mom told me that I was going to be a hamburger flipper for the rest of my life. Instead of taking this in a negative way, i figured out what my problem was and fixed it. I decided to take the positive out look on a not so good situation and turn it into my own success.…
My writing process usually begins the day I find out I have a writing assignment. Depending on the type of paper and topic, I read through the material and let my mind brainstorm on it for a day or so. For example, I had a psychology research paper due last semester with a multitude of topics to choose from. The first thing I did was read through the topics and make sure I fully understood what each one meant. After a day to mull over my options, I made my choice and began creating my writing plan.…
Immediately, when I turned sixteen I woke up in the morning and saw a pair of shinny silver keys sitting on my desk. I jumped up with excitement and rushed out the door wearing only my boxers, with the keys dangling in my hand. There it was: my brand new GMC Envoy, dark hunter green with a wax that could blind you. I stared at the car with excitement and admiration; it was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen, and it was mine. I took it for a test drive around the block and opened it up on the highway only three blocks from my house. It had a V8 under the hood, black leather seats, a Bose sound system and enough horsepower to tow anything I desired. After my first test drive around the neighborhood, I picked up the phone and called my friends. I couldn't wait to show off my new car. With a quick thank you and a hug for my parents, I sprinted out the door. Hearing a faint be careful from my mom in the background, I slammed the front door and raced to my car.…
Lacking experience in writing and reading, English is my most feared subject. It is the one and only vulnerable spot in my otherwise invincible academic armor. I hate writing and I despise reading. Other than magazines, I cannot recall reading anything since "The Crucible" which was a teacher assigned book in my sophomore high school English class. Not that I read a lot before that, I don't remember reading any books in my middle school years neither. Now, with this writing assignment since a long time, my brain feels like an old rusty engine of an 81 Porsche cranking up for the first time in years, readying to compete in the English 1A heat.<br><br>My parents and my favorite math teacher always told me that I'm a very bright individual and my accomplishments in other subjects prove that. I approached and conquered the subjects of math, science, and history like a paladin in gold, yet faced with writing, I would coward in fear. To me, writing equals to nothing more than stress and frustration. A useless hassle and senseless boredom which I thought was too stupid to waste effort on. Therefore I have shied away from this department for as long as I can remember and focused all my energy toward the areas I have strength and faith in.<br><br>The writing compartment in my brain is very restricted. I lack flexibility in the use of words and phrases. A typical sentence of mine, starts with "I", "It", "Because", "The", "But", "Therefore". It is extremely difficult for me to think of new ways to begin sentences or use sophisticated sentence patterns which I see in other people's essays. But when it comes to grammar, I am extremely proud because there are usually no corrections on the essays my teachers hand back, or maybe it's because they're too lazy to correct them.<br><br>When I'm actually writing, I write as fast as a turtle can crawl. A 2 page essay usually takes me around 6 hours to finish. My teacher once told me to use a process called brainstorming which I tried…
It was my first year of high school and I thought about playing sports but never told anyone. All my friends were already into sports and I didn’t even understand it. First, I thought I would be too shy to play anything, I don’t like a crowd of people. Then I thought my weight and height would be a big issue, I didn’t even think I could get pass try outs. Everywhere I would go I would always be the shortest person. Eventually my thoughts changed.…
When I was small, like every child I had a dream, well more like many dreams. Like every little girl I either fantasized about becoming something like a princess or big star. As I grew up ,I began to realize that life isn’t a fantasy and that I have to answer my true calling and eventually led to discovering my real passion ,which is English. Like any kid going to school, they have to learn English, most dreaded the idea of learning the subject but to me it was something that made me explore all the techniques of the English and the way writers use so many methods of writing to express what they feel through writing.…