I walked into the doors of Statehouse Expo Center, my feet walking with the sound of my bag rolling over the little cracks on the light floor tile, my white uniform as crisp as a fall breeze. With every step further, I could see more people. Lots more people. The mats filled with people. People who spend their whole lives working to be where they are, on those mats. Sparring, combat, weapons and forms. XMA in one corner, Black Belts in another corner, everyone else in a corner and staging in a corner. All surrounded by a Sr. Master or the occasional Master. When we get to a tournament, our team always meets up. Then all the kids go explore. We found our team and all the kids put away their IPads and Kindle Fires.…
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One hot summer day in Dallas Texas ,I have been taking a tour of Dallas Cowboy Stadium .And were at the highest point in Cowboy Stadium and you could see this big ride way up in the air and I've been looking at it for awhile now and I asked our tour guide. I said hey you see that huge ride over there what is that called he alright folks and look over there you see that big ride that's called 6 six flags It has some of the bests roller coasters you'll ever ride ,and you can get discounts for coming to us he said remind me and I'll give you the discount sheet to go over there. This moment I had to face the greatest fear that I have struggled with for the first nine years of my life.…
It is a happy circumstances to all the Asian people who walks on the aisle in the Supermarket in United States, when they see bunches of food, meat, and chips, make a small mountain in the shopping cart by a white, short fingers but chubby arms keep putting candies, snacks, and all the things in their reach in the shopping cart. These mothers, they not saying anything but help them to find more delicious stuffs to build their kids' body a little more; who has really tiny neck, well rounded cheek with 'firm' body, or the kids from far looking like a moving big ball.…
There was a boy. The boys name was Sammy. Sammy was very athletic and loved to play sports. His favorite sport to play was basketball. Sammy played point guard on the basketball team. Sammy was a ball hog, he didn’t like to pass he would shoot the ball every time he got it. He also preferred to not play defense. His coach was very strict with the team except Sammy. So one day in the hallways at school the kids on Sammy’s basketball team decided to beat him up so he couldn’t play that Fridays game. Sammy was out for Friday’s game and it was against their rivals. Sammy sat on the bench that night and watched as their rivals wrecked his team by 50. Although it was a tough loss for Sammy and his team they learned from it. 1 year later, Sammy…
A recent event in my life where I felt proud was getting enough money to help my parents pay for bills and succeed and pursue "the american dream". I started to work for HoneyBaked Ham part time since I was eligible to work. The paychecks felt great and giving them to my parents was felt better. As my sister and I get ready for college, the money got tight and I did gigs on the side. I did everything from landscaping to repairing phone screens. Felt stressful but, mind over matter right? Thats exactly what my parents thought when they moved overseas to the new world. I felt a huge sense of pleasure as I could see stress lift off their shoulders when I gave them the money This would help me in college because I know I can give myself the extra…
Let me start off with my mother's journey to America. It was 1985 when her parents decided it was time for a fresh start. It was very difficult to come to America legally, so they made their journey by traveling to other countries. They left Cuba and traveled to Spain where my grandfather found a job as a farmer. They lived in Spain for almost 2 years before they gathered enough resources to travel to Mexico. The journey from Mexico to the USA was very easy for them because they had a family member who knew their way around. They struggled for many years in America but soon became legal citizens. My mother later on went to college and completed her bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Miami. My grandparents purchased the…
The american dream is what all young people hope to obtain later in their life after college. Although the American dream is a wonderful life to have, I don’t want just the idea of living an average lifestyle that every person purses. I rather be more than average and live a life that is overly favored and blessed by God.…
"I don't know what to do. I have a husband and my family here, but the Nazis are taking power. I don't know if I can stay here any longer. I have heard about good things happening in America, so maybe I will go there," I explained to my family before I decided to leave my home country of Austria.…
Well, it all started on March 26, 1765. I t was a beautiful day, everyone was fine, having a good time in the colony, until the boat appear in the harbor. Everyone was so happy that the supplies from England had arrived it had been six weeks since the last one. The boat sailed in slowly every one was to the point of jumping off he dock. Mom and dad were there waiting for the boat to unload the crew got off the boat and started unloading it. There was tea sugar paper card every thing you could think of everyone lined up to buy what they needed.…
Samuel, I really enjoyed your post as I like hearing about other people’s family history since mine is so diverse. With your skin tone, eyes, and hair I can see why someone may say you look Hispanic. At least you take it in stride. Today, too many people get offended when someone calls them the wrong race or ethnic origin. It is really good that you continue your family’s tradition of cooking Greek and Italian dishes and I hope your children continue that. My family has been in this country so long and has so many nationalities in the mix that we have Southern traditions instead of a specific country. I do enjoy researching my family’s history. I do not have anyone famous in my family so far, but my great-great grandfather, Private John Henry Gwathney, did manage to survive the Civil War while serving under General Nathan Bedford Forrest.…
I felt this sense of fear, but I knew it was just nervousness. It caused my whole body to tremble. I creeped onto the field and pass by the fifty girls and all of the coaches. Just me walking by everyone gave me this ginormous knot in my stomach, it made me feel like I was going to pass out right on the field. I was breathing heavy, like I just ran a marathon. I was beyond nervous just to be the new girl on the field. I was scared of what the girls thought of me, and how the coaches thought I would play and adapt to the sport. I had never even picked up a lacrosse stick and the girls were passing, catching and shooting on goal: how does a new player get to there if they were two week late into the season? I was terrified I would never get to the level of the rest of the team.…
Five years ago, I wasn't sure what path I wanted to take. My life was at a pause. Trying to balance as being a mother of three (my youngest, only two months old at the time), a good wife, and still keep hold of the person I was before moving to America. I had no time to figure out what I wanted for myself. I had uprooted my family and left my home to explore the American Dreams. However, once we arrived; the "American Way" seemed so hard for me to understand. Everything was so different.…
Living in the United States have been many challenges for my family and me, as a young kid, I always strived for a college education to open opportunities in the future and support my family. My family and I live in South Omaha where most of the people live under the poverty line. I live in South Omaha Projects, and it is risky filled with crimes and gun shots. A few days ago, while studying in the dead of night, I heard a far too common sound in my neighborhood, a gunshot. I then heard many more, and I realized what I had realized far too often, which was that there been another shooting. The financial difficulties are what led my family to live in the projects. I want to make a change and impact my family life positively. I can uplift…
Those who encountered me prior to ninth and tenth grade perceived me as an inaudible girl, an extension of those around me—someone who was lacking the capability to voice her own opinions. They identified I had a complete inability to speak for myself and to express my opinions—and I regarded their words as true. In order to contradict those around me, I decided the time had come to learn how to vocalize my thoughts, yet I didn’t know what would help me. At the recommendation of many family friends, I joined policy debate—an extended form of debate, concentrated on one national subject, which required me to deliberate multiple sides of an argument. My first day of this club filled me with unconditional distress, there I sat, frightened of…