Monday 04/17/2017 my friend Rachel asked me for a favor on behalf of her professor Dr. Dena Kniess for a multicultural course for graduate students. To be a part of a panel discussion on Arab students. Rachel asked me to talk about my experience as an Arab student at EIU and told me a bit about what I should expect from the students. At first‚ between me and myself I was a bit afraid and nervous. I was going to say “sorry Rachel‚ I can’t make it”. But then‚ I’m like “no I’ll make it‚ it’s definitely
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For every teenager a drastic change to their form of life like moving schools can be catastrophic. For me it became a challenge‚ new school‚ friends‚ teachers‚ and a new environment. Life as I knew it was about to change and I could not assimilate it. Change seemed like the end of a perfect world. When I moved into the new house the smell was unrecognizable‚ the environment was somber and insipid. School felt strange and I felt everyone staring at me as a strange specimen from a lab. The first weeks
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salary. I thought that once you received some type of extended education via associate’s degree‚ that it would get better for me. But‚ as I looked for employment‚ the offers only got worse. So‚ I went back into the field of work that I had all my experience in which is diesel mechanic field. I was really trying to get out of it because I was just tired of turning wrenches. I was tired of getting dirty. I realized in order for me to receive the salary that I needed and wanted‚ I needed a new career
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When I was in seventh grade‚ about to enter eighth‚ I was diagnosed with Chronic Depression (which is also called Dysthymia). I had been feeling sadness for almost a year before I was diagnosed‚ and my parents only sent me to a psychiatrist when it started to become a noticeable problem. Not only did it have a severe effect on my grades‚ but it also wrecked my relationship with my family and friends. When I began to sink into this depression‚ I didn’t really consider it a big deal at first
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Maryland‚ near the Catoctin Mountain National Parks and Cunningham Falls State Park‚ I was always considered an outdoor kid. My parents got me interested in hunting and fishing at an early age. Hunting became my true passion since my first hunting experience at the age of nine. I have also continued my interest of the outdoors by learning to shoot competitively‚ I began to shoot trap at the age of 13. Through many practices and competitions‚ my shooting ability has greatly improved and I am currently
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In my four years in high school‚ I have had countless experiences. All of my encounters have helped me grow not only personally‚ but academically. I went from being a lethargic student‚ to a hard working mindset scholar. Being able to start of high school in Godinez really gave me a head start in becoming who I am now. I used to be a kid who did not really care for rules and would slack off constantly. That was my freshman and sophomore year. I would a be huge distraction to others and myself.
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Essay So far‚ my high school experience has been one of many choices being made. Throughout these past three years I have had to make many choices‚ many of which have impacted my relationship with my friends‚ teachers‚ and coaches. However‚ no decision was harder than one I made this year in this past soccer season. This decision was not exclusively my own but one I shared with my father. This dilemma involved pulling me‚ the captain of the varsity soccer team off the team because of a problem
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compared to the few other times I’ve had at the river was that it looked like the water level within the American River was rising. After witnessing this it brought to mind how happy river rafters would be to be able to continue to experience what they love. Overall‚ this experience in the rain with the wildlife really opened me up to the reality of it all and what living animals have to endure when they get a little too much rain. A lot of the wildlife that I spotted were for the most part either cuddled
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staff there‚ I made friends with some freshmen that were also working with me. They started calling me silly names like “broth boy” because at some point I got in charge of sorting canned broths. Some things that I learned from this service experience was that I should never go into anything with expectations. When I decided to go that afternoon‚ I was really bummed because I don’t really like service hours and I didn’t want to go on a long and boring service event. However‚ the positive personalities
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Chills covered my whole body as I observed professors in their robes for the first time at Centenary College of Louisiana. I am not the likeliest person to pursue a career in academia and research; I am a transman who grew up in Southern Louisiana‚ who was kicked out of his home‚ forced to live on the streets‚ and was told that he could never be an out trans person and thrive in academia. With the help of the Point Foundation‚ I was able to afford my Bachelor’s‚ but the inherent politicization of
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