My most memorable event in school I emigrated from Taiwan to the U.S. when I was 7th grade to receive a better education. I was enrolled into Montserrat middle school when I migrated. Although I thought that My English level was good and fluent enough at the time; I got placed in an ELD (English Language Development) class. I soon earned my teacher’s (Ms. Kuwait) trust and validation in class. My most memorable event in school is the first day of my ELD class. I and my guardian
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People have various reasons why going to university and getting an education is important for them. Some people go to university because that is expected of them‚ and others go because they have nothing else better to do. However‚ I am interested in going to university and obtaining a good education because it will benefit my family and me. My parents have this perfect life for me pictured in their heads‚ and the first thing they see me doing is going to a university. As we all know there are many
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My Italian Family Dinners Lasagna‚ Briciole‚ Eggplant Parmesan these are just some of the items that I will be making for our family dinner. I will be making my own sauce first with three kinds of meat which I will cook slowly for four hours. My family loves when I make all our favorites for our Italian dinners. The most important component to my Italian family dinners is my sauce. I start my sauce by putting some olive oil in the bottom of the pot and sautéing some fresh garlic. I then
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Since I was a young child my family has traveled around the world to see and experience new places. My favorite experiences have been in Italy‚ Austria‚ and the Czech Republic. In Italy most of the time was spent sightseeing and moving through museums and ruins that were thousands of years old. When we first arrived my mom‚ my brother‚ and I hurried into the big taxi with all our luggage in the blistering heat. Before long we had pulled off the highway and were amongst a winding road with trees
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The best sight to me is to stroll into the kitchen and see my short living great-grandma struggling to reach the vanilla on the top shelf. With an inconvenience like that she will always find a way to manoeuver around it and continue on making her exquisite homemade vanilla ice cream. It’s a good thing that she only makes this ice cream for special occasions‚ or else every one in our family would be tubby like her. Tubby is not a bad quality for a grandma though‚ because grandmas are suppose to be
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My Antonia By. Willa Cather Important Quotations 1. “During that burning day when we were crossing Iowa‚ our talk kept returning to a central figure‚ a Bohemian girl whom we had both known long ago. More than any other person we remembered‚ this girl seemed to mean to us the country‚ the conditions‚ and the whole adventure of our childhood.” Explanation This passage from the Introduction is the first the reader hears of Antonia. The narrator of the Introduction‚ who grew
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Social and Cultural Influences On Death and Funerals in My Family Each family confronts death and funerals in a different manner. Some families follow long held traditions‚ while others seem to have no such precedent to serve as a guide. At first consideration‚ I thought it would be nearly impossible to write an essay on death and funerals in my family‚ because I don’t have much in the way of personal involvement to draw upon. After contemplating this absence of experience‚ I came to the realization
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from everyone’s tuition goes to these events I decided to make the most of my money. The fair was far from what I expected there were games‚ coasters‚ food and shows‚ all this for free. I played in the carnival games and won a purple stuffed animal for my girlfriend at the time. Then my group of friends and I went of to riding a electric bull. I got thrown off after a number of seconds but was one of the coolest things I have tried. It was one of the things on my bucket list and I completed it at the
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Everyone has a different perception of what their culture is and what it means to them. There are so many things that I like about my culture. Some of the things that I’m fond of are my family traditions‚ religion‚ music and my family values. One of my family traditions is the Christmas party we have at my aunt’s house from my mom’s side‚ and there we usually get there and eat and the food is mostly dishes like tamales‚ rice and beans. The sweets are like cookies called ojarascas which are made sugar
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father. It was not very long after Julia’s move that I met her mother. Despite what I knew about her‚ we instantly connected because she was a lot like my own mother; the only difference was that mine did not have a drinking problem. Socioeconomic circumstances can change the approach and behavior people have regarding substance abuse. For example‚ my cultural climate includes a pleasant‚ urban neighborhood of ideal soccer moms and working mothers in stable careers‚ who are loving‚ caring‚ and patient
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