Initially‚ growing up being African has always been a problem for me‚ too many people has always perceived African people and their cultural ways as indifferent‚ but that’s not the case. The inane comments that I use to receive from my peers because of the way that I spoke‚ the music that I listen to‚ and my true identity as an African really made me love and embrace my African heritage even more. I was in the second grade and it was my first day of school in the United States and most people just
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My responsibility to being an American citizen is two have a job and fix cars. Fixing cars is a major job and I don’t think that someone should do a half job on it because if you don’t have a car that’s properly running it could potentially mess up and injure people even yourself and others around you. One thing I think is a responsibility of being an American citizen is to have a job. Because if we all have jobs no one will be going hungry‚ there will be more responsible citizens and I think less
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower Rough Draft School can seem like a blood bath‚ and jumping in from the coziness of middle school to the dog eat dog world of high school can seem terrifying. It definitely is for the introverted and socially awkward Charlie‚ who must navigate through his freshman year of high school. Yet he gets help from his amazing new best friends Patrick and Sam. Charlie experiences many of his firsts‚ facing head-on the struggles and effects of drug abuse‚ teen pregnancy‚ suicide
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The Perks of Being A Wallflower was written in 1999 by Stephen Chbosky for the publishers of MTV Books. The particular edition I read has 256 pages and is considered an epistolary novel‚ meaning it is composed of documents such as letters. In this case the letters are written by the narrator to a friend. The story takes place in a Pittsburg suburb in the early 1990s. Charlie the protagonist is a freshman in high school and is struggling with his adolescence. He begins to write these anonymous letters
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Responsibility in Being Successful In College The American Dream is to be successful in life and raise a family without having to worry about money‚ health‚ or freedom. But what is the most important step to accomplishing that goal‚ especially in today’s society‚ being successful in college. Of course‚ there are examples of people who have become very successful without the need of college‚ but the easy way to success is by going to college and being personally responsible for your success. It
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The novel The outsiders is about stereotyping and how people’s beliefs about groups of people lead to some very bad things happening. In the beginning Bob‚ Ponyboy‚ and Johnny were walking all bad around the block. They each have different personalities. Bob is this guy who thinks he’s all bad and could do anything he wants. Bob doesn’t like kids at all‚ he thinks they are annoying and selfish. Now they didn’t say anything about that in the novel. Ponyboy is this really nice guy who cares about his
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Being smart sucks. Being smart is literally the worst thing ever. Ok not the worst thing‚ but it’s pretty close. Alright so it’s actually very near the bottom of the list when it comes to a world-wide consideration of injustices. But still‚ being smart sucks. The thing about being smart is that‚ often‚ everyone knows you’re smart. And when everyone knows you’re smart‚ you’re expected to continue to be smart. You are suddenly everyone else’s benchmark so when you have any sort of off day‚
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Before arriving to college I must declare that I thought being Hispanic or Latino did not matter in any way. Everything changed the moment people display interest about my origins‚ culture‚ and roots that I somehow began to embrace it. My experience being Latino in this country has made me more aware of how different people can be when they come from distinct nations‚ cultures‚ and ethnic groups. I think because we‚ Latinos‚ are often the target of degrading and limiting stereotypes and misrepresentation
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Ever wonder if twins had twin telephony? Why being a twin suck. People always comment‚your parents think they need to be equal and people always have the same question. First people always feel the need to comment and of the time‚scratch that all of the time it’s the same old comments here’s just a few of them. You guys can read eachother’s minds right‚the answer is no.Shouldn’t you guys look alike‚maybe it’s because we’re not identical‚ were fraternal.Do you guys finish eachother’s sentences‚sometimes
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The Curse of Being First As a child Thursday nights were my favorite. My nana‚ my family‚ and our uncle’s family gathered for our traditional dinner‚ consisting of undercooked pasta and old ‘Jeopardy’ reruns. Our family would sit on the floor draped in blankets‚ huddle around the small TV in the living room‚ and surround ourselves with space heaters. While the adults spent the evening passively watching and talking‚ us kids pretended to be contestants on Jeopardy; shouting out wrong answers (as
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