bitter‚ but the fruit is sweet". Being a child of Western Ukrainian immigrants I came as a first grader to this country with no knowledge of English. I have learned that the roots of education are truly bitter‚ as my parents did not make it easy for me. While my parents were mastering their new professions‚ working at night and taking classes during the day at CSU‚ I had to establish and educate myself right at the very beginning of my school years. I probably did well because by
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Is a Paralegal Associate’s Degree Worth it? A paralegal associate’s degree is an excellent academic investment for anyone interested in a legal career. However‚ this degree will mainly be useful for obtaining an entry-level position. Being a Paralegal Most paralegals obtain their associate’s degree from a local community college. Some obtain popular certifications while others go on to pursue a bachelor’s degree. However‚ bachelor and master degree programs for paralegals are very limited. A paralegal’s
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COMP 090 Respond essay # 01 / Draft # 05 May 4‚ 2011 Benefits to Being Multilingual According to Marcin Skomial in her article‚ “Village is More Global‚ Language is More Vital”‚ Agnieszka Ossolinska-Jaskowski didn’t have any work experience‚ no legal contacts‚ and didn’t have college degree but she was fluent in polish. She was hired by a law firm because they want more polish clients. After a year‚ her responsibilities increased‚ as well as her pay rate. Another example is Merari Sanchez-Vega
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About two out of a thousand children in the United States are born deaf‚ and I happen to be one of them. Being deaf is not what people think. People treat me different because of their misconceptions of my disability‚ and it is time for them to stop. I constantly have to prove that I am not as physically or mentally limited as people think I am. If I believe in myself enough‚ I can be just like everyone else. I was born deaf. When people find out‚ they assume that I am cursed. For the record
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Teacher’s notes LEVEL 2 PENGUIN READERS Teacher Support Programme The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde Act 1‚ pages 1–6 (line 8): The play begins in the sitting room of Algernon Moncrieff ’s flat in London. Algernon is expecting a visit from his aunt‚ Lady Bracknell. Before she arrives‚ his friend‚ Jack Worthing‚ visits him. Jack declares that he intends to marry Lady Bracknell’s daughter‚ Gwendolen. Algernon points out that Jack has overlooked the problem with another girl called
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The Injustices of being a Mexican [ September 12‚ 2010 ] The injustices of being a Mexican Throughout the course of history‚ United States has been home to millions of immigrants from every country in the world. In particular‚ Latino immigrants are the highest number of immigrants presently in the United States. Latino and African-American immigrants‚have suffered the most injustices than any other culture. Injustices‚ that comes from every type
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Americans. Being homeless means having nowhere to turn to‚ no shelter‚ and completely living on the streets. Many people walk by and completely ignore the homeless like a stray dog‚ loose on the streets. Being homeless does not make someone less than a regular human being.Homelessness is a shock to many because it depicts a human being just like us and our own society lacking the necessities we take for granted. First of all‚ who are the homeless? How did they get where they are? Being homeless
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The Fear of Being Judged As I was reading Shelia Bender’s‚ “The Art of the Personal Essay: How to Turn a Nagging Question or a Troubling Experience into Entertaining and Insightful Writing”‚ I could not help but think that some of the fears Bender mentioned applied to instances and experiences that happened in my life as well. One of the many fears mentioned that personal-essay writers face‚ stood out especially to me. This fear was to “affirm that hunger for self-knowledge drives them to write
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Title The biggest challenges of being an immigrant is knowing the language of the country that you are in‚ trying to communicate with people and getting bullied. It is really hard for an immigrant coming to america to learn english and especially speak english. Like in many languages from Asia there are seriant ways to pronounce a word and if you pronounce that word in a different way it could have a whole different meaning. Another reason why it is very challenging for an immigrant speaking and
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