new life and have more opportunities. I am especially lucky because I was born in America with many opportunities to achieve success. On both of my family sides‚ my ancestors escaped big life struggles to come to America and start better lives. My mom was born into the Ormiston Family‚ her great‚ great grandmother lived in Ireland for many years. But in 1848‚ Her family fled to America due to the lack of food and work. During the time they left‚ the 1845 Potato famine was ruining many Irish lives
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Compare & Contrast Essay The poem‚ “To a Daughter Leaving Home”‚ by Linda Pastan‚ depicts the scene of a mother teaching her little girl to ride a bike at the age of eight and watching her master it. Yvor Winter’s “At the San Francisco Airport" is about a father reminiscing about the memory of his daughter growing up and leaving him at the airport. Both these poems speak of the much dreaded time in a parent’s life where their daughter’s grow up and leave their homes. Although the poems appear
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can’t believe the writer left for Mexico without attempting to meet Jerry’s pretend mom. “I decided that I should not leave the mountains without seeing her and knowing for myself why she had done this thing.” When the writer said this‚ I thought she would follow through. Jerry is a perfect boy with no problems‚ how would his mom and the writer reject him? The writer is confused how Jerry still receives gifts from his mom‚ like the skates he got for Christmas. Why would someone forsake Jerry‚ but still
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“It’s wrong‚ it’s all wrong!” Have you ever tried your hardest at something‚ but you’re the outcome wasn’t what you wanted? Even though you may have not gotten the results you wanted your still proud because you did your best. Growing up without a mom has taught me how to work hard‚ be independent‚ and be proud of my work even if the outcome isn’t what I wanted. I can remember one of the first times I tried really hard but i didn’t get the out come I wanted. It was the end of the first quarter in
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Smart Phones: Windows vs. Android With time‚ phones have changed drastically. First from the house phone to the “brick phone‚” flip phone and now touch screen. Not too long ago Google and Microsoft Windows created smart phones that were really similar to the Apple iPhone‚ which was the phone that achieved better management of apps—BlackBerry being the first to launch phone applications. These smart phones are called Android and Windows Phone 7 which differ a lot from each other. When someone is seeking
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Relieving Body Ailments for Busy Moms Giving birth is one of the most epiphanic moments in the life of a woman. It marks the beginning of a new phase in a person’s life packed with daily adventures‚ priceless moments‚ and lots of panics. This experience can be very overwhelming‚ especially for first-time mothers‚ therefore making care for their postpartum bodies hard and overlooked. Whether you are a working mom‚ or a stay-at-home one‚ taking care of your child’s needs often takes up most of your
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My mom‚ Gaby Hernandez‚ was born in April 1972‚ in a little calm and close-knit village named El Uncidero in Zacatecas‚ Mexico. She came for first time to the United States in July 1978 by paying a coyote (person who leads others across the border). After leaving about two years later‚ she came back permanently to the United States in January 1991. Once she had came back to the United States for the second time‚ she was more mature and was seeking for a better future for herself. The village was
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relationships we will ever have. That being said‚ we get to see two different relationships in the memoir Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom by Amy Chua and the novel The Joy Luck Club By Amy Tan. In the memoir‚ Chua’s tone is portrayed as a stressed mom‚ and Tan’s tone in the novel is expressed as resentful child. In the excerpt from “The Violin” in Amy Chua’s Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom. Amy Chua shows us her struggle to balance her equilibrium between calm and frustrated while her daughter is practicing her
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When I was a little girl‚ a hero meant having super powers and saving the world from villains as I saw in movies like Batman‚ Superman‚ and pretty much every superhero movie. As I grew up‚ I started realizing that being a hero meant more than that. It takes courage‚ strength‚ and bravery to do half the tasks those characters did in the movies. I honestly think the one person that comes closest to a hero would be my own mother. Not only does she exemplify the numerous amount of traits it takes to
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My mom was born and raised in the Philippines. She considered herself and her family as working class. She grew up with her parents and nine brothers and sisters. My mom described her childhood home as small. The house was made out of bamboo. There were only two rooms with no flooring and had iron sheets as the roof. All of the girls had to sleep in one room. My mom and her siblings went to the same public elementary school. There was no junior high school at the time‚ so they all went to high school
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