To study in the Dominican Republic was difficult for me. Transferring to a university outside of my country is the best decision I can make given the circumstances. Achieving my goals and getting my bachelor’s degree us very important to me. High school and college on the island were very difficult due to my lack of self-acceptance and all my anxiety. Living in a religious small city like Santo Domingo‚ being a catholic myself‚ and having parents involved in politics and public administration had
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The summer before my senior I was in the Dominican Republic and had the opportunity to shadow an OB/GYN and watch as he delivered a baby. It has always been my dream to become an OB/GYN and I was about to watch my first birth. My uncle who is a pediatrician set me up with this opportunity. I arrived at the hospital and was quickly prepped and rushed into the delivery room as there was already a woman in labor. The room was full of nurses‚ student doctors and of course the obstetrician. After
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I am a eighteen year old female. I am mixed. I was born in MD. My mother is from El Salvador‚ and my father is from Dominican Republic. I’ve visited Dominican Republic a lot‚ but I haven’t visited El Salvador ever since I was about two years old. I’ve lived in Hyattsville‚MD for most of my life‚ and it’s actually very urban. I live in a house hold of five: me‚ my two sisters‚ my mom and my dad. My baby sister is four‚ and my other little sister is ten. I remember when I was the only child
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far the best scenery. After our plan landed and we got off‚ the first thing I felt was the hot‚ humid air hit my face. Unluckily I was wearing jeans and a sweater because it was fall in Ohio. We were greeted with friendly faces welcoming us to Dominican Republic. We were on the bumpy dirt road‚ heading to our hotel. We passed some run down houses and stores. Kids were walking outside half clothed or even naked‚ staring at us with their begging eyes. It was almost a hundred degrees there when we arrived
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In the time of the butterflies summary chapters 5-8 Chapter 5 Back in the present (1994)‚ Dede considers how Fela‚ their longtime servant‚ thinks that she is possessed by the spirits of the dead Mirabal sisters. She had accidentally come across Fela’s shrine to the girls one Friday in the shed behind the house. She had ordered Fela to move the shrine‚ but Minou scolded her for being intolerant. Minou often stops at the shrine‚ which is now down the street. She asks Dede where Lio Morales now lives
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and apply to the cheating culture Danny Almonte was the perfect-game pitcher of the Little League World Series in 2001. Media attention was constant to the young boy‚ even more so when it was discovered that Danny’s father‚ Felipe Almonte‚ a Dominican Republic immigrant‚ had falsified his son’s date of birth‚ naming him to be twelve years of age when in reality he was fourteen. Although there’s little way to justify this
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our brains and it can be a good or bad memory depending on the person. Fortunately for me most of the smells that strike memories for me are very good. The memory that strikes me most when I get a certain smell is the feeling of being in the Dominican Republic. Whenever I get the sweet scent of a pineapple I just lay back and think about our vacation when my family and I went to the Caribbean. That sweet smell of a freshly cut pineapple is so sweet you can almost taste it even before
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D’Anna Massey American Literature I.T.O.B. February 12‚ 2014 In The Time of Minerva Mirabal In my tenth grade literature class this year I had the opportunity to read a book that I had never thought about reading. To my surprise‚ once I started reading I couldn’t stop. The book was titled‚ “In The Time of The Butterflies.” This book spoke of four sisters who were just trying to survive. One of the sisters‚ however‚ decided she wouldn’t just survive‚ she would fight. This young woman was
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Celebration of Feast of Saint Dominic "St. Dominic‚ Man of Compassion" serves as the theme of this year celebration of the Feast of St. Dominic from August 1-7‚ 2012 and the program held on August 14 of the same year at Pilgrims Center. The celebration started from August 1-3‚ by the three-day prayer or the tridum attributed for St. Dominic. The different contests like the poster making held on August 6 while the quiz bee and poem composition was conducted on the next day
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Select what you think were the three most important differences between Kalinago and Taino society? The Tainos and Kalinagos were two different Amerindian groups which inhabited the islands of the Caribbean. The Tainos lived in the islands of the Greater Antilles (Cuba‚ Jamaica‚ Puerto Rico‚ Hispaniola‚ and the Bahamas)‚ while the Kalinagos lived in the Lesser Antilles (Grenada‚ St. Vincent‚ St. Lucia etc.). Although the Tainos and the Kalinagos were Amerindians‚ they had differences and
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