Being a first-generation Filipino-American student‚ I acknowledge the sacrifices that have been made by my family to put me in a place full of endless opportunities. My family came to this country with very little on their backs‚ but they were intrigued by the timeless pursuit of the American Dream. My grandparents cemented in my mind that you must be grateful for everything that comes your way‚ and as my uncle always says‚ “You get what you get‚ thank God for it.” This mantra along with hard work
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Rose O’Neal Greenhow‚ she engaged in an affair with prevailing Northern politicians‚ utilize her daughter to send information to the Southern generals. She provided information that allowed confederate forces to win the First Battle of Bull Run. When she was a young girl‚ one of her family’s slaves murdered her father. From that point on‚ Rose O’Neal Greenhow strongly opposed the movement to abolish slavery and grant equal right to black Americans. She continue with her life to marry a wealthy Southern
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English 093 My First Car I finally saved up enough money to buy myself a car‚ so I set out to track it down. My journey started out on a spring day‚ when the trees started to grow leaves shading the sun over my house. First‚ I drove to the store to get a newspaper‚ for I had already spotted a potential lead a few weeks back. As I searched through the classified section‚ I had my fingers crossed. I immediately spotted it. Because I had saved a pile of cash through the winter‚ I could
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The First and Second Amendment When the Constitution was written‚ it was not the intent of the authors to assure human rights to its citizenry‚ it was written in order to set up a federal government that would allow the United States to be a self-governing entity‚ and to put in place a system of government that would serve the citizens of the country in the way that they saw fit. After the ratification of the Constitution in 1787‚ “people soon began to notice that it did not list many of
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The Truth about the first Thanksgiving Notes America’s origin myth about the first Thanksgiving tells us the Pilgrims were the first settlers. Landing at Plymouth Rock in 1620 “they went about the work of civilizing a hostile wilderness.” Hundreds of college students didn’t know the myth from the truth. The Spanish abandoned a settlement in 1526‚ leaving African slaves in South Carolina. Few Americans know that one third of the United States as we know it had been Spanish longer than it had
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of my fellow students standing in one of the two lines separated by the first letter of our last name‚ we would be voting for the first time for President of the United States. On the Ballot Senator Barack Obama. The loud scream that erupted at 10:00 P.M. that night after CNN projected Barack Obama to be the President-elect. The campus became a place of celebration‚ happiness‚ joy that America had chosen to elect its first black president. That what we have been told‚ that we are able to do anything
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Cognitive Competence as a Positive Youth Development Construct: A Conceptual Review Rachel C. F. Sun and Eadaoin K. P. Hui Faculty of Education‚ The University of Hong Kong‚ Hong Kong Received 3 August 2011; Accepted 1 September 2011 Academic Editor: Joav Merrick Copyright © 2012 Rachel C. F. Sun and Eadaoin K. P. Hui. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License‚ which permits unrestricted use‚ distribution‚ and reproduction in any medium‚
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First They Killed My Father First They Killed My Father demonstrates that when people live in constant fear they begin to live only for themselves. Discuss‚ the constant fear‚ which is portrayed by the Ung family‚ is one which would push any person who experienced this to only fend for themselves‚ as it is the only way to survive. Human adaptability is clearly shown in the text through Pa’s sense to become friendly with the chief and the base people‚ which is a source of procuring enough food for
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My First Camping Trip We reached Buffalo Cave after about half an hour on the bus along a quiet country road. The camping ground was a clearing about 200 metres along the cave. So it was quiet except for the sound of nature all around us. Once in a while the faint rumble of a vehicle passing by on the distant road can be heard. There were about sixty of us‚ all Kesatria Team from our campus. We were divided into ten groups which comprises six people in a group. I was in the
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begun to feel nervous and scared. It was the feeling I got when I first rode a rollercoaster my stomach began to get butterflies inside and I wasn’t relaxed at all. Josh began to speak and said: “Before three o’ clock today‚ I will teach how to ride a bike without anyone’s help”. With him telling me that it boosted my confidence level up by a little amount. Now after him telling me this he began the bike riding lesson. “ Louis the first thing to learn about riding a bike is balance‚ so put both feet
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