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    In the eyes of the Jewish‚ ghettos were the worst experience of the Holocaust‚ before all of the Jews went to the death camps. Making the Warsaw Ghetto a significant symbol of the Holocaust. Thousands of people were stuffed into tight communities and were exposed to diseases‚ starvation‚ and deportation. Children had to fend for themselves because their parents were powerless and had to stand by watch. Families in the ghettos also watched their friends and close relatives slowly disappear. To attempt

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    irresponsible and resisting growing up. Holden feels that the world is full of phonies and the only innocent ones are the children because they haven’t grown up and become “perverted”. This is essentially why Holden is trying to resist growing up‚ he doesn’t want to become a phony like everyone else School is supposed to prepare kids for the future and life in general‚ Holden hasn’t experienced this in school yet because he wants to hold onto his innocence. Rather than growing up‚ being kicked out of schools

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    Growing up in the nation’s capital provided me with a very unique upbringing. I used to despise living in Washington‚ DC. After growing up a bit I have noticed how much I love and appreciate my home city. A big part of growing up in DC is how diverse the city is. A lot of people grow up used to always seeing people of one race/ethnicity. But growing up with diversity added a lot to my character. This is because everybody‚ everywhere is different except for the huge number of places in the United

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    Growing up in an immigrant household came with many difficulties. Learning English was very easy for me because I was always in daycare but coming home was hard because I could not communicate with my parents. Trying to communicate with my parents was very difficult and frustrating. Even though it was at a young age‚ it was difficult to live in a household who only spoke Spanish. One day when I came home from daycare‚ my family realized for the first time that I could not speak or comprehend Spanish

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    When I was younger‚ my aunt always told me “nothing’s better than than fresh produce and growing up on it!” Growing up in Bath County was really different than Fort Defiance. There wasn’t any Walmarts‚ Food Lions‚ or Martin’s local‚ only stores they had were little convenience stores. Most people had to grow their own vegetables… and even have their own farm animals. Every morning‚ I would always wake up before anybody to go outside and pick out what we needed for breakfast. I would get on a chair

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    Peace - Growing Up World War II influenced the boys in A Separate Peace‚ by John Knowles‚ by making them grow and mature more quickly than they would have had there not been a war. The war made some boys stronger and readier for whatever life would bring‚ while in others it disabled them to the point that they could not handle the demands of life. The maturing influence of the war on Finny was a considerable one‚ even though it did not seem to the other boys that he was growing up at all

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    Growing up‚ I was always a daddy’s girl. Then‚ I began to transition to relying on my mother more than father when I started to notice my dad’s absents. Due to away from home military work‚ my dad missed many milestones in my life like my first leading role play‚ the first time a rode a bike‚ and my middle school graduation. Eventually‚ I realized that my dad was sacrificing his time with his family and risking his life helping make a bigger difference in the world. I learned from the stress‚ prayers

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    Ghettos are often associated with crime‚ poverty‚ and cruelty‚ but it doesn’t have to be. The real definition is a minority living in an area such as Chinatown‚ Manhattan. But‚ with our prejudice opinions‚ we have towards the inhabitants and the area we create a new definition. Instead‚ we should reform our personal definition of a ghetto and not let our behaviors or actions affect the inhabitants. “Ghetto” just means a minority inhabiting a small area‚ but the way people react to the term proves

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    Reader Response to Growing Up Asian in America Growing up Asian in America by Kesaya E. Noda deals with growing up culturally different in America. There are some important components of a culture like identity‚ beliefs‚ values‚ and dialect. These components are influenced by our family‚ friends‚ social environment‚ and the community we live in. In her essay‚ Noda talks about dealing with knowing and defining herself. She explains that there are two mindsets for her. The first one‚ inside‚ which

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    You never have to abandon your culture if you don’t want to. Hear When I was growing up as a child I was always told stories from my parents of how growing up in Mexico was‚ I heard stories of family I never knew I had‚ and of a childhood I don’t even remember. I moved to the United States when I was 4 years old therefore I honestly don’t even remember what it was to be born in Mexico‚ to grow up there. I only remember the struggle of having to learn a new language for school and hating the fact

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