Growing up in Stockton has taught me how to relate to the challenges faced in underserved communities. My interest in medicine started during my year of service in AmeriCorps at International Community School. During the year of service‚ I have encountered several students who needed to get checkups and their physical pains evaluated but lack the resources and insurance. I am surprised in an urban setting such as the greater Atlanta area‚ how there are so many people who need to see a doctor but
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Matt Richtel’s article “Growing Up Digital‚ Wired for Distraction” displays that technology is becoming a particularly large problem among teens and young adults; it is starting to affect their grades and sleep patterns. While teens are struggling to choose between the real world and the virtual one‚ many schools are starting to integrate technology into their curriculum to hopefully engage students more. The author shows this by stating‚ “But even as some parents and educators express unease about
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childbirth and lying in the hospital bed while a mother gently cradles a baby in her arms‚ to the day a person may find himself lying six feet under; there has become an apparent process which every human must proceed through in order to truly and fully grow up. This process may be called the stages of life‚ and there are three major steps that an individual must overcome: childhood‚ college‚ and having a family. For a kid‚ having a parent or guardian is like having a shadow cast over him‚ being influenced
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Growing up with severe depression is often handed down by family genes or caused by traumatic experiences. It causes lack of communication with friends‚ family and even yourself‚ but we fight it whether to survive or surrender. When you’re three years old‚ you often don’t think or see the real world how it is. The year 2001‚ my parents decided to divorce when I was only three‚ my sister six. I didn’t understand but once I got older‚ I realized the situation since my Father had moved to Kenosha shortly
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Growing Up with Social Networks and Online Communities This article written by Paris Strom and Robert Strom tries to explain the possibility of using today’s technology‚ specifically social networks and other web based communities‚ for the development of children. It explains how changes in communication in our time had brought a shift on how children these days form friendships and communicate between them. Several questions are raised on how to use these changes to further develop the education
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Growing up in South Dakota‚ you looked forward to Sundays. I was brought up in a Lutheran Church of the Missouri Synod‚ attending Sunday School and Church on a regular basis. I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior at a young age‚ and strive every day to grow closer with God and share His word with others. I do admit‚ there was a 5-year time frame when I had lost my uncle‚ great-grandma‚ great uncle‚ and neighbor/teammate‚ when I was frustrated with Jesus Christ‚ but through prayer and readings
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as a group of men and women‚ along with their leader‚ were charged with federal hate crimes for viciously cutting the hair and beards of Amish men and women‚ Johnny Mast was inside looking out of what he now realizes was a cult. “Breakaway Amish: Growing Up with the Bergholz Beard Cutters” recently was released and now is available for purchase at Gospel Bookstore in Berlin. He appeared for a book signing at the store over the summer and will return again‚ along with some 40 other authors‚ on Nov.
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What a difference a bridge can make! I grew up in a community that one would not call diverse. Currently‚ my hometown is 97% white. Driving across a 2.4-mile bridge over the Illinois River‚ the demographics change to 62% white‚ 26% black‚ and 4.6 Asian. Among my classmates‚ there were few ethnicities other than Caucasian. I did realize this difference as a child and I was extremely interested in other cultures‚ especially when we would go on vacation. Hearing other languages and seeing new traditions
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Growing up in the United States has similarities and differences from Egypt. There differences in ethics‚ morals‚ and values. Traditional Islamic ideologies are predominant beliefs in Egypt. There is not as much religious diversity in Egypt as there is in the United States. Since the majority of Egypt has the same religious and cultural values‚ this reinforces the norms‚ attitudes‚ and stereotypes. In the United States the society holds a more egalitarian ideology. Americans have greater equality
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Overcoming Obstacles In the book‚ Growing up Chicana/o‚ written by various authors‚ the characters from each story experience many situations where stereotypes that discriminate their race make their lives much more problematic. Even though these children are knocked down‚ all of them seem to get back up and become stronger‚ more mature people. Maturity was one of the most important themes of this book. Racial stereotypes create obstacles for Chicana/o children in school or in extra curricular activities
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