Growing up in the Deer Run area I detested wilderness. I went to an elementals school by the name of Pete Gallego; it is located on the outskirts of Eagle Pass and we didn’t have to go far to see vast wilderness. To the students of Pete Gallego Elementary‚ wilderness was a barren wasteland that only homed rattlesnakes and hares. We saw it every day at recess; there were mesquite trees‚ more mesquite tree and believe it or not a few hundred more mesquite trees. They weren’t even the green ones; they
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neighborhood‚ Jackson Heights conjures up visions of an up and coming neighborhood in Queens known as a true melting pot of different cultures. My family is no exception. Being from a first-generation immigrant family‚ I have witnessed poverty firsthand as nine of my family members‚ including myself tried to live comfortably with just as much room as sardines in a pack. It all started with a family getaway‚ I thought I had known what living in poverty feels like growing up in Jackson Heights. However
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There were some sad days for me when I was growing up. Because I was born with a handicap that’s what they called it in my day. I was born with a club foot‚ which meant the bone in my right leg was broken during the time my mother carried me. And the doctors had to do surgery on me when I was 10 months old. I was told that the doctors had to fix the broken bone in my right leg. I still have the scar. As I begin to walk‚ I walked on my toes. I walked this way until the second surgery when I was about
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Growing up‚ I’ve had a hard time being socially active. I was the shy girl that everyone knew. Although being shy was my only way of being safe from others. I trusted only the people in my family. The reason for my shyness’ is: I didn’t trust people to not make fun of me‚ my birth father and his family didn’t like me‚ but I did trust my stepfather. My stepfather‚ has been my father since I was 3 years old‚ I call him dad and my birthfather I don’t call him anything since he’s never allowed to see
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Working Mom or Stay-at-Home Mom For decades women have chosen to be a stay-at-home mom and raise their children‚ it has been in some cases a decision received with dismay by some. Whether the choice was plan‚ a divorce or becoming a widow‚ it has been and still is one that many women have made and are very proud they did. In the article “The Satisfactions of Housewifery and Motherhood / Paradise Lost (Domestic Division)‚” by Terry Martin Hekker‚ she talks about herself and how other people viewed
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Growing Up “Lawyers‚ I suppose‚ were children once.” – Charles Lamb This quote is in the beginning of the book‚ after the dedication. Charles Lamb was a children’s author and essayist. The quote shows one of the focuses in the book is‚ lawyers‚ and the other being children. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ written by Harper Lee‚ as the characters of the novel progress from childhood to adulthood‚ they are exposed to more things that they may not have been able to understand before‚ gain maturity
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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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economically‚ politically and receiving proper health treatment. A lot of families disown their children because of this‚ but fortunately a little girl named Malisa and a boy names Jacob had a smooth transition. According to the video‚ "Malisa’s Story: Growing up Transgender"‚ born a little boy who is now named Malisa "did not feel like she was in the right body" and luckily having supportive parents‚ she can finally be who she truly was; a girl. At eight years old they made the transition; not medically
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Ashley ENG 032- CL2 Essay 3- What is significant to you? 4/3 My Mom Each and every one of us considers one important person that has made a huge impact in our lives. Some of us consider our mother‚ father‚ grandmother‚ grandfather‚ best friend‚ husband‚ and wife as the most significant individual in our lives. Although this may look cliché‚ I consider my mother as the most important person in my life. Based on Wikipedia‚ a mother is the biological and social female parent of a child
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Growing up the melanin in my skin had always been darker. As a child you start to pick out the differences but you never think anything of it until those differneces are coated with the venom of hatred. When they start dripping out of someone’s mmout I was always told to appreciate the skin that I had although as I got older it seemed to be harder to do. Society seemed to define beauty as being lighter and I was not in that category. My hair thick & "nappy"‚ my lips full‚nose wide. I couldn’t find
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