I‚ Too‚ Am America by kooshla America‚ the melting pot of the world‚ and yet its different races have so much trouble melding together. According to statistics‚ in all probability‚ I have a higher chance than any other race teenager of not graduating from high school. By stereotype‚ all I do is eat fried chicken‚ sell drugs‚ and play basketball. In society‚ I might work twice as hard as the next man and not get the promotion. I am a part of the percentage who chooses to defy the probability
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“Who is Malala?” That was the question that was last asked before she was shot on the fateful day of October 9th‚ 2012. I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban is an autobiography written by Malala Yousafzai‚ with the help of Christina Lamb‚ that depicts her life under the rule of the Taliban‚ an Islamic armed insurgency‚ during which she fought for women’s right to education and other basic human rights. Women’s rights are widely ignored in Islamic countries
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I chose the movie I am Sam to challenge my own opinion on how people with disabilities should be treated under certain circumstances. I am Sam is a movie about a mentally challenged man‚ named Sam‚ striving to raise his daughter‚ Lucy‚ alone. Diagnosed with Autism‚ Sam’s intellectual capacity cannot exceed the age of 7. As we watch Lucy grow up under Sam’s roof‚ we are able to see the love they have for each other. When Lucy reaches the age of 8‚ social workers see this as an issue‚ so they place
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2010 Why I Am Attending College Why did you decide to go to college at this moment in your life? Each and every one of us possesses distinctive reasons for attending college. Many of us have reasons are completely legitimate and then there are many of us that are going for irrelevant reasons that many of us don’t comprehend or pertain to getting an education. The reasons that I am going to college are to make more money so I can have financial independence‚ be qualified for a field so I can advance
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Friday. Basketball has always been a huge part of my life and family. It has impacted me and who I am today. The sport brought my family closer together and has shaped us in ways we couldn’t have imagined. It has taught me many valuable lessons and improved a number of my characteristics. I truly believe that I wouldn’t be the person I am today if basketball wasn’t such a huge component to my life and to my family. My father introduced me to the sport when I was very young and it has stuck with me ever
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Why I Am in College College is the place to gain knowledge and having more knowledge gives you more power. I have a strong drive to go to college because I want to be rich‚ I want to make a difference‚ and I want to discover who I am. I believe that college is the first step to my success and I will take advantage of that. College is my building stone to get a degree so I can earn more money to become a billionaire. I want to use the money I earn to help my family out to thank them for raising
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and maybe the world. But he is not alone. He is surrounded by "the Infected" -- victims of the plague who have mutated into carnivorous beings who can only exist in the dark and who will devour or infect anyone or anything in their path. For three years‚ Neville has spent his days scavenging for food and supplies and faithfully sending out radio messages‚ desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. All the while‚ the Infected lurk in the shadows‚ watching Neville?s every move‚ waiting
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Since the age of five sports have been my life. I have played just about every sport; basketball‚ baseball‚ soccer‚ football‚ lacrosse‚ and hockey. There have been numerous takeaways from playing all of these sports through out my life that have shaped me to be the individual that I am today. First sport I ever played was soccer and I was more of a fan of running around the field and not giving a care in the world to the soccer ball‚ so turns out that sport was not for me. Next sport up‚ basketball
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Trinity Rein Music Appreciation "Music in My Life" Music‚ more so now than ever before‚ is a huge part of my life. As a child I always enjoyed listening to music and singing along to it‚ and growing up it was always very important to me. Music moved me in a way that I really couldn’t explain and it still does today. I consider myself a very deep and philosophical person. I’m always trying to look beyond the surface of that which I see‚ hear‚ and experience‚ and extract the true‚ hidden meaning
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Don’t I look cute with my wee cast on my arm? How could a picture from my past create such an intense reaction from me? To anyone else looking at the photograph they would see a small child that had broken her arm‚ smiling at the camera‚ little would they know I had to endure days‚ weeks‚ months‚ years of tests as a result of that arm! I will always remember how heavy and uncomfortable the cast was‚ it was as though someone had put big boulders on my arms‚ if felt as if I was carrying the weight
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