many hardships in my life. When my parents divorced‚ my grandpa died. Also at this point‚ my mom and dad started fighting for custody of me. All of those events occurred within one calendar year. In addition‚ I assimilate all of those experiences‚ I learn and there are many things to be delighted about‚ nevertheless you have to go through those experiences to get to what I been though. I reckon that all experience is make me unique I have a strong emotional a better look at life I learned to find
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In basketball‚ always dribble with your head up. No‚ this is not something I learned from one of my coaches or any of my teammates. This is one of the many lessons I learned from a young African refugee. It began on a snowy day‚ peering through my frost bitten window at the basketball hoop across the street. Amongst the falling snow there was someone I had never seen before with a basketball in his hand and a smile wider than I thought the blistering cold would allow. At first‚ I was hesitant to
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spend all of my life even until today. Being born and raised in a suburb like Plano I did not learn a lot of skills that my mother had learned while she grew up. My mother grew up in a small town north of Plano called Whitewright‚ Texas. She was raised riding horses with her friends‚ exploring the vast amount of land‚ and spending time with everyone that she knew. My mother and I were raised completely differently and I was always curious about her childhood. The rest of my family stayed
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addiction. All I hear on the news is how San Bernardino has a negative reputation such as having infamous teachers who don’t seem to have respect for their students. Aside from all the comments‚ whether having teachers or having students who make the city feel unsafe. There are always opportunities around. I come from a Hispanic family and will be the first to graduate and attend college. I was blessed to have both of my parents‚ neither being addicted to drugs
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I was thrilled when Opa presented me with a college fund on my thirteenth birthday. It had two hundred dollars deposited in it and was‚ by one hundred and seventy five dollars‚ the most generous present that day. It was later in the week when my mother revealed to me that only after my eighteenth birthday could I put my hands on my grandfathers’ gift and was to be used exclusively for the payment of my college studies‚ something unappealing to a thirteen year old. I was disillusioned that moment
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As the time for my new journey in college arrives‚ I plan to participate in as many activities as possible. After my four years in high school‚ I’ve realized time truly does pass by in the blink of an eye. I know that by joining clubs and playing sports I will be enjoying my time before they become memories. I want to grasp the opportunities and enjoy them just like I did with soccer You would figure that after playing soccer for 8 years on a soccer team I would be an amazing athlete. The reality
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would be good for me to get over my past. As I looked around‚ I remembered back to when the station was full of soldiers going off to the war. The bombing had clearly taken its toll on the city. It had been nearly a year since the end of the war and many factories were still damaged. I had become so
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Elizabeth. Loachamin 06 February 2013 Movies are one of my favorite hobbies. Each film has its own beauty and meaning‚ it’s really hard for me to pick one to be the movie that I enjoy the most. However‚ according to some films I have recently watched‚ ‘the pursuit of happiness’ which has great influence on me‚ the beauty of a relationship between father and his son is what interest me the most. ‘The pursuit of happiness’ tell us the story of a father and his son after a failed investment
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Blanca‚ my mother. That is who I admire the most and she believes in me when I don’t believe in myself at times. She always tells me “You must go through the rain if you want to see the rainbow”. When I was trapped in a situation where I am ready to give up and throw everything away‚ I always remember that quote my mother tells me. She thought me how to fight through the struggle and to chase my dreams no matter what it takes hard work always pays off. At the age of 10 I watched my dad get on an
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Gender effects on my career: It seems that many jobs in the computing industry suffers the same gender distributions as the science‚ technology‚ engineering‚ and mathematics fields. It has been shown that the environment of a child growing up can influence their decisions in the future‚ which includes their occupation. It can be argued that as a male‚ the experiences with my family‚ friends‚ and community has lead me to pursue computing as an occupation today‚ and as a female could have resulted
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