‘If I’d known‚ I wouldn’t have come’ The importance of information in the migratory experience Diana Mata-Codesal Final Paper January 2006 Brighton‚ United Kingdom “If I´d known‚ I wouldn´t ha ve come” Table of Contents 1. Introduction ............................................................................................ 2 2. Literature dealing with information ........................................................ 3 3. Migrants´ networks ............................................
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I AM PERSISTENT By: Princess Jones October 4‚ 2012 2A In the video of Lance Armstrong‚ a cancer survivor and seven time Tour de France winner‚ a question is asked‚ “Who says we can’t do it?” Lance Armstrong replied‚ “You may only get one chance‚ so go for it!” Whenever I make reference to Lance Armstrong‚ the word persistent comes to mind. He embodies a persistent characteristic‚ and that’s the word I use to describe myself. To me‚ the quote is saying‚ you may only have one chance to
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“I Have a Dream” Big city‚ bright lights‚ loud noise are all a small town girl like me dream about. Being born in a small town and living in the country most of my life I never had a chance to see what the big cities were like other than on vacations. Although‚ it was like biting into a piece of my favorite pie and then throwing it away‚ in other words going on vacation to places like New York and having to come back to the country was a tease. I appreciate where I come from though. It has its
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instead rolling onto foam mat. I was at the VEX Robotics State Championships‚ standing next to the arena and waiting for the final round to start. My hands gripped the controller nervously as the referee approached. “And … BEGIN.” Four robots raced forward all at once‚ desperately trying to score in the goals. I leaned forward‚ my fingers gliding over the joysticks‚ hearing the roar of the crowd and screech of our motors as they were strained beyond their limits. As I put the last ball in‚ the timer
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“I believe in love “ When I was growing up‚ through all these years‚ I’ve seen many different people fall in and out of love. My mom and other family members have gone through many relationships with people; some work out and some don’t. I’ve always wondered what it feels like to actually be in a real relationship with another. As a little girl‚ I always thought love was weird and dumb; but now‚ seeing my grandma lose the one she loved so dearly for almost 40 years‚ I noticed‚ that love can be
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The party I will never remember Maybe it wasn’t the right hour for setting out‚ the sun too blazing or too uncertain. Maybe it was a road that belonged to another‚ never really yours. The rays pieced the veil which was my room‚ my eyes burned from the light streaming through the blinds. I felt my surroundings warp around me; I could feel the wetness beneath of the previous night’s events. Unfortunately I had vomited on myself in my drunken endeavours‚ my ears rang‚ and my head spun‚ I could possibly
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I have a dream I have a very interesting dream. I dream to be a man. When I was a little girl in the countryside‚ I was told to do all kinds of housework‚ cooking‚ washing and cleaning. One time‚ when I was washing clothes for my elder brother‚ I asked my mother: “mum‚ brother never does any housework‚ can’t he even wash his own clothes?” Mum patted me affectionately on the head and said: “well‚ you’re a girl‚ dear‚ we should serve the men.” “But why? Are girls inferior to the boys?” Just at that
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If I Were A President… If I were to become President of the United States of America I would change some things that are hurting America and keep other stuff that are helping our country become stronger. The central points that I would focus on would be the military‚ the economy‚ education‚ homeland security and the poor. Those main points have pros and cons‚ as a president I would minimize the cons and up bring the pros. As a president some of the policies will change and some will stay the
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Crisly Barcega I know I will scrape through in being a nurse. When I was looking into career options‚ nursing attracted my attention for a variety of reasons. You could go anywhere‚ work with adults‚ children‚ in public health‚ prisons‚ physicians offices‚ schools‚ factories‚ and were only limited by your level of education‚ I found that nursing could be what ever I would want to make it. People need nurses in all aspects of life and if I were to ever feel "expended out" in one area‚ I could educate
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If I won the lottery this would be the best feeling ever but it may also be very challenging as well. Winning the lottery would change everything completely. It would change the way I look‚ walk‚ and even talk. If I won the lottery the challenges that I know I would face are my friends becoming my enemies‚ I wouldn’t be able to receive no benefits or help from the state‚ and materialistic things that I would not need in my life. First‚ my friends becoming my enemies because your friends
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