I am my father’s daughter and my mother’s child. I was born and raised in Montebello‚ California. In 2000 it was still hard on the economy‚ it put me in a place most kids wouldn’t have been in and for a family of 6‚ and it made it much harder. I am the 4th child of 6‚ and perhaps the most affected one. The way I grew up has made me the young lady I am today. When I was younger‚ I used to be oblivious to the world‚ just as any other child. The first time I noticed the hardship my parents went through
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“I Am Sam” is about a man named Sam Dawson who has the mental capacity of a child. He works at a Starbucks and had a daughter named Lucy with a homeless woman who abandoned the two the moment they left the hospital and Sam is left to take care of Lucy all on his own. Sam is shown to be doing a proficient job of taking care of her as she grows with the help of his friends but as she reaches age 7‚ Sam’s limitations start to become a problem. At school Lucy intentionally holds back to avoid looking
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“Am I Blue?” In the essay‚ “Am I Blue?” from Living by the Word in 1986 by Alice Walker‚ Walker explains how animals can display similar emotions to that of humans. She brings attention to her readers on how to understand that an animal can experience the same emotions as humans do. Walker compares her emotions to a horse by the name of Blue. Feeling ‘blue’ is also known as feeling sad‚ which is one of the emotions Walker recognizes in Blue. Walker tells a story of how this horse goes through an
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Female rights play a big role in the novel “I am Malala”‚ by Malala. The story tells and goes through the struggles of a female education in a third world country. The problem with jobs that females want and what they need to do for their country. Also just rights in general as Malala struggles to get something we take very lightly‚ an education. This is Malala‚ and here you have her story. Inside Malala’s story there is a friend called Moniba‚ who happens to be Malala’s best friend. Moniba wants
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What are my career field goals and aspirations? Where do I see myself in five years? Well‚ one of my biggest career field goals would have to be owning my own successful performance automotive shop as well as building cars and restoring classics. In five years I see myself a college graduate‚ starting a family and getting my business up and running. Being only 19‚ many may think that having my own business at 24 is a bit far fetched but I always set challenging goals for myself because you nothing
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‘How Sustainable Am I’ Sustainable Development is a "hot" topic these days and sustainable related change is all around us. Many people struggle though with the question on "how can I make a change to improve the health of our planet?" Our society is clearly in a new state of thinking with respect to the important topic of sustainability and I like to believe that I ’m playing my role‚ but how sustainable am I really? In order to answer that question it obviously is crucial to first clearly
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A person whom I like most Everyone has someone special. I also have a special person. If someone asked me right now who is the most important person in my life‚ I would say it’s my brother. He is always there for me when I need. There are many reasons for I like him most. First of all‚ I like his personality‚ behave and manner and atituted.He has a great personality to bear with him. He is a 35 years old and 6”feet tall with a good health. He is a very well behaved and co-operative with everyone
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Hollywood‚ amazingly out of this world‚ and when I say out of this world‚ I mean it. Whether we realize it or not‚ Hollywood can sometimes be seen as an artificial way of life and in the movie I Am Sam‚ Hollywood is extremely helpful in the way we portray individuals with an intellectual disorder. To begin‚ I Am Sam is a 2001 movie that portrays Sam Dawson‚ a Starbucks worker with the mental capacity of a seven year old. In the beginning of the movie‚ he has a daughter with a homeless woman whom
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119). This is what Malala believes in‚ she believes that everyone should have an education. In I am Malala she told her story to make her dream come true she is still working on that dream today. I am Malala was a great book And we all want more. We want to know what she’s doing today and what she’s still doing to get an education for everyone around the world. In this book you will be able to see I am Malala in a whole different way than you did before. Chapter one talks about her dad and how he
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Daniella Han 5S2 End you essay with “I learn to be a better person.” I screamed hysterically while clutching my stomach after we exit the school hall. It was such a scene as she was called up onto the stage and was accused of stealing people’s belonging out of their bags or in their table’s drawer‚ in front of the whole school. For the last few days‚ people’s belonging had been mysterically dissapear out of their every place they could possibly have been in. Of course‚ no one knew
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