(Required) Throughout high school‚ I had always envisioned myself in attending Texas A&M. There are still some extra steps I need to take but I know what my goals are and I’m going to do whatever it takes to achieve them. I know it’s not going to be simple but not impossible. My parents came to this country to work hard and better their lives for my brothers and me. My dad works too hard seven days a week and I look at how tired he is all the time. I want to be able to go to school‚ pursue my dreams‚ obtain
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party‚ when I made the decision to attend college. She asked me that day‚” Mija‚ are you going to college?” At first I hesitated‚ “Si” . Then she told me‚ “Are you sure because that is exactly what your older sister said and she ended up pregnant.” After hearing those words‚ I knew for sure I wanted to be the first in my family to attend college. I wanted to prove her what I said I meant it and was going to make it come true. A situation where I showed grit and persevered was when I made the decision
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“I am lucky that I am here‚ step by step‚ achieving my dream. I am lucky that I can go to college. I am lucky that I had the opportunity to reach my dream.” These were the words that came to my mind when I found out that I was granted a scholarship. Whenever me and my family visit my relatives in the Philippines‚ I feel saddened by the lack of opportunity for my cousins‚ and for the youth. Instead of going to college‚ they are working under the sun‚ harvesting fruits and vegetables to earn money
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I had been only 13 when I decided I wanted to make money. That was an easy thing to do‚ as all young teenagers have desires for things‚ and money is mandatory to buy such things. It was especially easy for me to decide this as I could see my family was struggling. But deciding you have the want for money‚ even if you have the will to work for it‚ and actually feeling the cold hard cash in your hands are two very different matters. I should really start this story with my first job‚ teaching guitar
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“Getting along with folks” By: Steven Watson People go out their way to despise‚ judge‚ and put down other people because of their appearance. A person’s appearance is just about the only thing that makes us different. White‚ black‚ Asian‚ Latin‚ native/ aboriginal‚ etc.‚ it shouldn’t be that big of a deal to truly bother someone to do the terrible things that have been done. This is called racism. It has plagued our world and our minds since the beginning of time. Separated‚ not united. But
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My childhood was hard and strict. I was the fourth of the five children my parents had‚ and my life pretty much was the day to day survival of a growing boy. My parents provided food for us‚ anything else we needed had to be provided by ourselves. No mistake was gone unpunished. My dad made sure of it. We always get spanked when we miss even a single one of our five daily prayers‚ so one is always certain of being in deep trouble when a rule is broken. I was fifteen and in my final year in middle
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Why I Decided To Go To College Daniel Duckett-Pope Dr. Gordon Theisen ENG 90 Writing Fundamentals (Online) 10/25/012 I have several different reasons why I decided to go college. One reason why I decided to go to school is to seek a higher education level. I graduated from high school in June of 2011 which was way behind the time that I was originally suppose to graduate. I wanted to keep my learning fresh but‚ I ran into to some personal
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In 2003 a year before I was born my parents had went to Hawaii. They always told me stories about how it was a family tradition. My mom would tell me about how the waves were so enormous and bold and how they would crash into the water and disappear. Before my parents separated I told my parents that I would go to Hawaii as to keep the tradition are family tree had made. Now that I have a chance to I will go to some of Hawaii’s main attractions. Such as…..volcanoes‚ the Blue Lagoon‚ and to see the
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Why do I want to go to RGS? There are a lot of reasons why I want to go to RGS. RGS is a great summer camp that I enjoyed spending my time at last year. This year I’m hoping it’ll be even better‚ and give me more of a challenge. I want to go to RGS because I love science!It has been my favorite since I was in elementary school. And it doesn’t hurt that comes easily to me. Science excites me. Doing science experiments is a fun hobby of mine. Thinking of what I might discover during the process overflows
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I was born and raised in a third-world country: Ethiopia. Even though Ethiopia is mainly known for her poverty and destitution‚ my life there was not that bad. Since my dad has lived in the USA since long before I arrived‚ I was able to go to private school in Ethiopia and get a good education. I came to the USA when I was fourteen years old. Nothing was as easy as I thought it would be. New country‚ new language‚ new home‚ new school‚ new friends: everything was new for me. Being a high school student
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