As a child I have always been clearly informed that I am Hispanic‚ my parents make sure that I’m not ashamed of my background and that I’m informed of where I came from. Because I was so young I didn’t know much about the subject‚ but I now clearly understand how lucky I am to be born in America and to be so lucky to live in the conditions I live in today. Now that I have gotten older and comprehend life easily I finally understand what it meant for my parents to be immigrants. One day I built enough
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The outsider There are few times in my life when I constantly felt like an outsider. Many of these were in a time in my life when I was going through a lot along with you never fitting in. When you’re new to a school or you’re not like everyone else it can really put a damper on whether or not you may fit in. At a young age I was taught that you can’t please everyone and this is very true in the world we live in. This makes everything harder the older an individual gets because it seems no matter
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It was the time when Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump were candidates for the election of the president. When I came to the US for the first time it was like I am blind and could not see anytime because I was new to all the roads that were going we our road‚ on top of us‚ etc. In the the US they use to say that if you don’t know how to drive then you are without legs‚ if you don’t know the roads then you are blind‚ if you don’t know English then you are dumb. When I came to the US I knew how to speak
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When I was born in the US I took on the title of being my families first generation American; something I wouldn’t realise the significance of until much later in my life. Even as I was born in the US I still feel as British as tea and crumpets. Sunday wasn’t spent watching NFL games‚ but was instead spent watching British Premier League games. But with sunday soccer and 4th of July parties‚ I have grown to embrace both sides of who I truly am. “Wait so if you’re british‚ why don’t you have an
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A TIME WHEN I RAN AWAY I’ve had enough of my life. Everybody at school jeers at me and constantly bullies me. Even the teachers pick on me‚ because I’m not exactly the brightest student. Everyday I go home battered and bruised yet my parents still don’t take a second look at me. I may be shy‚ but I’m also mysterious‚ curious and after some thought‚ and quite a lot of beatings‚ I decided to try something new‚ to run away from home. I’ve been travelling for ages now‚ with no insight of where I’m
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Growing up in Mexico This is my story of when I was a little girl in Mexico. When I was growing up it was very different from now. I grew up in a big city. Today‚ there is a lot of smog and crimes. I only remember the good things though. Like‚ the house we grew up in‚ the tacos we woud eat every morning before school and my grandfather. My memories at five years old are very few. I remember my mom cooking and cleaning our house. We used
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I started my period sometime after Christmas on a Sunday morning when I was in seventh grade‚ (I only know it was after Christmas because I ruined the skirt we had bought me for my Christmas outfit from Limited Too‚ I was SO MAD). I remember being in the middle of my Sunday school class and thinking that I must have peed myself on accident‚ getting up after the class was over going to the bathroom and freaking out about blood being every where. I put a pad on that my mom encouraged me to carry in
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I came to the United States to bond with my father’s family and to learn English. When I arrived the differences were many‚ but gradually I learned to acclimate into the American culture. What distinguishes me from other candidates applying for admissions at the University is what Spanish traditions I can bring to the American experience. In Spain the crucial ingredients of my upbringing were the rituals of the Roman Catholic tradition and soccer. Everything and I mean everything rotated around
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I came to the United States eight years ago when I was 11 years old. I had to learn how to read‚ write‚ and speak all over again. I thought I would never learn English‚ and that I would never be a good student again like I was in Mexico. When I first arrived in the United States‚ attending college was a dream that seemed unattainable. Even though I felt scared‚ I learned that all the effort put towards school is worth it. I felt that if you work hard‚ you can conquer any obstacle life throws at you
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about‚ “The sidewalk racer”‚ “When I Read”‚ & Z for Zachariah‚ in these paragraphs.There are similarities & differences in the way the characters view being alone. One‚ in the 1st poem‚ “ The Sidewalk Racer‚” the author addresses the meaning of being alone by writing about someone who is riding a skateboard. In the poem the speaker says‚ “ I’m the one & only single human automobile.” The author is comparing himself to make it feel like the author is the only car. I think the author could be very
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