Jose Arras 07/30/2013 Mrs. Cedillos English 1301 “When I was a Child” When I was in high school I had the opportunity to travel across the country and to meet people from all over the world. During this time I saw people being rejected services‚ assistance‚ and being disrespected because of the color of their skin. I was traveling to Ohio to shoot in a national competition but before getting there we had a three hour delay in Chicago. People from all over the country were walking to
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What Happened on the Day I Was Born? 1. Allie means “warrior” and Morris means “Moorish” or “dark and swarthy”. 2. Events that happened on September 26th: a. 1969 - Abbey Road‚ the last recorded album by The Beatles‚ was released b. 1981 – Baseball: Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter. c. 1997 – An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche‚ causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse. C2. Before the earthquake on
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I am a very optimistic and determined person. We’ve all heard about the girl raped‚ abused‚ or even in foster care right? Luckily‚ I was neither of the those. Although just because I have never been that girl doesn’t mean I haven’t had my own struggles and obstacles I have had to overcome. Obstacles that made me who I am. The ones that gave me my identity. My obstacles started as a baby. I was conceived when my mother was only thirteen years old. She lost custody of me and my older three siblings
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When I first arrived to America‚ I was not pleased with being in a new country with a new language that I don’t know anything about it. At the beginning I struggled at school when I saw a new People with a new culture completely different than what I was expecting. Also‚ it was very difficult for me to adapt in a new school with everyone around make me making me feel less and stupid because they speak English very well . Even teachers were not very good and help me understand the lesson or at least
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When I am old and not my original self‚ Please be understanding and be patient with me. When I spill the soup on my own clothes‚ And forget how to tie my shoelaces‚ Please think about how I had taught you‚ step by step‚ to tie your shoelaces. When you are tired of the words‚ which I am repeating‚ Please listen patiently and don’t interrupt me. When you were young‚ I had to repeat the same story again and again until you fell asleep. When I need you to shower me‚ Please don’t blame me. Do you remember
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The first time I recognized him was from across the cafeteria of my old high school. He was decent looking‚ had nice eyes‚ and an amazing smile. I had met him at a party a few weeks ago and we had exchanged numbers. My friend told me that Tim had liked me since the beginning of the school year but just never acted upon it. Once I showed interest in him he leaped at the chance and asked me out. On our first date he took me to a lake and brought his guitar with him. With his beautiful voice he
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When I Joined The Army When I decided to join the United States Army. I found out the importance of being in good shape and have good discipline. Whenever we woke up in the morning to do exercise or do any kind of training‚ I had to have a good mental mind for that day or that day would be really rough for me. But the two most important reasons for having good discipline and being in good shape was to be able to go through the training without any difficulties. First having a good discipline
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valuable teaching I learned was to question everything. I was watching a show that made me question my beliefs. The show’s hosts talked about how everything is subject to criticism. Nothing is so sacred that it cannot be questioned. The idea of questioning everything has taught me to enjoy learning‚ to think creatively‚ and to appreciate mysteries. As I go through life‚ I ask questions. As I ask questions‚ I learn more. As I learn more‚ I realize how little I actually know. I looked up the
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When I was a Certified Nursing Assist I first wanted to be a Certified Nursing Assist (CNA) at the age 16. I had to do community service for Graffiti. I was given a job as an activity assistant at a nursing home. I enjoyed it so much! The people there are so much fun to work with. The best part about it was being able to help them read the paper‚ play bingo‚ or whatever they wanted to do. Once a lady and her sister were pushing chairs down the hallway and I asked “what are you doing?” They told
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A time when I failed was towards the end of my school year second semester‚ when in the tenth grade studying for my Honors Biology class. I studied for hours and hours for my EOC that was coming up ad was very getty about how I was taking responsibility of everything. The day of the test I was For sure that I was going to pass without hesitation. Mistakenly I was wrong and my ego and pride literally dropped to the floor once I received the results. I took it really hard with horrible expectations
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