Being a natural born citizen to immigrant parents‚ It has been instilled in me at a young age that good education and determination is the key to success‚ and that failure is never an option. Both of my parents have urged me to always strive for greatness and success by placing high expectations of myself. Accountability: After coming home from a long day at school‚ I complete my chores and homework before sneaking into bed‚ with no excuses. Following this routine‚ my parents have taught me how to
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Chinese Immigration & Exclusion Step: 1 What happened between the 1860’s‚ when Chinese were welcome‚ & 1882‚ when they were excluded? 1. They started getting worse treatment every year. 2. Many laws and acts were made against them. 3. The Chinese were feeling depressed and cheated out of their hard work. Step: 2 Based on this document‚ why did many white Americans support the Chinese Exclusion Act? Document A: Play White Americans supported the Chinese Exclusion Act because the Chinese
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“Well‚ Mr. “Citizen”‚ you do not have any documents‚ and you do not have your ID‚ how can you prove that you are a US citizen?” said the immigration authorities officers with a tone of contempt and distrust. “If you think that I am an illegal immigrant‚ it is your burden to prove that I am‚ not mine!” said Alex. “Fine!” the officer shook his head‚ did not expect such a guy who looked like a refugee could refute his words. “Then‚ tell me‚ why did you go to Mexico? You don’t have a record and even
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Being an immigrant for 16 years limited my dreams of attending college. Everything changed in 2015 when I received a letter stating I had to travel to Ciudad Juarez which will determined whether or not I will become a US resident. I knew many doors had opened for me in the dream land. On October 21‚ 2015 I had an important meeting to attend I was so nerves‚ excited‚ and happy after many years of waiting for this moment to arrive it was finally here! Tears coming out when I heard the judge say‚ “Congratulation
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It started like any other day up on the hills of Rhein‚ but that day had the scent of freedom floating in the air. The journey ahead of me had been teasing me for weeks‚ I was just so anxious to get away and start all over again. I had made certain arrangements before I left‚ our family dog was not allowed on the ship that we were going to be arriving in America‚ so I had my parents take care of the dog for us. It was a hard thing to do seeing that the dog had become more than just a pet to the
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In each selection‚ the authors Alvarez‚ Wong‚ and Mora all give the same message about immigration. Their message describes how hard immigration is; they also explained that immigration is harder for children. Immigration is moving from one country to another. Families come to the United States to protect their children and themselves from bad things happening in the hometowns. In Julia Alvarez’s Liberty‚ the main character has a problem with moving to the U.S. she does not want to leave her
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their environment will pass down those adaptations to their offspring” (Scoville 1). Survival of the fittest means “the best physical specimen of the species and only those in the best shape and best health will survive in nature” (Scoville 1). In Pat Frank’s Alas‚ Babylon survival of the fittest comes into play in time of crisis; Randy Bragg‚ Edgar Quisenberry and Preacher Henry find this out the hard way after The Day. The Day is a day on which a nuclear war was started between the Soviet Union
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Clinical Diagnosis of Pat Solitano in ‘The Silver Linings Playbook’ (2012): Bipolar Disorder Kathleen Wesley 2134 154 000 Deakin University‚ Burwood Word Count: 2‚843 (including in-text citations‚ timestamps and reference list) The movie ‘Silver Linings Playbook’‚ filmed in 2012 and directed by David O. Russel‚ follows the life story of Pat Solitano‚ a former teacher who is released from a mental insituation and places significant importance on his getting his life back togther. Over the
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The extract begins with a scene of relief and joy‚ a large contradiction to how it ends where there is sadness‚ anger and fear. The writer seemed to have purposely used this contradiction as a way to contribute to the mood of the passage and of its readers; to give a sense of how easy feelings change and how our mood depends greatly on our environment. We can observe these signs of relief and joy mentioned earlier through the way the writer describes how the patients in Ward Fourteen behave. Even
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Assisted suicide for terminally ill patients 1. Being able to choose when to die is a human right. This exact point is presented in the article “Perhaps I’ll say goodbye on Twitter”. According to Tony Nicklson‚ who is a 58 year old‚ patient who has been able to move only his eyelids since suffering a stroke in 2005‚ it is the most fundamental human right. He told the journalist and former nurse Nina Lakhani‚ that: “he was simply seeking the same right to die that able-bodied people were able to
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