Hardship Letter In 2009 my mother became ill due to dementia and her illness progressed rapidly. Due to the nature of the disease I had to employ professional caregivers which became a strain on me financially. In April of 2010 I was involved in an accident at work‚ where I severely damaged my knee and was put on workers compensation which is 60% of my salary not including overtime. I contacted Wells Fargo to discuss my situation and asked about restructuring my mortgage as I was already depleting
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The life of Irish immigrants in Boston was one of poverty and discrimination. The religiously centered culture of the Irish has along with their importance on family has allowed the Irish to prosper and persevere through times of injustice. Boston ’s Irish immigrant population amounted to a tenth of its population. Many after arriving could not find suitable jobs and ended up living where earlier generations had resided. This attributed to the "invisibility" of the Irish. Much of the very early
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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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You are not important enough to be “Dear”. It would be too formal to say “To Whom it May Concern”. I cannot say your name without cringing. Aside from formalities‚ I am writing to you to let you know that I forgive you‚ even though you overlooked the fact I begged you to stop and you ignored how I cried tears of helplessness. I do not expect or even want a reply to this letter. I would not respond or even read it if a reply was sent to me. This letter is for my benefit and only my benefit. It is
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Homasom Hippolite-Amadi Professor C. Neenan English111: Process Analysis Essay 11 March 2013. How a Nigerian Applicant Should Prepare for an American Student Visa The visa can be seen as ones ticket to a journey‚ a step forward to an adventure. The visa is issued at embassies of the desired country one wants to go to‚ however‚ the experience that comes with applying for and getting a visa can be quite unforgettable. In Nigeria‚ there are two United States embassies; one is located at the formal
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The Hispanic Challenge The persistent inflow of Hispanic immigrants threatens to divide the United States into two peoples‚ two cultures‚ and two languages. Unlike past immigrant groups‚ Mexicans and other Latinos have not assimilated into mainstream U.S. culture‚ forming instead their own political and linguistic enclaves—from Los Angeles to Miami—and rejecting the AngloProtestant values that built the American dream. The United States ignores this challenge at its peril. By Samuel P. Huntington
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from The Emigrants by Edward Kamau Brathwaite The poem from The Emigrants by Edward Kamau Brathwaite is the thoughts of an indigenous inhabitant‚ the persona‚ thinking of the invasion that has been so abruptly brought upon them which they must now face. We know that the persona is one of the inhabitants because in line four and twelve‚ the repetition of “my” personalizes what is happening‚ coming from an inhabitant’s perspective. The themes perception versus reality‚ power‚ discovery and war
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The group of Swedish people came to America mainly for job opportunities. They started to travel here in the 1840s when a group o pioneers started a migration tradition between certain areas in the United States. This caused what they call‚ colonies‚ to form in settlements including: western Illinois‚ Iowa‚ central Texas‚ southern Minnesota‚ and western Wisconsin. The population overgrowth in Sweden was a major reason for the people of Sweden to leave their home country. Religion beliefs and political
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I wake up every morning and thank God for keeping my family safe‚ and letting the men in my family see another day because cops are out here killing men like them if they look or move the wrong way. The world is filled with anger and pain from the past. I can say that I am no longer like them I have accepted it and moved on. Although I am not ignorant to the fact that my great great grandmother was raped by her owner and had 4 children for him. When she died my great grandmother had to take care
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The Hardships We overcame for American Liberty In the twentieth century there was only a handful of people that got to enjoy what we call "American Liberty". Those who did were rich white business men‚ and those who didn’t were everyone who wasn’t them. People like African Americans‚ women‚ workers‚ etc. were all deprived of this "enjoyment". Sadly it wasn’t till the mid or late twentieth century that they were able to finally enjoy the liberty. African Americans were especially deprived at this
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