My Autobiography I was born during the summer on August 15‚ 1987 in Lafayette‚ Louisiana. I currently live in Fort Polk‚ Louisiana on the military base there. When I was born‚ my parents considered me as their miracle baby. My mom was thirty-seven years old when she gave birth to me. The doctor told her that she couldn’t have any kids and they had been trying but could never conceive. I sometimes become lonely because I have no siblings but most of the time I try to stay busy. My name
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The Plasticity of L.A. L.A. Land "I love Los Angeles. I love Hollywood. They’re beautiful. Everybody’s plastic‚ but I love plastic. I want to be plastic." - Andy Warhol “Probably no city in the Western world has a more negative image” - Richard Lehan‚ professor emeritus‚ University of California‚ Los Angeles There are two visions of Los Angeles – one of a successful‚ sprawling ‘Jewel of the West Coast’ and one‚ the ‘‘nightmare’ anti-myth’ of superficial soullessness first depicted by
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While academic writing‚ articles‚ and studies are great at analyzing the experiences and histories of marginalized identities‚ they are often unable to humanize the issues in the same way the a personal narrative does. Books such as memoirs and autobiographies allow for the reader to see the real‚ complex experiences in a person’s life‚ as well as giving the reader the potential ability to identify with‚ and better understand‚ an unique individual’s life. Up to this point in my Women’s Studies education
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Autobiography of a Coin I was born in Mint near Mumbai. I am twelve years old and I was sent to Kolkata from Mumbai. You know who I am? Guess! I am a two rupee coin. I am telling you the days that I nearly spent. When I was made I was bright and shiny‚ but the man who was carrying me was careless and dropped me accidentally. I was sad. No one saw me and walked over me‚ without noticing me. Soon my shine also faded away. Days passed and I still lay in the corner unnoticed. But one day a girl’s
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the neighborhoods are claimed by gangs through ownership of land i.e. owning their house or a business‚ graffiti/tagging‚ and population of gang members loitering in specific regions. Much like any other natural creature of nature‚ gang members are territorial‚ if an individual poses a threat or opposes the group‚ they will take defense to hold their ground. People can distinguish whether they live near a gang by the graffiti‚ which is in a sense a signature for gangs like an artist signs their work
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against other minorities. Some friends might say it for fun‚ but it irritates people and if they are too sensitive‚ those slurs should not be given to them. Discrimination do exist even until these days. I remember when I went to the Disney Land in LA‚ I accidentally stepped on this one pregnant white woman’s toe. Just before I was about to say sorry‚ she blurs out: "This is not your place. You should go back where you pig came from." My parents were right beside me‚ and yet the woman shamelessly
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Spiritual Autobiography Timothy Holloway Grace Bible College GEN123 College Writing and Research Professor Harrell June 8‚ 2013 One of the most important moments in my spiritual life was when I was prophesied to about the calling on my life and when I received my gifts of the spirit. I was in church on September 10‚ 1999 and my pastor at the time was praying for people to receive healing‚ blessings‚ confirmations of Something God had spoken to them and to be released from unclean
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Darshan Gandhi Music Autobiography My name is Darshan Gandhi‚ I was born in a town called Egg Harbor Township‚ New Jersey. Ever since I could remember‚ music has been around me all of my life. I grew up into an Indian family where music was our cultures number one craze. When I was eight years old‚ my mom would take me to the Indian temple‚ that is where we would do our prayers. The type of music they played at the temple was very different‚ it consisted of flutes and a singer whom would sing with
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Cultural Autobiography Juanita J. Duffy Capella University Cultural Autobiography Investigating one’s own cultural heritage can teach us much regarding our own world views‚ how they affect us‚ how they affect others‚ and how they can potentially affect our clients in a counseling situation either positively or negatively. This paper provides examples and analyzes how a therapist’s own cultural self-awareness can impact the counseling relationship and explores appropriate strategies to address
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Hanan Hassan Cultural Autobiography My name is Hanan Hassan‚ and I was born in September 21‚ 1992 in Jeddah‚ Saudi Arabia. I am the eldest of nine children that consist of four girls including me and five boys. To most people I am an ordinary twenty- one year old who works and goes to school‚ but what most people don’t know is that I’m basically the second mother of my household. Even though my mother is alive and well‚ I was taught at a young age to take responsibility and to be responsible like
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