Being an immigrant brings both positive and negative impacts on my life. I cannot say that I was totally ignorant about the decision my parents had made for us. But I was totally unprepared when that day had finally come. Obscurely I remember‚ when we arrived at the LAX airport‚ I couldn’t understand a single word of this new world surrounding us. It seemed like all of my endeavors in English classes were useless. Luckily‚ my mother managed to have all of the documents set‚ and we peacefully crossed
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My view on life itself Loretta Brown ENG 121 English Composition I Leontine Armstrong June 10‚ 2013 Wednesday‚ November 16‚ was supposed to an ordinary day for my brothers and I. Little did we know it would turn out to be one of the saddest days of all our lives. The last day we would see or hear from our mother. My mother was a very well-known person. She loved helping and feeding people even if she didn’t know them. As far as I can remember my mother had her struggles and battles with
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THE STORY OF MY LIFE I was born in a cool‚ tranquil Sunday night around 10.00 pm‚ on 14th June‚ 2012 in Akure‚ Ondo State Nigeria. I was born to the family of Pastor and Deaconess Patrick Olufunmilayo Adeniyi. I grew up among five boys and one girl and ours was a family where virtues of morals‚ integrity‚ respect to elders and godliness were tenderly and adherently instilled. Discipline was so silently‚ gradually and steadily entrenched in the family that no one needed to tell the others to shun
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1992 in the town of Taiping which is located in Perak. Born in a small family of six and leads a simple lifestyle has really taught me‚ how significant it is to be a knowledgeable person to survive in this competitive world. My respected father is a retired principal and my lovely mother is a retired headmistress. Being the youngest of four siblings‚ I have always been taught to be an independent girl. I am a girl of twenty. When I look at myself in the mirror‚ I see a short fat girl with unflawless
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My goals in life begin with accomplishing certain things in the short term. I have already been accepted into Michigan State University and have a small handful of credits from AP tests in high school. Next is to successfully incorporate myself into the life of a college student‚ including the responsibility and fun experience of a college student. I want to be able to continue this path to becoming educated and taking on more responsibility in my community. Recycling‚ tutoring‚ and volunteering
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a droplet of water‚ high above the earth‚ fluffy white clouds drifted through the atmosphere at that time. In the clouds‚ I lived as a little Droplet of water‚ round and content with life. For as long as I could remember‚ I spent my days lying on my back‚ relaxing and soaking up the sun’s warm rays. One day‚ I took my usual place in the sun but the light didn’t seem to be as bright. In fact‚ as the day went on‚ it grew darker and darker‚ loud claps of thunder shook the cloud‚ and I felt as if I were
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Leonardo Da Vinci said these words and I quote‚ “The most important thing is to be able at any moment to sacrifice what you are for what you can become.” These words have been instrumental in my academic career and are the source of my perseverance to advance my education. My name is Dania Charles and I am from the small but beautiful island of St. Lucia. A country that is deep rooted in its value of education and which has cultivated two world renowned Nobel Laureates. These are but a few of the
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perfectionist‚ yet I feel like my life revolves around homework and I have no free time to relax and hang out with my friends‚ and I need to work on being involved with school and during class‚ When I was a little kid‚ I have always wanted everything to be perfect‚ from projects to homework. It has grown to be an everyday thing for me‚ even if it was just to fix a crooked line. When it comes to my room or my house‚ every little thing has always get to me when it is out of place. My older sister has always
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I can remember as a child always asking myself the "why" questions of life. Why are we here? What is the purpose of life? Why do certain things happen? And is there really a God? I had always kept these questions to myself and eventually pushed them out of my mind altogether. I was raised in a Christian household and you just were not allowed to ask questions of that nature and doubt the faith. The world is the way it is because God made it that way and that is all there is to it. I was really excited
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Octavio Paz is Mexico’s greatest living poet. But let’s face it: that’s like saying William Carlos Williams was Paterson’s best writer. For Americans‚ a better way of indicating Paz’s importance will have to be found. Perhaps it would be more suggestive to say that in the universe of Latin American writing‚ Neruda’s poetry is solar: a lavish‚ Hispanic ful-mination--like a Tamayo watermelon--and Paz’s poetry lunar: a rarer‚ Gallic luminosity--like a Magritte moon--; or‚ to put it another way
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