During my childhood in Vietnam‚ my entire world only composed of classmates from school and friends in my hometown. People of from different country are seen as the minority in Vietnam. Because I was not exposed to varying types of people in the world‚ I had many misconceptions about the world I live in. However‚ as I moved to America‚ a teacher taught me to comprehend the importance of each culture and the struggle each has to deal with. Indeed‚ I happened to encounter the poor areas in varying
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After filing a motion against him‚ I let my lawyer do his job. Because he was a close friend he extended his normal duties and gave it all he could to help me win. Since Shaq lived in Miami‚ I had to get another lawyer to file another motion because we had to be in his jurisdiction. I flew to Miami and we sat with a mediator for 8 hours trying to come up with a solution. Shaq did not show he must of thought it was not that important to take time out of his life. Although we were there for a serious
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Imagine being seven and in a foreign country seeing all types of new things. This is what I experienced when I went to Yemen in 2007. It was a world different from my own‚ but little did I know it would change my life. Seeing things from a different perspective really does change your view on the world. Learning to understand that not everyone sees things the same way you do can be difficult sometimes‚ but definitely not impossible.
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Driving along the snowy freeway on my commute home from work‚ my mind wandered to the past week which was Christmas. It was lovely being with family and on vacation from my job. However‚ the first day back to work quickly escalated into disaster. The boss was having a lousy week and taking his anger and frustration out on everyone back to work. He pressured us all to meet ridiculous deadlines in twenty four hours or less.
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have developed a level of interest and compassion for various communities and environments. I often felt like an outsider when my family and I would initially move to a new city. The unique experience of being able to look into a community or society from the outside allowed myself to not only appreciate but also analyze my surroundings. Growing up in South Korea‚ California and Louisiana‚ due to my father’s work‚ allowed me to appreciate different cultures while developing an awareness for the greater
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A few months ago‚ I packed up my mid-western life and moved to the east coast to begin a new job in a town I had never heard of with nobody to call a friend. What I left behind was my family‚ my friends‚ my favorite coffee shop‚ and my yoga studio. This studio was my safe space. It had big open windows with the best kind of morning light that fell in pockets over a beautiful‚ old‚ wooden floor. My favorite thing to do on a Saturday morning was unroll my mat on one of those sunny pockets and listen
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In 1972 the Iranian family‚ the Dumas‚ had moved to America for a brief time. In this time young Firoozeh lived in Whittier‚ California and was attending a public school there. After her short stay there she could only remember the positives from her stay‚ but she could also remember how her ancestors were treated when they first immigrated to America. When the first wave of Islamics had moved to America‚ they were not treated the best. My perception of the Dumas tells me that they might have
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Hijab because it is what women do. She actually did not start wearing her Hijab until after high school when she made the choice to do so. Her reasoning behind why she wanted to wear a Hijab because she felt like she was going to gain more respect from people in her life because they would be looking at her to have a conversation‚ they would not be looking at her for her physical
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Lunch was over and students were filing into the classroom. As soon as we got inside the atmosphere felt really uncomfortable. I looked to the second row of desks and saw Katrina‚ a long-time friend‚ digging through her desk‚ Mrs. Nakigawa‚ our homeroom teacher‚ looking over her shoulder with concern. “…but‚ it was here before P.E hour‚ I know it was. My mom reminded me to take it off before I left this morning!” It had been a minute or so since everyone had realized something was genuinely wrong
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personal trait that Chet has that prevents him from managing his time successfully is his priority reign of tasks for other over tasks for himself. With so many things going wrong‚ he felt obligated to take care of those issues. Of course‚ a manager does hold responsibility for others‚ but managers also have the ability to assign tasks to inferiors. For instance‚ finding individuals to take the place of those who are ill can be a responsibility for a supervisor rather than the head of the department.
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