If you have ever been bullied‚ you know where I am coming from when I say that it is something that no one should ever go through. Unfortunately‚ I have gone through it before and I am glad to have fought through it. I can clearly remember the time when I used to get bullied. My family and I had just moved to Canada a few months ago and I wasn’t able to speak English very well at the time. I was so excited to learn everything there was to know about Canada‚ especially now that I knew that everyone
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Thomas My grandfather had always told me to if you don’t pray 3 times a day your relationship with god will not be good. My parents had died in a fire when I was 6. But the one of the things i remember about the is that they they said that I should move to Cleveland. I tried to apply to some of the major colleges in Cleveland but I could not get into any of them so I applied to Ohio state. I Got into Ohio State I got a my major in regionalism and now I’m a rabbi at one of the major synagogues
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The holidays are fast approaching and I can’t believe it. The leaves have changed colors and are falling rapidly off the trees. It seems like I looked and blinked and an entire year just just flew by‚ and my now little girl is not so little anymore. I’ve been going through photos of past Christmases and I can see the growth that has taken place throughout the year. As most of you know‚ I grew up in the Caribbean and I never experienced snow until we moved to the United States. Christmas for us meant
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When I was seven years old and almost a half my parents told me that my family was going to pack up everything‚ leave our home‚ our livelihood‚ and move to Idaho. I was young but I knew I was going to miss Albuquerque. I was going to miss the plump quails who walked quickly with their babies toddling behind in a straight line and the skinny‚ all leg‚ roadrunners who would sprint across the roads. I was going to miss my little Crocodile Smile green room. I had chosen the paint color‚ I had watched
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Relocating to London. When I was growing up‚ I had this burning desire of relocating to London because one of my role models had done it. At the time‚ I did not think of it as something that I would actually do and I did not have a very good reason for relocating other than following in the footsteps of my role model. As time went by‚ I began to realize that I had to have a very good reason for relocating‚ I wanted to get a better education‚ and it was then it dawned on me that I should always set
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Growing up I attended private Catholic schools and was surrounded by hundreds of loving and devoted Catholics. As a very young child‚ I remember walking to church with my family every Sunday morning and going to mass‚ or we went to church events and dinners with each other and our friends. However‚ as I grew older we moved from California to Alabama and my faith changed. We still went to Church but less frequently and it felt less like a family reunion where God greeted us all. My faith and opinion
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Clack‚ clack‚ clack. That is the noise my feet make when I usher myself up the stairs to safety. By safety‚ I mean my bedroom. Safe from? Not from the world‚ this isn’t a narrative about how the world is too hard for me to handle. Safety from my family rather. No‚ they’re not abusive and I don’t need to be saved from them. It’s more safety from not having to talk to them and just be by myself. Again‚ no‚ I don’t have long black straightened hair and listen to Metallica. I don’t like to be alone that
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At the age of ten the Egyptian revolution opened my eyes to understanding the oppression that was going on within my country and the class struggle that was embedded within its structure. This instilled a mustering need to help elevate and equate the basic needs and rights of those who are less fortunate. At this time the country was at a halt‚ and my brother was entering 11th grade. In order for him to finish his education without any further interruptions my father decided it was best for us to
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Have you ever imagined that one day you had to live in a new country? You are surrounded by new people. You have to communicate to others by a new language. You have to do a bunch of things that you have never done before. How would you feel at that time? That was my story of the first days I lived in America. To me‚ those days were the most difficult time in my life up to now. Sometime‚ I even felt very stressful because of struggling with my new life. However‚ I did learn of lot from that. Now
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Growing up I spent most of my childhood in Vietnam living an ordinary life. My parents were not risk-takers until they decided to quit their career as educators and move to the United States. Knowing that life in America will be challenging for immigrants‚ we mentally prepared ourselves to be fearless and get through every obstacle that is in our way. No matter how prepare we were‚ being a newcomer was frightful. When I first step foot on the land of promise‚ there was a mixed emotion suddenly rushed
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