I was born into a Polish-American family. I am a third-generation descendant of Poland. My grandmother’s biological parents had immigrated to the United States a year before World War II had just begun. My grandmother was born very ill and due to the lack of funds and healthcare‚ her parents decided to leave Poland – and coming to the United states was their only option. I do believe this was a blessing in disguise as we are of Jewish religion‚ and around that time there were many prejudices and
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learned from my past educational experience‚ is to be organized and be ready for anything. All throughout high school‚ I took many college courses‚ and online courses. The college courses we very tough. Since they were college courses‚ they were a little more advanced than to what I was used to. In the classes‚ I would be forgetting assignments‚ and what was going on in the classroom. For example: we had to turn in an assignment (3 page essay) about yourself. I was very shy during my first two years
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Left to fend for myself in a brand new environment‚ it was difficult meeting like-minded people who could be close companions. In all honestly‚ I first viewed the concept as less of a passion and more as a means to dissuade my introverted self from staying at home every single weekend. There were many high-caliber dancers around me and I was obviously new at it‚ and I once even received a blunt critique that concluded in: “Your dancing doesn’t look good”. With that kind of
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My Vision For America When I think about the way I want America to be‚ I do not picture it the way that it is today. Everyone competing with each other‚ racism‚ innocent citizens murdered‚ even the elderly are being mistreated. Homeless people line the streets‚ garbage covers the ground at a park that was once a fun place to go and play‚ but now is just a dump. My vision for America isn’t the hell that we live in now. I want America to be a safe place for anyone who comes to stay or just to visit
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People all around the world have different communication styles based on their culture legacies. I‚ too‚ am affected by my Chinese culture when I communicate with others. In the chapter “The Ethnic Theory on Plane Crashes” in Outlier‚ author Malcolm Gladwell discusses the importance of cultural legacy on communication. Many of the plane crashes can be explained with “mitigated speech” by plane officers‚ meaning “any attempt to downplay or sugarcoat the meaning of what is being said” (194). People’s
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not consider to be authors. An example of this type of author is a song writer. The lyrics of a song convey a message just like the words in a book. The author I am going to talk about is Toby Mac and his song “Steal My Show.” Toby Mac is a Christian singer/songwriter. His song “Steal My Show” challenges the listeners to let God receive the glory for what they do‚ and not themselves. A Christian’s life is not all about themselves‚ it’s about God‚ so he should be the one receiving the glory not us.
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Historical Empathy Essay My Lai Massacre – As an American Soldier [Type the author name] Word Count: 1‚099 The My Lai Massacre occurred on the 16th of March‚ 19681. Lieutenant William Calley led the 1st Platoon of the Charlie Company. Captain Ernest L. Medina gave Lt. Calley orders and in turn Lt. Calley gave the ground troopers ours. A lot of us did not entirely agree with our orders however we could not argue. I did not know it at the time; however‚ Lieutenant Calley was under direct
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Review of My Fair Lady‚ as put on by Big League Productions Last month I saw a wonderful production of the musical “My Fair Lady” at Jesse Hall as a part of the University of Missouri Concert Series in Columbia. Big League Productions‚ Inc. is the touring theatre company who put on the show. They brought their own set‚ which consisted of a study in which most of the scenes took place‚ as well as the street entrance to the home of Prof. Higgins. There was also an elaborate backdrop used for the scenes
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Introducing my memoir is about my basketball season this year. I Knew that I wanted to play basketball in this year was my time and chance to play. Playing basketball was really the only thing I was thinking of and wanted to do since it was my time. I was so ready to ball out this season. After boosting myself up‚ I finally decided to try out. I was told we would have a new coach. I was a little scared that we wouldn’t have our old coach anymore. Also‚ when the team was mad a little after‚ our old
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Romulus‚ my father is a Memoir written by Raimond‚ Romulus’s son is about Romulus and his journey and life in Australia in the early 1950’s. This memoir explores the concept of belonging through many topics such as Romulus and his immigration experience from Yugoslavia to Australia. It explores the shared beliefs and values of Romulus and his son Raimond. It also explores the concept of belonging through the different family member perspective of the landscape and the connections within Romulus family
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