about 6 days a week and sometime even 7 days. In the midst of those years‚ she assisted my parents with bills at home and she saved enough money to commence college. Luckily‚ Miami-Dade County allowed immigrants to go to a community college‚ so with this grand opportunity she took initiative & attended Miami
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to connect with the students within my school‚ however‚ we instantly became friends because of our love for tennis. Luckily‚ on the first day of school Genki and I had a class in common. After hearing him say he played tennis during an ice-breaking activity I approached him‚ inviting him to join a group of friends and me to play tennis. From that point on we played tennis each day after school. I know that if this had never happened his American experience would have extremely
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September 23‚ 2008 My Personal experiences with Racism Racism has always been a big topic in society‚ even during Jesus Christ time. I believe racism comes from independent thinking and views and how this view from family‚ friends and society forms us each day. Racism has to do a lot with social status‚ money‚ power‚ looks‚ sex and much more. Coming from a third world country I can really see the major differences of racism how they vary by culture and education. My experience in the United States
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My experiences with literacy had a great deal of variation throughout my middle and high school years. When it comes to reading I have found that I greatly enjoying reading for entertainment but when I am forced to read something for scholastic value I often struggle to find the drive to actually read it and will take me twice as long actually comprehend what I have just read. When it comes to writing‚ I’ve always felt like it is one of the areas in which I find the least enjoyable and have the biggest
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ducation – My Experiences My education began in first grade in 1974. My state didn’t mandate kindergarten‚ so my parents didn’t send me‚ even though my brothers and sister went. It wasn’t easy for me‚ because school was the first place I ever got to interact with other people‚ mainly children‚ as an equal. Before school started‚ I was pretty much kept indoors‚ and not allowed to have contact with other people‚ except for members of my own family. Being the youngest‚ I was looked down upon
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Essay #1 9 July‚ 2013 My School Experience Throughout my life I have always struggled with school. You could say it’s because I have ADHD. That seems to be the favorite reason given by people who were trying to figure out why this “smart” kid was doing so miserably in school. I wasn’t convinced. For whatever reason though‚ I’ve always been a terrible student. Through high school‚ my plan was to join the military when I graduated; worry about college later. So my logic was to skate by just
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I don’t have a long‚ descriptive story of how I learned to read and write and how I loved it along the way. There are only a few memorable events that shaped my literacy experience. After that‚ reading and writing helped to shape my life. How did I come to love reading? For me‚ it just seemed like common sense. How could someone not love reading? I thought. I would open a book and see worlds created by the words in them. The only thing that could be more amazing than that was –and still is–
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preached to me and was deeply moved by the words I heard. I responded to the alter call made by the preacher and was told am now born again. After my initial encounter I did not attend any church service at the church where I got born again despite numerous follow up attempts by the church members. I continued to live my normal life almost forgetting my experience at the church‚ however once in a while I still attend church services randomly at different churches if invited by friends. It was about a year
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daily basis is my family. They’re always here for me and they have been in my life since the second I opened my eyes till now‚ present day. I was born in America so I’m a Vietnamese Asian American and so is my little sister. But my grandparents and parents emigrated from Vietnam so the older generations in my family had to gain their citizenship to be able to live here. Both my mom and my dad are in their 40s-50s. My little sister is 14 on the other hand. Both my parents work but mainly my dad leads the
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one of my strong points in life. I have always been able to communicate easily and get information to my audience. All through high school‚ I excelled in writing strictly because I took it my work serious and wanted to become a great writer. Even though I made good grades during my high school years I still had apprehensions that held me back from my true potential. Although‚ I was predominantly successful throughout high school‚ I still had many problems with writing. My confidence in my writing
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