I understood most of the media from America that came to China featured individuals who did not look like me. Furthermore‚ for those Americans who had come to China‚ they were mostly white and had come for business. While in China‚ I was able to share my experience as an African-American; I always found enjoyment sharing my experiences and it seemed to me those around me found enjoyment learning about a different side of America. With me sharing my experiences‚ they were being able to understand
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Growing up‚ I always kept to myself and never got close with many people. My PFO experience has changed this about me. Being able to work with everyone in PFO in a different way this past year has allowed me to build a unique relationship with each person. One of my most memorable experiences was from Night of Gratitude. For this show we rehearsed for only a total of 24 hours before we put on the show. In the 24 hours‚ 20 teens‚ including myself wrote songs and poetry to perform in honor of 10 people
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your family emigrate from? My family emigrated from a country named China and they lived in this big city called Hong Kong. They lived in a rural part of Hong Kong and their parents had to farm for food. My generation was the first ones to arrive to America so the generations before us just lived in China their whole lives. When did your family come to America? My family came to America around November 1999. My parents were the first generation to arrive in America. Maryland was the first state
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My Responsibility to America “Don’t let your fear of the past affect the presence of your future. Live for what tomorrow has to bring‚ not what yesterday has taken away.” These wise words‚ penned by an unknown author‚ have a direct effect on my responsibilities to America. I know that as I mature‚ my responsibilities will increase as my vision for America grows. However‚ I believe that these core responsibilities will remain and that they will enable me to be a responsible contributor to all
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Let me start off with my mother’s journey to America. It was 1985 when her parents decided it was time for a fresh start. It was very difficult to come to America legally‚ so they made their journey by traveling to other countries. They left Cuba and traveled to Spain where my grandfather found a job as a farmer. They lived in Spain for almost 2 years before they gathered enough resources to travel to Mexico. The journey from Mexico to the USA was very easy for them because they had a family member
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America has a gift for my generation‚ what is it? It is freedom. America gives us many things such as freedom. It gives us opportunity and it is the land of opportunity. America gives us travel with vehicles. My generation needs to learn how to not take it all for granted. America has given my generation many things such as freedom. Freedom is something that should not be taken for granted but as a gift. It is able to be used for good or for very horrible things such as crimes. Freedom is a beautiful
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Significant experiences affect our lives both at that moment‚ and for the rest of our lives. We must choose to let these experiences affect us for the better‚ allowing them to shape us into who we are meant to become. When we accomplish something hard or something that not many people have done‚ we can use this rare experience to learn lessons and skills that will guide us in the future. Something that I have had the opportunity to do was earn my Eagle Scout Award through the Boy Scouts of America. This
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My Journey to America | | | Jaime GrayETH/125 | 2/6/2011Charissa Townsend | | 04 February‚ 1845 To any that may find this‚ this is my story for all to know my struggles and to hopefully one day pass this down to my children and their children. So they will know some of the history of their ancestors. My name is Fiona MacMenomay‚ it was originally McMenomay but my grandfather‚ the father of my mother‚ did not want anyone to know that we are of Irish descent. He would rather
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My Responsibility to America Responsibility: the state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or having control of someone. Many Americans today enjoy a variety of freedoms given to them by their country. Most people do not think what it took to allow them to have the freedom they enjoy today. So many people take for granted that they have the ability to do or become whatever they desire. In America‚ there are no restrictions on what you can do. You are born in a country that gives you
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We were put on trucks and taken to a larger village where we spent the night in the yard of a house. Between August 9–13‚ 1944‚ we were herded into different compounds on meadows at various places around Rennes and then to a collection camp at Ste. Mère-Église. We received daily two or three U.S. C rations. On the evening of August 13‚ we were brought to the coast and crossed the English Channel in a tank transport ship. We arrived at what may have been Portsmouth‚ and then transported by train to
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