events or individuals that greatly change their life. Many people have influenced me during my life. One wonderful person who has had a special effect on me is my volleyball coach. Six years ago‚ when I first went to the volleyball training‚ I found out that my coach was seventy years old. It was very surprising for me because she did not look her age. After some training with her‚ I realized that any young person would envy her strength and energy. At her age she was still capable of doing the same
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For long as I can remember‚ it has been said by society that minorities‚ first generation‚ and people with low income do not stand a chance graduating high school‚ let alone get into college. Although‚ I have not faced discrimination from others‚ I have faced it from‚ at the time‚ the most important person in my life. My father. He’d start off the morning by saying‚ “Evelyn‚ sometimes it is hard to believe that you have good grades." My shoulders sag. "Come on Evelyn; do not tell me your brother
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My second focus person is Sharon. She is a funny‚ smart independent woman who loves her Caribbean ethnicity. She mainly surround herself with people who have a similar ethnicity. Sharon is Jamaican. She is also strong willed. Sharon can be abrasive and rude at times‚ but does not know she is. She is a mother of three boys and has a strong bond with her mother. She is divorced and cannot work at this time. Sharon is also very active. It is rare to find her at home. Sharon expresses herself very well
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A person who had a positive influence on my life Almost everyday of everyone life is experience.In my whole life I have gained and still make new experiences.There is always a time in one’s life‚when a hero comes along.Somebody who has inspired you and helped you to learn what life is about. I remember it as it was yesterday‚surprisingly as my state of mind on that cold January night can be described only of numbness and confusion.It was around eight o’clock p.m when my mother received a phone
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As I entered homeroom‚ I noticed I was the only latina present and that there was only one other person of color. At first this did not bug me‚ but as the week went by‚ I realized that we were the only two non-white students in the whole middle school. This made me feel very out of place‚ because I had never been the only Latina at a school‚ so I did anything I could to fit in. I was willing to let people make me their own personal dictionary‚ for inappropriate language‚ or to translate their readings
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Lorna Goodison states in her poem “Guinea Woman”‚ “Great Grandmother was a guinea woman”(Goodison). This statement can be interpreted in many ways as guinea has multiple connotations. For example‚ Guinea is a country in West Africa‚ but it is also an ancient coin and name for a witch or wise-woman. Creolization‚ as a term‚ also has multiple meanings. These meanings are based on different aspects of the mixing of cultures. This can be a mixing or change in religion‚ music‚ food‚ and skin color. The
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you become the person you are today? In my life‚ there once came a special person that made a difference. Her name was Wiktoria. She was a beautiful and bright girl that always had a smile on her face‚ even when things weren’t as colorful as a rainbow. Ever since I met her on a family party‚ she has become an important part of my life. Her determination and faith after her mom died‚ proved to me that you should never give up on something you believe. To begin with‚ Wiktoria was my dad’s friend’s
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into Comp II makes me reflect on my time in Comp I. As a writer‚ I have grown older and wiser since my semester in Comp I and sometimes wish that I could take the skills I know now and apply them to my writing back then. I learned so much in Comp I and improved as a writer and student because of it. Comp I taught me how to organize my time‚ to put more emphasis on grammar‚ and to work hard to get the grade. Comp. I helped me improve my organization skills. I had so much trouble in the beginning
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More and more research is showing that our brains change constantly with learning and experience and that this takes place throughout our lives. Does this have implications for students ’ motivation and learning? It certainly does. In my research in collaboration with my graduate students‚ we have shown that what students believe about their brains — whether they see their intelligence as something that ’s fixed or something that can grow and change — has profound effects on their motivation‚ learning
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Scott Ashbridge The Most Influential Person in My Life The most influential person in my life has been my grandpa‚ my abuelo. He just turned 88 years old and no one believes it. He looks and acts so much younger than his years. My grandpa was born in Ecuador in 1922. He has seen many changes and adapted to all of them with ease. He was born in a little town called Manta. He left school at the age of 7 to help my great-grandfather in the fields. In between harvest he learned to read
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