An achievement gap is an observed disproportion found among students of different races. Without an achievement gap‚ all students would have the same opportunity to earn an equal education. Students across the United States are compared based on their race‚ behavior‚ home environment‚ brain thickness‚ and culture to gather data. These aspects lead to the creation of an achievement gap‚ which causes students to feel obligated to perform a certain way. By reducing the importance of these factors‚ children
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The dream of my life I have come a long way from almost being homeless to applying to your prestigious Institution. In fact‚ when my five months pregnant wife and I landed at the JFK International Airport in the afternoon of June 6‚ 2009‚ we had only a couple of thousands of dollars and knew few words of English. Now‚ my wife who is the “quarterback” of our family and I are proud parents raising our lovely two children Fatima and Abraham‚ respectively five and three years old. In
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one time‚ in one place to watch a football game. It was against the Florida Gators and the city was abuzz with “GO CANES” signs and Miami jerseys. I was there too‚ experiencing something that I didn’t know‚ but something that would change my life forever. My dad (who played for the Hurricanes from 1983-1987) and I walked into the colossal stadium. As we reached an opening to get to our seats I saw the field for the first time. It was beautiful‚ and it caught me off guard. Game time inched closer;
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desired to do‚ or aimed to do‚ or to be but since I’m just a human & not a superhuman to be able to do what I desired. So I would just tell people that “Well lets see where life takes me & what I end up doing”. So I just thought why not achieve something our parents desired for themselves or what they had aspired for us. So my mom suggested me that I could be a doctor. But that was a total no - no for me .I am not that strong enough to see & deal with blood at all. I really never wanted to be an engineer
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Octavio Paz is Mexico’s greatest living poet. But let’s face it: that’s like saying William Carlos Williams was Paterson’s best writer. For Americans‚ a better way of indicating Paz’s importance will have to be found. Perhaps it would be more suggestive to say that in the universe of Latin American writing‚ Neruda’s poetry is solar: a lavish‚ Hispanic ful-mination--like a Tamayo watermelon--and Paz’s poetry lunar: a rarer‚ Gallic luminosity--like a Magritte moon--; or‚ to put it another way
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to the ivory tower of pure reason unmindful of the realities of life. It is not a mere empty statement to say that the modern mind lives‚ breathers and has his being in this age of science. In every minor detail of our life science plays a very valuable role. I wish to contribute my share in making this world better than I find it. At the very beginning‚ I may make it clear that if I were a scientist‚ I would like to carry on my work in the province of pure science. Pure science is a relentless
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continue to impact our lives every day so many years later. I am thankful for the beliefs and ideas they based the foundation of our Constitution on. When thinking about the biggest impact on my generation‚ it is difficult to narrow it down to just one or two. However‚ I feel that America’s greatest gift to my generation is Freedom of Religion and Freedom of Speech. Religious freedom has long been a part of our everyday lives even if we don’t think about it every day. Without religious freedom ‚
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The Greatest Generation Since our inception Americans have created labels for everything‚ from presidents to generations‚ however these labels are often mistaken and obstructed by ignorance and propaganda. A generation not be judged on shouldonly by what they have experienced but by what they leave behind them. So what did the greatest generation leave us after the war? The 1940’s generation left the United States technologically advanced‚ however no matter how advanced the country had
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In my freshman year‚With the admiration to college‚ I had strived for and adherence to happy home‚ I came to Anhui University of technology and science. Everything was so nice and new‚ even though it is not as perfect as I imagine. I could still carry on my discipline habits cultivated in my dependent high school. I still remember day and time‚ in the doorway‚ with my case‚ a shy and slim boy was crowed in the welcoming bus‚ I was not like an Irish guy in New York actually‚ though I came from the
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obeying any order‚ we did every bit of the cleaning for ourselves‚ because we wanted to live in a better place. Though nothing we did could be called an achievement‚ it was the first time we fully bore the consequences of our behavior‚ and took the responsibility. Thus it was not surprising that I often found myself the only one to clean up my university dormitory which looked no
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