My daddy served in the Navy during WWII. When the war was over he returned to states and was immediately hospitalized. He was so young and had experienced things he never wanted to think about again. However‚ he always complimented the nurses that took care of him. They helped heal his body‚ but more importantly they helped to heal his spirit and soul. I cannot count the times he said‚ “I want one of you girls to be a nurse‚” and I knew it was going to be me. What do I believe about myself
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something that would inspire me and my classmates. I chose the ukulele because it was something that I had always wanted to learn. During the ten hours of learning the magnificent instrument‚ I encountered many “aha!” moments. Although I am only required to practice playing it for ten hours now‚ I believe I will use it later in life. At first‚ I had no idea what I was going to do for my project. I thought about doing something simple and easy like writing with my other hand. However‚ I decided I
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because unforeseen financial issues in my family made attending the other schools I was accepted into a terrible idea. However‚ quickly after enrolling I came to the realization that I had no concise plan of action towards a specific degree. I was enrolled in a mishmash of different classes that did not take me towards any direction. Therefore‚ I decided to drop the courses I was enrolled in‚ and instead work full time and save money to pay for college on my own. Unfortunately‚ unbeknownst to me‚
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thirteen years I spent in my homeland‚ Bangladesh. It was only upon departing‚ that I appreciated the happiness and melancholy alike I found there‚ the people I knew there‚ and the mistakes I made there. To start off‚ a third world nation having recently garnered its independence back in 1971 is young‚ and I have yet to be a part of its history because so am I. My memory of things is a bit unclear‚ it isn’t possible to be able to recount of my first steps or predict my last‚ although I remember in
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Happiness‚ Knopf‚ 2006. Carol Graham (2010)‚ Happiness around the World: The Paradox of Happy Peasants and Miserable Millionaires‚ Oxford: Oxford University Press. Hills P.‚ Argyle M. (2002). "The Oxford Happiness Questionnaire: a compact scale for the measurement of psychological well-being. Personality and Individual Differences". Psychological Wellbeing 33: 1073–1082. Barbara Ann Kipfer‚ 14‚000 Things to Be Happy About‚ Workman‚ 1990/2007‚ ISBN 978-0-7611-4721-3. Stefan Klein‚ The Science of Happiness
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event where I felt like my identity was challenged is when I was in a situation where I felt uneasy about. Immigrants. I am a child of an immigrant. This affects me because I was born in El Salvador and come in the States as a baby. I never know how people will react to it. My parents made the sacrifice of leaving El Salvador‚ their hometown and move to the States. My parents came here to ensure us a better education‚ and in general‚ a better life. Learning a new culture and my hispanic culture at
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Go To College at This Time of My Life Professor Stone English 090- Writing Fundamental December 13‚ 2012 Higher education is critical to getting ahead in the world today especially with the way society is now structured. Eighty-three percent of U.S. adults believe that our country is falling behind economically and 71 percent say that the nation can improve if more people earn college degrees. With that being so‚ I have decided to go to college at this time in my life for many reasons. The
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far away from home‚ Mom came to see us only at the weekend. During the week‚ Dad assumed all the responsibilities of taking care of me both in my daily life and in my study. Occasionally‚ Dad had to be out for work all day‚ from the early morning to the late night. Then‚ in the morning‚ I would be woken up by an alarm clock near the pillow. Opening my eyes reluctantly and looking at the clock‚ I was sure I could find a slip of paper by it which read:"You had better get up right now before you
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I have never really thought about how much I depend of technology. We got our first family computer when I was about 9 years old. At the time my brother was a computer geek (still is) and he would go buy the computer books that had programs in them where you had to type everything out to get a game on the computer to play. So when I would help or when he was teaching me‚ we would mix some of the programs up and see if we could come up with anything. Then it was to BBS’. That opened a whole new world
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writing in my life‚ started at a young age. I remember every time I was riding in a car; I would try my best to read every road sign out loud to my mother or father. I would take great joy out of being able to pronounce words that I saw in public and if I was not able to read it‚ I would work hard to learn how to. Most children did not like the idea of going to bed at night‚ but I loved it because I knew my mother would read a story or poem to me. Writing was also a big portion of my life when I
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