Mother Tongue Mother Tongue‚ is an essay written by Amy Tan who was born in Oakland‚ California and grew up in a home where English was a second language. As Amy got older‚ she would have to translate and speak as her mother when talking to other people. She thought it was embarrassing at times because her mother’s English could come across a little hasty toward people. Amy Tan wrote this essay because she was an English major who loved English‚ but she also knew that there were differences in
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I have chosen children nursing‚ because I have the passion to help others. My interest in nursing first developed when a family member had to stay in hospital due to an operation‚ constant visits to the hospital gave me an insight into the role of child nursing. From personal experience‚ I believe it is vital for patients to receive the best of care at all times‚ either if they are emotionally or physically vulnerable. I want to help a child recover and help make a difference in their lives‚ whether
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Dear LLD2 Reading Committee: Throughout my semester of English I have improved a lot by becoming a better writer. I have learned how to organize my ideas by planning out the key points of the article provided. I have improved on my vocabulary in a way that makes my sentences more fluent than how they used to be in LLD1. I have also changed some strategies like revising my own essay by reading it out loud by myself or having a partner reading it back to me because that’s a easy way to catch small
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When I was four years old I was asked‚ "Katie‚ what do you want to do when you grow up?” To my family’s surprise my response was "Work on hearts or brains". This aspiration has never wavered‚ and has only become more a part of who I am today through first hand experiences and opportunities I have had in the medical field. I have been fortunate enough to see surgeries first hand‚ work next to medical professionals‚ and get an idea of what different occupations bring to the table in the field of
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My Most Memorable Day There are lots of memorable days in my journey on earth but there is one that stands above all others. It comes up to my mind every now and then ‘First day of school’. It all happened long ago but I remember it as if it just happened yesterday. It was 24th February 2006‚morning 6:00 am when my alarm started ringing loudly. I jumped up excitedly not being able to stand. It was my first day at Da Vinci International School! I was going into KG1 (FS1 as they call it in Dubai)
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Writing Experience Writing has always been an in between subject for me. Writing isn’t my favorite but it also isn’t my least. When writing‚ repetition has been an issue for me‚ I have been working on that‚ and my voice throughout my years of writing. I hope this class will help me even further my work and I’m excited to learn new things to better my writing. I am surrounded my writing and so it’s probably a good idea to learn more about it and strengthen my writing skills. I never knew how much
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It all started ten years ago‚ an event that would change my life forever.I had my first known seizure and it was perhaps the scariest moment in my life. It wasn’t the seizure that scared me‚ mostly because i was asleep when it happened‚ but it was the way my mother and father reacted. It was as if they had just seen a ghost. They were in disbelief. I could tell by the way they were looking at me that something terrible had just happened and nobody‚ including the paramedics was telling me what happened
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I still remember when I used tell my mom“ I have no face while all my friends do”‚ it was to explain the defined facial structures Americans and other foreigner’s possessed‚ but not me. I still remember when I used to practice rolling of R’s and L sounds before going sleep‚ and crying‚ while thinking about my grandma back in Korea. From appearance to language and many other aspects of changes‚ every single moment endured to be vital because it reflected my progress in which I overcame. Being the
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learned from my past educational experience‚ is to be organized and be ready for anything. All throughout high school‚ I took many college courses‚ and online courses. The college courses we very tough. Since they were college courses‚ they were a little more advanced than to what I was used to. In the classes‚ I would be forgetting assignments‚ and what was going on in the classroom. For example: we had to turn in an assignment (3 page essay) about yourself. I was very shy during my first two years
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It’s senior day and I’m walking through campus with my name tag on my shirt that labels me for everyone to see. The thought of college panics me as I see thousands of students undergoing classes that apply to their major; there must be people like me that are unsure about what they want to commit to doing for the rest of their lives at eighteen years old. We are let out early from our “undecided major” class‚ and told to go explore before lunch. It is passing period and we go outside to get a feel
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