few reasons: I grew up on a native reserve on an island in Alaska.I live with my physically disabled mother‚ who is my inspiration. Some people might say that this is a setback for me‚ but I believe that it has helped me to become the best version of myself I can be. In fact‚ a large reason why I have become so self-determined is because of my home environment. I have bigger‚ better dreams because of how I have lived my life‚ and instead of holding me back they have inspired me to achieve greater
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I come from a low-income‚ single parent‚ immigrant household. My life hasn’t been the easiest‚ but the challenges I faced growing up that most shaped who I am today weren’t from any external factors. They were within me. I am in a constant struggle of identity: humans‚ particularly insecure‚ neurotic‚ coming-of-age women like myself‚ are in a constant search for identification‚ an anchor that we hold on to validate our existence and legitimize any worries we have that we aren’t normal. It was difficult
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My family and I grew up good portion of our lives in our native country‚ Bangladesh. We came to the US in the year 2006‚ looking to live a fullfilling life while getting a world class education to better our lives further. I started out as a 3rd grader at P.S.112 when I arrived here and my family was still looking to settle in. My family household count is at 7 and my dad works hard to provide shelter and food as no one in my family has sufficient time and skills to do any job. All my brothers including
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I had finished school and was walking home when my friends came out of the bushes. It was bob‚billy‚bobby‚and potato face. I asked them why they were hiding in the bushes and say told me not to ask again. So I didn’t ask again about it. We walked to the mall‚ the bowling alley‚ Mcdonalds‚ and too my friends house. We played games and we toilet paper my friends neighbor house. I than left home to make my model tank. I was about half way done all i needed to do was paint it. I got home and nobody
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During my childhood‚ I dressed differently. All the other other second grade girls wore skirts and pink shirts with sparkles‚ ruffles and hearts. I preferred to wear basketball shorts‚ t-shirts and tennis shoes. I wore that type of outfit every day. My preferred hair style was a short bob . Some people say I dressed like a boy. I always thought I dressed like myself. I never wanted to look like a boy‚ just in my basketball shorts and t- shirt I felt most comfortable. I received lots of stares in
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flashbacks of my middle school days where I‚ barely a teenager‚ had to spit out an entire page journal answering a question and relating it to myself. After three years I learned how to write those journals in about twenty minutes and have it ready to be turned in with little to no actual emotion in the piece. Now‚ barely an adult‚ I hope to have more emotion in my writing along with less complaining. While I cannot completely quit on disliking writing for “pleasure” I can put my best foot forward
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First Accomplishment in My Life It is so difficult to live in the United States‚ the land of opportunity‚ without education and the English language. Without these two things‚ our lives seem like meaningless. My family is one of the victims of this problem. Two years ago‚ when I was a senior student in high school‚ I almost could not graduate from high school with diploma in hand because of failing the exit exam twice and my lack knowledge of English. At that time‚ I really wanted to
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knew that my mother loved me. I was born in a single parent family and I had never get the paternal love. Therefore‚ my mother was responsibility to support and rear the whole family through thick and thin. In order to bringing me up well‚ she worked very hard as she was taking three jobs in a day to earn a crust and this made her to leave early and returned late day after day. Having no time to keep an eye on me‚ my grandmother was managed take care of me and so I was the apple of my grandmother’s
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barely grazed my fingers and my gaze followed it to the back row‚ not paying attention to how my feet were about to land. A split second after‚ I found myself curled up in a ball‚ grasping my ankle while my eyes started to water. Seeing as how it was our pink-out game‚ my tears began mixing with my makeup‚ creating miniature pink rivers streaming down my face. The athletic trainer darted to my side‚ trying to stop the crying‚ but nothing would work. While being escorted off the court‚ I did my best to
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I planned a quiet ride with just my horse‚ dog and I. It was expected it to be a normal ride until things went south. The plan was an evening ride with no other person just me and some animals. It was still light but the sun was setting so I should not have gone but did anyway. I went riding down country roads not expecting people to be there‚ but I was wrong. The ride was to escape family‚ I was really excited‚ but things did not end well I had planned to go on a short ride just the dog and I before
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