an Asian. My ethnicity acts as a cover with a mind that seemingly works quickly like a calculator. Most people don’t look past this and rely on stereotypes to define who I am as a person. But the stereotypes hinder me and causes me inner turmoil. On the outside‚ my race drives away people to truly know me as a person. Expectations are both the downfall and rise of my accomplishments. I’m not naturally intelligent‚ I’m not Picasso‚ and I’m not bound by music genres. Instead‚ my cultural identity
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My Life- My Personal Responsibilities’ Early in this journey of life‚ mother instilled in me the importance of living responsibly‚ she would say “whatever you do in life make responsible and wise choices.” By the time I was a junior in high school‚ I has selected both the university and major area of study that I wanted to pursue. I did the research and footwork then presented my parents my future plans my mom expressed how proud she was of me for taking the initiative for pursuing my college
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Scarborough‚ my background is Srilankan and I speak Tamil. My personal culture is rooted in some Canadian culture however it is mostly influenced by the Tamil culture. My family is huge‚ my dad has 11 siblings and my mom has five siblings in total I have 31 first cousins. The majority of us are all close. A word that I will use to describe my personal culture will be mellow and peaceful. My family and I practice the religion Hinduism. Like every Hindu‚ we celebrate Diwali. On this special day‚ my entire
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My personal experiences in working in a group I will be writing of my personal reflective account of my recent experiences working in a group I will be talking about my recent experiences for examples the problems in a team and things like how we managed conflicts and other areas like how we communicated and much more things in order for us to complete our task which was a presentation. Also I will be comparing theories some popular literature with my experiences if I could relate to it or if
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When I took my first success profiler in the beginning of my freshman year‚ I was okay with my score and looked at it as a starting point‚ expecting natural progression. As any eighth grader would be‚ I was more than ecstatic. .Now I have experienced all the wonderful perks of being a freshman‚ and have a very different point of view than I did when I was fresh out of middle school. Ninth grade had an incredible impact on my mindset‚ and it was difficult to say the least. An enormous workload‚ early
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My Struggle with Personal Writing “Personal writing is both the easiest kind of writing to do and the most difficult” (Rawlins‚ 212). For me‚ it’s actually one of them most difficult and frustrating types of writing. Throughout high school and now I have had to do personal writing and it was and still is very tough for me to do. I was beginning my most important year of high school. This year seemed as if there was so much to do and so little time. And in the end it kind of was. Deadlines were right
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Stacey Wilson October 14‚ 2011 Swrk 251 Social work value essay My mother likes to tell the story of when I was four years old going to my reading circle. While I was waiting for my reading circle to start‚ I noticed a baby crying so I picked up toys and started shaking them and making the baby smile. For as long as I can remember I have always like to help others‚ I got enjoyment out of making my friends happy. Whenever one of my friends had a problem I was always there for them‚ to listen to them
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I didn’t think I would have any personal achievements and improvements in the fitness assessment I did but I ended up having some. One of my improvements was on the cardiovascular endurance beep test and that became my personal achievement that I succeeded in. At the beginning of the semester‚ I wasn’t so confident in doing well on the beep test because I don’t have good stamina and I get out of breath really easily. When I first did the beep test I got to level 5.6‚ which was not that bad‚ but
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have had many experiences in my life that have shaped who I am. These influences have given me qualities that I consider both good and bad. Each of these chapters in my life have given form to the values that I hold as well as my self-identity. There are five main chapters of my life that influenced who I am today‚ and those chapters are elementary/middle school‚ Boy Scouts‚ High School‚ college‚ and lastly my parents. The first chapter that made me who I am today is my elementary and middle school
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My Personal Strengths and Weaknesses Kourtney GEN 195 September 24‚ 2013 My Personal Strength and Weaknesses The most common thing employees will ask a potential employee in an interview is “What are some of your common strengths and weaknesses?” I despise this question simply because thinking about my strengths and weaknesses is not something I randomly stop and think about too often. However‚ that challenge was brought up in my GEN 195 class at the University of Phoenix. The only difference
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