Erica Robinson Mr. Varner Comp 102 1 March 2014 For Better or For Worse Ted Halstead is the found and CEO of the New America Foundation. He received his bachelors from Dartmouth College‚ and his Masters Degree from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Halstead’s specialities are environment‚ economics‚ and energy. He has written articles and books on these subjects. In 2003‚ Halstead wrote an article in The Atlantic Monthly entitled The American Paradox. In the article Halstead tells
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older is growing wiser; we become wiser only through living experiences that we have been through. The day that I started my internship in a nursing home for a week when I was in nursing program‚ I felt something that I could not express because I had seen some elderly residents who did not have a visit from their loved ones for a long period of time. In my Asian culture‚ we value our elderly the most‚ and we love to listen to the experiences that they share. We have to keep in mind that it is nearly
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that I was female and that my only language was Spanish because it is what my parents understood and spoke to me. Now that I have been living here for many years‚ I identify as Dominican-American. For the most part‚ identifying as an American because I gained citizenship in my early twenties. I also identify as a Hispanic. I experienced all the stages of Tse’s model at an early age. As I have mentioned previously‚ I was not aware in how much time my life would change. My parents only told me that
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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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MY EXPERIENCE WRITING IN ENGLISH I really like to write essays even though if it is in my native language or in English language. I started writing in English a couple of years ago‚ but I had never written an essay in English when I was living in my country. Writing in a foreign language has been a really good experience‚ because it is funny when I try to make a phrase. First‚ I have an idea in Spanish. However‚ I have to write it in English‚ the confusion starts when I try to translate my previous
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CULTURE My Neighborhood Cultural Experience Carol Salinas Kaplan University HU300-09 Abstract I have had a great opportunity to look at some of my town’s most incredible architecture‚ paintings‚ murals‚ and sculptures. Our family has lived here for over six years now and I have had the pleasure to visiting our three local Native American Museums. I have always enjoyed going to them on occasion when I feel like just getting out by myself and having some quite time. My experiences in this class
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Reflections on my learning experience – a personal story Inspired by the research performed by LDI on this subject‚ I have decided to put down what I have learned about learning in the course of my formal education as well as my experience in learning to live. In retrospect‚ the term reports I received in high school are a source of great mirth to myself and my family. Although I seemed to perform at least at an average level in most subjects (with an inclination toward the languages and
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150 September 18‚ 2013 Writing Experiences It’s hard to imagine a life without writing. From research papers‚ school essays‚ and resumes‚ to text messaging‚ grocery lists‚ and passing notes during class‚ writing is a huge part of my daily life. Sometimes I write as part of requirements for a class of to apply for a scholarship or a program. Other times I write to amuse myself or to remind myself to do something. I’ve changed as I’ve gotten older‚ and my writing has changed along the way
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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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Sports and School (My experience) School starts at a young age for most kids. They go to learn Arithmetic‚ English‚ History‚ and get a general education for life. They also learn to deal with others outside of their family and close friends. Such was the case for myself. I lived on a farm where my neighbor was my best friend till he moved away. I then had one year till school would start for me‚ which I would spend with my family‚ and one or two friends who I would see occasionally. When school
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