When I was in elementary school‚ my parents and teachers continuously told me I was brilliant‚ gifted‚ and naturally smart. I was given opportunities that other kids didn’t have. In fourth grade I was nominated to take the Explore test‚ which is an above grade level test similar to the ACT. My scores on this test confirmed that I was intelligent and needed to be challenged. Other students and teachers found me likable and I was able to make everyone laugh with my sense of humor. Elementary school
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Ever since I was a little kid living in Brooklyn New York I knew my heritage was important to me. From celebrating every time the Honduran National team scored to checking off that Hispanic/latino box on every application I filled out I felt a spark of pride inside of me. My parents did a tremendous job showing me my family background and taking me to Honduras every summer to visit my relatives and learn even more about my culture. I felt that being latino meant that I had to have initiative and
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Washington 1983 was the year my dad came to America. He was 17 years old and had little money with him when he came. My dad came to have a fresh start at life. They were a total family of seven and lived in a small house in India. My dad is the smallest in his family there are four older than him‚ two sisters and two brothers. They live in a small village called Talwan. It’s were many poor people live. We have farmland were my grandpa would grow crops and sell them to make money‚ but the money that
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“Hey guys I got next game” I said as I placed my water bottle down on the wet grass. I went aside to tie my shoe. All of a sudden the trash talk began to start. “Oh man it’s this kid again. He is not playing on my team he is so garbage” one of them said to me as if I wasn’t even there.They usually say things much worse. So you could say I adapted to the way they talked. I did not let this get under my skin. Because‚ I kept telling myself You got better you are the best. I kept telling myself this
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time it is the fight of my life. I fought my way to the top to be the next world heavyweight champion. Since I challenged the current heavyweight champ I have been training everyday for ten hours and now I am a force to be reckoned with. Today at seven A.M. two days before my fight I start to train again like every other day. “Dom‚ you better be training hard today‚ because I saw you slack off a little. The fight is going to be broadcasted live on pay per view‚ HBO” my Coach says “Marcus dont
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When I was 8 years old‚ my father took me and my brother on a picnic. On that day‚ I did something wrong‚ and I will never forget it. It was a sunny day; I was very happy and excited. When we arrived there‚ my father warned me that the river was very dangerous and made me promise not to walk up to it. I promised my father‚ but I did not keep my promise. I forget why I walked into the river. Maybe I was curious. I walked into the river‚ and I fell down because the river was very deep. I could not
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The time when my fifteen year old daughter wrecked my car. On this day I had a doctors appointment so I decided to pick Brittany up from school and take her with me. We arrived at the doctor’s office on time‚ now keep in mind it’s cold in most doctor’s office‚ so I suggested that if she got cold she could go set in the car so I gave her my keys. The nurse called back to see the doctor‚ Brittany remained in the waiting area. Twenty minutes had pasted and the nurse was knocking on the examination room
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My interviewee is (my mom) Shondell M. Brown. Wife‚ mother of three‚ a former nurse‚ and a strong hard-working African-American woman. Born/raised: Bronx‚ NY College attended: Hostos Community College Bronx‚ NY Major: Medical Billing/Coding Graduation Year:1995 “The biggest thing I’ve overcame in college was getting organized. Dealing with a baby was a challenge in High school because I was a teen and working jobs and schoolwork with a baby‚ but college was a little smother for me with organization
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This Is how three girls got their family so about 4 years ago me and my sisters lived in this abbond house on Gordon ct and we went to greenfield middle school‚ we were all 12 it an even longer story of how we meet‚ but that’s a whole different story but me and by two best friend things were about to go down down down for us it started on February 15 2012 when we came home from school and a note was on the door it said hi I am the owner of this house and I need you to get out!!!!! i’m sorry to
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the rest of my life and the way I live now. I can recall those events like it was yesterday. I woke up tired on a beautiful‚ sunny‚ Tuesday morning. It was the day I had to fly to San Francisco for my job on a cruise ship. I had been in between cruises‚ so I had taken the chance to come see my parents in Newark‚ New Jersey. Later I realized that it could have cost me dearly. I changed into my pressed‚ white‚ long sleeved shirt with khaki pants and my sailors hat that I had to wear for my job as a
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