Fresh Perspective Living in Texas most of my life I was no stranger to Americans who either didn’t speak English at all or whose first language wasn’t English. As I interacted with people‚ mostly from Mexico‚ I had a hard time understanding why they didn’t want to speak English . Although I’m ashamed to say it‚ I often viewed these people as less educated and meek. A statement that Ive heard all to often is that people who don’t speak English should learn our language or leave America. However
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Descriptive Essay Hogwarts The most distinct setting of Harry Potter is Hogwarts. Hogwarts is a wondrous‚ magical building with many towers and turrets. It is home to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I find Hogwarts location‚ its castle‚ the grounds‚ and Quiddich fascinating. Hogwarts is built in a forested area said to be in Scotland. The castle is located atop a cliff overlooking a lake. The lake is south of the castle and the front entrance of the castle faces toward the
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As I looked around at the starting gate the butterflies came back‚ to my right and left I had 13 other riders all wanting first place as bad as I did. The gates dropped and we were on our way‚ trying my best in my young age to navigate a track on a motorized vehicle I managed to make it a whole 3 laps before I had the pleasure of experiencing the memorable first crash. On the last
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My father had a saying growing up that he would tell me religiously‚ “un buen gallo en cualquier gallinero canta.” It directly translates to “a good rooster in any henhouse sings.” It was a metaphor meaning that regardless of the place or the obstacles in front of me‚ I could always succeed. My background and experiences are unique compared to most. I was raised in a Hispanic household‚ the son of immigrant parents who came to this country both at young age in search of the American dream. I am a
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were stuck in their homes and needed help to get out there homes. A lot of people had to evacuate their homes because of warnings of flooding but some people didn’t wanted to get out there homes. There were a lot shelters for people that didn’t had a place to stay or that needed help. A lot of people houses were getting flooded‚ I got really sorrowful of the people that lost their homes and the people
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more like from what I can remember‚ it was a frigid mid- January morning‚ but all I could think about was baseball. I was eight years old‚ but while most kids my age were thinking about building snow forts and starting snowball fights‚ I was more in the mindset of a little leaguer on a muggy Saturday afternoon in August. I can remember counting down the days until the baseball hitting clinic was to take place; I even crossed off the days on our annual Norman Rockwell calendar on our kitchen refrigerator
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I had been agog that I scored a goal‚ in the first game I ever played. My coaches had their mini speech about how proud he was‚ and then he let us enjoy mini pretzels courtesy of my fellow teammate. After‚ when I was packing up my equipment‚ my coach came over to me‚ and to this day four years later‚ I still remember what he said to me. “Great job today Grace
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restraint. She is the child punished for taking candy from a baby and in return she hits the baby. Because it’s the baby’s fault she was scolded so the baby must also be punished. She is cold and unsympathetic. Not a single care for the hardships she places on others. The delusions she creates of herself; a caring‚ altruistic‚ benevolent soul is actually a facade. It is her way to get your guard down and when the moment arises‚ she strikes with no reservation. For instance‚ she robbed‚ restrained‚ and
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One day after school when I was eight‚ my parents conveyed to our family that we were moving due to my father’s job. I found this bizarre since we had just moved to our massive house in Fort Wayne‚ IN about two years earlier. I questioned where we were moving to‚ and my mother told us we were moving to Texas. This time we were moving across several states rather than just a few towns away. Up to that point in lives‚ we had lived in Indiana‚ so moving to Texas seemed so far away and across the country
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“Yeah‚ that old myth about the beautiful woman who lurks on the banks of the Nile waiting for unlucky men.” He explained. “Yeah‚ I know what Al Nadaha is‚ my grandmother used to tell a lot of stories about her. But it’s not a new topic‚ I believe it was the center of lots of famous writings.” I told him. “I know but that was long time ago. People are starting to forget about those old stories in the age of technology‚ they don’t care about the folklore or the culture or anything
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