My dad was the person that named me Brian. Knowing him‚ I was pretty lucky to get a normal name. I’m surprised that it wasn’t something strange or funny-sounding. My siblings have pretty normal names too. My brother is William and my sister is Jennifer. My middle name is Robert. It was given to me because it is my father’s name‚ and his middle name is his father’s name‚ and so on. I guess my parents wanted to keep the tradition. My last name is Guedes. It has run in the family for as long as I can
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Leah Young Young 1 2/14/13 Essay#2 English 101 My Best Friends There’s really no great way to start my story other than with the truth. I was 31 and living in a tiny apartment in one of the worst neighborhoods in Louisville. I was on my second divorce and third abusive relationship. Between me making excuses for bruises and the women my then husband was seeing while I was working‚ life for me was a sad one. I woke up one morning and decided I had to leave. I packed
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My Best friend. My best friend is a very special lady I grew up with‚ my sister Roberta. My sister Robert is two years younger than me‚ but everyone always assumes she is older than me. She always laughs at me when I tease her by saying it must be because I look younger than her. We have been there for each other through all the important milestones in our lives; from our wild and fun childhoods‚ to our first day of school‚ to the births of our first born children. My sister Roberta loves working
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words multiple times a day for many years. His glossy brown eyes penetrated my startled blue ones for as long as I let them until I turned away. His dirtied innocent face was one that came straight out of a UNICEF commercial‚ the sort that caught you off guard during a commercial break of your favorite TV show. Wistful faces of impoverished children flick before your eyes as a concerned voice insists that if you donate your unused pocket change every month‚ you could support the life of this poor boy
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understand what I mean. When I was in Africa‚ I thought that everybody in America is rich‚ educated and has a happier life‚ and when I got here I found out it was different. Eight years ago‚ I was wishing to come to America. I was born and I grew up in Africa‚ a country known as Tanzania. Everybody in Africa wishes they could be born in America. Life in Africa is totally different with life in America in term of socially‚ economically‚ politically and culturally. Talking about United States you talk about
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that wasn’t noticed that much and was much going on there but even so I tried my best focusing on my studies that I can be here at the moment getting ready for college . As I grow up‚ I used to enjoy writing and creating things than doing anything else. Since I was little‚ I enjoy playing with Legos and collect puzzles and figuring it out‚ until now‚ I still collect puzzles and try putting them together. So when the time came by and I had to move here I felt sad I was anxious what I am going to do
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Life as a minority isn’t easy because at the start I am already one step behind. Growing up my family didn’t have a lot of money. My parents decided that they wanted to give me the best education possible to them so they put me in a private school the majority of my life. During this time I learned to appreciate my education and to work as hard as I can. I often have many questions on my mind and I always want to find the answer. I am a great thinker because when problems arrive‚ I always think of
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most of my life‚ I have always been on the move. Due to my parent’s job’s‚ I have traveled to many different schools‚ cities‚ and even countries. At the age of eight‚ I was dragged from my primary school in India and transfer to a different school outside my state. This was the place where I had grown up with many of my friends since kindergarten and some almost from nursery school. While some kids may have been enthusiastic to get transferred to a new school since it was one of the best in the country
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All my life‚ all I ever knew was Indiana. My friends‚ school‚ and favorite restaurant were all there. I didn’t want to change anything! I was 8; I thought I had my whole life together. That soon changed when my mother was offered a new job in a new state. A state... that to me was like a whole other country‚ a place full of new‚ strange and scary things.I didn’t want to leave the Krogers with a ginormous wall full of delicious jelly beans‚ or the Bonnie & Clyde restaurant my dad always took me to
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I think there are many words to describe my personality. I range from being the nicest kid in the world to be the biggest brat in the world. Some of the few opinions I have heard about myself from others are sweet‚ trustworthy‚ smart‚ friendly and shy but I have my own views about myself. My life has been a lot interesting as I come from three different places and cultures. Looking back on a childhood filled with events and memories‚ I find it rather difficult to pick on that leaves me with the fabled
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