The first time I met Anastasija was not quite the first time she ‘met’ me. In particular‚ before starting her high school education at NOVA International Schools‚ I had heard of Anastasija and her interests through my contact with one of her cousins‚ Ms. Bela Gligorova‚ who was my guidance counselor at that time. I was introduced to Anastasija in person in December 2010‚ right after I finished my college applications. An inquisitive young mind‚ a polite and thoughtful person‚ Anastasija’s curiosity
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though out my workday (also at home‚ and when out and about).
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My freshman year at Spelman wasn’t one for the books‚ it wasn’t the definition of #goals‚ it wasn’t full of memories‚ in fact it was probably one of the hardest years of my life. For as long as I can remember‚ I was always a well-known member of my school’s student body. I was the girl teachers requested‚ I made everything I ever tried out for‚ and in every leadership position in almost every club. I can confidently say high school was great and I thought college would be even better. It was December
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My life changed in September 14‚ 2000‚ when I arrived to this country with my son and my husband. I remember that day like it was yesterday. We woke up early in the morning‚ and went to the airport. I was sad because I knew that in a long time I would no see my family. I was excited the first day that I arrived to the United State of America. Everything looked clean and new‚ the people were nice and friendly. The change for me was a new experience and took a lot of time to get accustomed to. The
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I was born in Vietnam‚ a small country beneath China. I live my whole life in Hochiminh city; and in my 18 years of living‚ I hardly travelled out of the city with anyone else but my family. Hochiminh was populated with nearly 9 million people flooded in a metropolitan city of only 809.12 square miles. The traffic is terrible. The air is polluted. And I had always dream of leaving it. Why am I using a past perfect tense instead of a present perfect? Because now that I am far away from Vietnam
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Life is full of risks. And not all risks are predictable. The first and the biggest crisis in my life happened a few days after the fifteenth birthday. I was diagnosed with a kind of cancer and took a year off from middle school to have chemotherapy after surgery. Fortunately‚ I was on the mend after hospitalizing for the first three months‚ so I received the outpatient treatment after that. Now it was time to go back to school. However‚ I had a lot of different thoughts running through my mind.
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around me‚ respect everything I have and also become the level header person I am today. My culture has built the backbone of our family and has kept us together through all odds. My mother and father keep the culture alive by speaking the official language of Amharic in the house‚ cooking traditional food and also practicing our Orthodox religion. Being Ethiopian is a huge part of who I am‚ but at one point in my life it seemed like that was the one thing I wanted no one to know about. I attended a private
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There are times when you have to make choices between celebrating what makes you unique and special and trying to fit in with everyone else. To some‚ it might be easier to just be like everyone else‚ to conform‚ and to ignore their Jewish identity and the Jewish values that go along with living and being Torah‚ but is this right? Personally‚ I feel that in a world with rising anti-Semitism‚ increasing hate crimes against Jews‚ and negative sentiments expressed towards Israel‚ that it is my role to
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is a form of relaxation but for me‚ I like to call it home. Ventura is a small county located in the southern part of the California and for the past twenty-two years it has been my sanctuary. The other two years of my life I spent in a smaller town called Irapuato‚ Guanajuato‚ Mexico. This was my birthplace and home to my parents until they made the decision of migrating directly to Ventura County. Within Irapuato City‚ there are small ranchos or ranches‚ located on the outskirts of town and at our
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My First Time To Alabama “A simple life is good for me. I don’t need a whole lot. For me‚ a T-shirt‚ a pair of shorts‚ barefoot on a beach‚ and I’m happy‚ “ once stated musician‚ Yanni. That quote describes one of the best weeks of my life in the spring of 2016. When I was invited to travel to the beach with the Evans’ I was ecstatic. The youngest kid in their family‚ a 3rd grader named Jason‚ who has dark brown hair and freckles dotting his face‚ and his baseball team was leaving for a team trip
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