into playing some "Street Fighter." Playing video games was the only thing that I could reminisce about home. From the cool air circulating around my house or my comfy bed to take up all the space I wanted‚ I missed it all. As video games temporarily relieved my boredom‚ I figured to run down to play some soccer with my cousins’. As
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When my new classmates discovered I was from Buoyei‚ they were curious about the world I came from such as what we ate‚ wore‚ and where we lived. They treated me like an alien. My ethnic identity brought many frustrations‚ but it also inspires me to think of ways to contribute and build a more diverse
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Struggling‚ for nearly thirty years due to poor decision making I’ve decided to start this "go fund me" account. After leaving my home up north in Michigan‚ I chose to quit hanging out in the streets to come down to Alabama with the hope of doing good in life; that plan backfired. I’ve had two great kids but‚ they never had a great dad. My kids never had a place they could call their second home on weekends and summer months or holidays; I have always lived in rundown rentals. Though holding a job
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that feels the same way. There was no banter between family members‚ were not talking about the usual every day life‚ instead there was live coverage of big events happening in downtown Manhattan. Though I was not fully wake‚ I tried to focus in on the T.V.‚ I saw fire and smoke flowing from the World Trade Center‚ where there used to be two towers there was only one. As I watched‚ the news anchors spoke about how the missing tower had just collapsed‚ that woke me up; the news was immense. I
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the brush and begin my daily ritual. As I brush my hair I glimpse through the mirror and focus on my sister. She has returned to her bed and lies in her mismatched pajamas under the blanket doing who knows what on her tablet after she has complained about me not being prepared for school yet.
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able to move to the land of opportunity. We started from zero‚ there was absolutely no money in our pockets. I was a new student at a new school in a foreign country. I could not be more self-conscious at any other time in my life. All I could think about was how others saw me and how I fit in with
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“Tell Me About Yourself” – Your 60 Second Commercial 1. Target Position: I’m a … with … experience. Some of my key strengths include… I’m an Administrative Professional with extensive experience in office management‚ event planning and presentations. Some of my key strengths include organization‚ diplomacy and creativity. Most Recent Position: In my most recent position… In my last position I was a Senior Administrative Assistant supporting the Vice President of Marketing for XYZ Film Production
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My sophomore year was a great year for me as far as school goes. It was a year filled with many surprises and mysteries. It was my second year returning to Charles F. Brush High School and as I walked into the first day of school I wondered how my day would transpire. I was ecstatic to be immediately greeted by one of my friends that I met during my freshman year. It wasn’t so much that it was him that made me ecstatic‚ it was more of him being a familiar face and me being reassured. His name was
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When I hear the date "9/11" I rapidly drown in the saddest kind of nostalgic thoughts and emotions. Although many years have gone by since the devastating events of 9/11‚ its memory and the feelings it evokes remains immortal. In retrospect‚ I was five years old during the time of the attacks and I wasn’t even living in the United States. Nevertheless‚ as I was too young to fully understand the magnitude of the attacks‚ seeing how an event that took place thousands of miles away from me had the ability
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I used to be popular. I used to make friends as naturally as breathing. I used to be so sociable that adults would tire of hearing me speak. I used to find myself standing before the teacher’s desk‚ receiving some minor punishment for socializing too often. Then my family moved‚ and I lost all the relationships I had built up. I used to start all over again with the same level of enthusiasm as initially. And again. And again. Every time my family moved‚ I started to see less and less of
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