One day I stepped out of my comfort zone and to this day I am so glad I did. I was exposed to rap music‚ something I had never really taken an interest in. I stepped out of my comfort zone and was exposed to a great deal of rap songs. I learned to appreciate rap and what it stands for and now I am a huge fan of rap music. This event had the power to change how I perceive rap music and the world. It was a bright‚ sunny day. I was in my grade 7 homeroom class. My classmates and I were getting a
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MY FIRST EXPERIENCE I would like to share my first experience with a bully; this event helped make me the man I am today. It also shaped my thoughts on my career choices. This one event led me to learn martial arts and with this discipline I became a more mature person. I first experienced bullying in daycare. Another child would often throw toys at me or hit me on the head when I was minding my own business. One day I decided to stand up for myself‚ and when he tried to hit me I threw a hotdog at
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It was late November when I first arrived at the location that I was to begin volunteering with Iraqi refugees in Detroit. As a Chaldean—a small ethnic‚ Catholic minority originally from northern Iraq—myself‚ I thought my exposure to Iraqi culture‚ in the U.S.‚ would afford me certain similarities that would aide me in addressing some of their difficulties. However‚ this romantic presupposition was impugned before I was even able to take a step out of the car. As I was pulling into the driveway‚
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My experience in New Mexico When I moved here in Albuquerque New Mexico is new place for me‚ since I don’t know this place nor heard of it anywhere. I only know that my family lived in the America since I never ask them which part of America they lived. I am surprised to see the Albuquerque because I never thought that it looked like a desert. I was having a hard to adjust when I moved here I got homesick‚ even though it’s only been a week since we moved. I don’t know anyone in here except for
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“Would you like to join our rewards program? It would give you a coupon for forty dollars towards your next purchase.” asked the tall blond man behind the check-out at Kohl’s. My mother confused with words that might as well have well been empty sounds‚ directed the question down to me‚ a child who was not too much taller than the counter‚ with two interrogative words‚ “Que dijo?”. Dora the Explorer‚ in her attempt to teach English-speaking children Spanish‚ had prepared me for this very moment by
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In my experience with Writing II‚ being able to get extra help in perfecting my writing skills was beneficial and helped me understand composition 1. Also being in a small class environment was useful for talking to other classmates and with getting help; which also helped me stay focused on my writings. By going over Critical Reviews before Composition 1‚ it helped tremendously by preparing me for my next class. Going to seminars and workshops was interesting‚ entertaining and was also awarding
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me stay in top shape for soccer. I eventually had to quit being paperboy freshman year of high school because I applied at Star Lake Salvation Army Camp for a job as a server which gave me more hours and better pay. Being a paperboy was a great experience for me since I got money‚ learned the value of money and how long it takes to make money‚ and also I learn that having a job can be hard
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When I was younger I would have been described as shy and reserved. I was like an un-blossomed flower. My life has since changed drastically. Many opportunities came across me such as taking a cruise with family and business friends‚ being nominated to be a Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) 7170 member of 2015 at SUNY Oneonta‚ and being chosen to go to a National Youth Leadership Forum (NYLF) for Medicine in Boston 2015 at Babson College. When I first started noticing a change in myself was after
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Reading and writing are two skills we learn early on in school‚ they are the basic tools teachers and parents instill in children‚ meaning that as someone who’s spent 14 years in school‚ I have had a lot of experience with reading and writing. Thinking back on my early school days in 1st and 2nd grade‚ I didn’t care for reading or writing. There were so many other things on the forefront of my mind like recess and lunch that learning just fell in the background. It wasn’t until 3rd grade that I
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some time until I got to attend middle school‚ where I stopped worrying about my grades and managed only to pass the subjects. I spent most of my time sleeping due to the frustration of not knowing what to do in the future. Most of my middle school experience was tasteless. I hadn’t friends at all‚ and teachers used to discourage their students about their future. “You’re not going to college‚ you’ll not be able to do it because you’re poor” used to say‚ Mrs. Vazquez‚ the math teacher who instead of
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