I am thankful for my opportunity to work with Ralph over this past semester and the amount of information I have gained from this experience is substantial. Ralph is a fourth grade students who enjoys school and his teachers‚ when I first met with ralph I thought he was going to be a shy‚ timid student. I was pleasantly surprised by how much he would warmed up throughout our first session. My biggest take away from our first session was that Ralph defiantly does not enjoy reading‚ he would much
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want‚ but its all part of life. By realizing these simple facts of life‚ helped me to be able to better go about handling these obstacles as they come my way. Towards the middle of my tenth grade year in high school I learned of the decision my family had made that we were moving that upcoming summer. At first I was very excited‚ anxious to leave my hometown and start fresh. However‚ as the moving date came closer‚ I became more and more anxious‚ realizing everything I was leaving behind. Up until
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I have had plenty of adversity in my life‚ but I never knew it. I only realized this aspect of my life when a family member said it. Epilepsy is something that my family and I have dealt with for about twelve years; since I was about six years old. We never gave up on pushing seizures out of the picture. We have driven three hours to Cincinnati‚ Ohio for the years in which I have known about epilepsy. I have taken countless types of medicines for the issue‚ and recently got the VNS implant. As
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position of leaving your entire family behind? Well‚ I have an opportunity to make that choice this coming summer. I have a choice between staying here in the United States and playing baseball for an American Legion Team‚ The Outlaws‚ or leaving the US and playing for an Ambassador Baseball Team in the Dominican Republic. This decision is tough considering no one in my family can come along. Also in the sixteen years of my life‚ I have never been away from my family for an extended amount of time
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I started learning the basics skills and rules of the game. I started playing Belle-Clair when I was four or five years old‚ after I saw my sister playing‚ I wanted to get started as quickly as possible. I played with girls that I went to school with. Every practice and game was so entertaining. Being able to play with my friends outside of schools and getting snacks after every game was the best part. Just being able to have fun as a kid was enjoyable as well. After a little while being on Belle-Clair
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I have grown up in a predominately white neighborhood. This town is called Anacortes in Washington state and I have lived here my whole life. My mother is mexican and my father is black. I grew up thinking that I was slightly different from everyone else but not really looking at it in a negative manner. Racism didn’t seem like a big deal because i have never personally had to deal with it and it still seems like a far off idea‚ one that is there but not connected to me. My father works for the
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took on low paying jobs to make ends meet‚ never giving up on her dreams of living in America. Since my childhood‚ she has always taught me the importance of being kind‚ generous‚ and playing an active role in the community. And after visiting my family in Fiji‚ I saw first hand what it meant to have those qualities—the kindness‚ generosity‚ and outgoing nature of the village. They also showed what it meant to be a part of a community by working together‚ farming the land‚ and cutting sugar cane
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because my genetic is pure Chinese. My physical appearances are black hair‚ black eye‚ yellow skin‚ and many other factors that all Chinese have. I am culturally Chinese because I lived in China for most of my life. All my childhood memories and experiences happened in China‚ and it affected me a lot throughout my life. Secondly‚ what makes me
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for different cultures or ethnicity to diversify the community. A Hispanic family living in such an isolated community takes a toll on the way we view the world. This environment has indulged my curiosity. Being the second youngest sibling of my family of seven has allowed me to learn from my older brothers‚ and have the privilege to be a leader to my little brother and serve as a role model to him. Though none of my family members went to college‚ and my parent’s highest education being a high school
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When I had first volunteered at a preparatory school as a teacher’s assistant‚ I was thrilled and excited. I enjoyed working with children and I admit‚ was slightly disillusioned with expectations that the children would be dutiful and effortless to watch over. Unfortunately‚ all my prior imaginations crashed the second I entered the classroom. Everywhere I saw‚ it was pure chaos. I dodged a flying crayon as I saw children running around throwing paper airplanes‚ balls‚ while others just stared at
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