“Belonging”‚ being accepted‚ or having your image accepted in society nowadays has become a big setback. Racial profiling and bullying are becoming more and more common. What you speak‚ the way you look‚ and what you wear are things which people use these days to judge you. People will try to dress‚ speak‚ and act like famous people so that they may be accepted and looked at as “one of us” by the general public‚ and not “one of them”. I’m sure we all have our very own experiences in which we
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Thank u Thank u all!Good Evening‚ Ladies and Gentlemen.I’ve been having some sleepless night wondering what words to say and finally the D dayarrives and I am standing in front of u delivering my views and most importantly‚ myacceptance. As I look to the many curious and staring eyes on me‚ I believe the comingyear will bring more sleepless nights.I’d like to take a moment to thank them‚ without whom‚ I can confidently say I wouldnot be here today. That’s my family‚ pause‚ each of them have and will
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Scholarship Boy or Not? In the essay “Achievement of Desire”‚ Richard Rodriguez takes author Richard Hoggart’s‚ “Scholarship Boy”‚ and uses it as a reference point to capture his own life experiences as a scholarship boy. Growing up in a working class house hold‚ Richard was not the average product of his environment. Much like Hoggarts’ scholarship boy‚ Rodriguez was a very dedicated student that excelled in most of his studies. Although Rodriguez had the full support of his parents he was still
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Be Great Scholarship Essay Being “great” like many other adjectives used to describe an individual is a subjective term. That means that great for one individual might not be great for another. This is similar to how successful for me would be to take care of my mother and father‚ while success for another would be to make a six figure salary a year. For me‚ being “great” is doing just that little bit more that separates you from the competition. A quote that I am reminded of is by Art Williams
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3 Unusual Scholarships There are many scholarships that are offered for colleges‚ but there are some that are out of this world. Here are 3 strange scholarships. If you love your veggies‚ this one is right for you. Two health-conscious winners will be awarded a $5‚000 each in scholarship money from the Vegetarian Resource Group. Eligible applicants must not only exemplify a healthy lifestyle‚ but also promote vegetarianism within their community too. Vegetarians do not eat meat‚ fish
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My Journey to Georgia College On a bright Sunday morning‚ in a West African country called Nigeria‚ my phone rang. Who was on the phone? It was my father who resides In the United States. He called to inform me of his intention of bringing me over to the U.S. to complete my higher education. As young as I was then‚ I graduated from high school at the age of sixteen years old. I have always lived with my grandparents ever since I was forty days old. I objected to my father’s intention; I said‚ “No
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Tommy VO Writing-4B Feb 22‚ 2013 Dear The Scholarship Selection Committee My name is Phat Vo Chi. I am an ESLi student. I would like to introduce myself as a recipient of the Islander ESL Scholarship. At first‚ I would like to illustrate my positive academic achievements. I got GPA over 3.5 for an average grade of my 12th grade. In addition‚ all of my subjects’ grades are above 3.00. Especially‚ I got 3.5 for my mathematics class‚ 3.00 for chemistry‚ English and literature class. I have an
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A milestone in the genre‚ this novel demonstrated for the first time that hard-boiled fiction could serve as a vehicle for social comment and critique. While the apparent plot is slower paced and less metaphoric than Chandler’s previous novels‚ the revealed plot shows him using his own life as a material‚ an autobiographical turn that prepared the way for Ross Macdonald. Marlowe meets and befriends English expatriate Terry Lennox‚ a drunk who has been abandoned by his ex-wife Sylvia‚ at The Dancers
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My name is Kinsey Bates and I am the second in my family to attend college‚ but the struggles of being a college student are very new to me. My mother is a single parent of three kids‚ and is watching two of us go through college at the same time. She doesn’t have a degree higher than a high school diploma and works very diligently as a secretary for a plumbing shop‚ and is very supportive of all three of her kids. I’m diving into everything head first as a college student‚ working 36 hours a
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The Affton Alumni Association Scholarship will make a difference in my post-high school education in three ways: financially‚ educationally‚ and personally. Financial assistance is a necessity for many college students‚ particularly those planning careers that require many years of education beyond the undergraduate level. Many students graduate from college with enormous student loan debt or limit their education in an attempt to control costs. Because scholarships are free money‚ students can
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