instrumental in my academic career and are the source of my perseverance to advance my education. My name is Dania Charles and I am from the small but beautiful island of St. Lucia. A country that is deep rooted in its value of education and which has cultivated two world renowned Nobel Laureates. These are but a few of the driving forces that have encouraged me to broaden my education and apply to the Fulbright scholarship program. In my previous degree program of Engineering Technology‚ my area of concentration
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necessity that carried my greatest growth. At a very young age‚ I remember watching‚ attentively observing people throwing away and disregarding their American birthright opportunities that so many people dreamt of holding. It was not up until I got older that I started to realize that these people I called family were people I was afraid of becoming. This fear awoke my desire to help make a difference in those who were less fortunate and a determination in becoming the very man my family learned to resent
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would need to alter my ways or I would spend a miserable life. I resolved to lift weights and run every day and get into shape and try a lot harder in school. I was fit and I had never played sports‚ so when school came I joined the football team. I studied the playbook hard and memorized the plays so that when they called a play I instantly saw what was going to
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I could not read at all‚ it did not really bother me until the class got assigned reading levels. I was put into the lowest level while most of my friends got put into different groups and were allowed to read different books then me. Not long after I was put into the lowest level‚ a lady came to my classroom and took me to another room to test
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It was the morning of move in day. I said goodbye to my home and headed out. I passed the local shopping market and my high school where I enjoyed a fun four years. As I headed to Norman I realized I was leaving everything I had ever known. All my life has consisted of living in the same house‚ going to school with the same kids‚ and going to the same supermarkets and restaurants. While I’d like to say I have developed a good idea of the world around me by visiting so many cities around the
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The Degree in which I changed my life We all know that change is scary‚ and for some of us‚ almost impossible. The fear of the unknown is at times all together overwhelming. However‚ change happens everyday‚ even if we don’t recognize it‚ change is happening around us‚ all the time. I chose to welcome change into my life‚ I had to‚ or I was going to lose the most important people in my life‚ my children. Approximately two years ago‚ my world came crashing down on me like a wall of bricks. In one
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a droplet of water‚ high above the earth‚ fluffy white clouds drifted through the atmosphere at that time. In the clouds‚ I lived as a little Droplet of water‚ round and content with life. For as long as I could remember‚ I spent my days lying on my back‚ relaxing and soaking up the sun’s warm rays. One day‚ I took my usual place in the sun but the light didn’t seem to be as bright. In fact‚ as the day went on‚ it grew darker and darker‚ loud claps of thunder shook the cloud‚ and I felt as if I were
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up idolizing left my family for a twenty-year-old girl‚ it left me mentally and emotionally unstable. As many times as my parents told me that their problems were their problems and that they shouldn’t affect me; this affected me. My life before the affair was great and carefree‚ however‚ now I’m not sure that I’ll ever get back there. It is literally as if I lived a different life before the trauma. My mom and dad divorced when I was just a baby. Although I have always loved my real daddy‚ I also
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I was in the sixth grade when I first met my best friend Jamilex. Jamilex and I were really close‚ we did everything together; our homework‚ went to the movies‚ hung out in the park‚ and often went her house where we had conversations about guys. We tried to spend time together as often as possible‚ because we didn’t see each other during school hours since she attended a different junior High school. We saw each other every day after school to do homework together. I never thought I would finally
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another generation. I didn’t think much of learning from other generations until something completely unexpected happened. This event completely changed the way I looked at life. It all started last year. It was a chilly October evening. The air was crisp and cool; it was the type of air that would hit you in the face when you walked out the door. My mom had just gotten informed that she had breast cancer. It came as a shock to everyone in the family‚ seeing as no one in her family had been diagnosed
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