Who I am? I am a Guatemalan and an American woman‚ throughout my life I have grown up in a misogynist society‚ my first language is Spanish and most of my education has been in Spanish. All my life I have lived in Guatemala and El Salvador. Since my childhood‚ I had the influence of two different mentalities. My mother is a Guatemalan and graduated from sixth grade with a very traditional education and my father from the United States who graduated from college with a four year degree in biology
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Spend a day in my shoes: Spend a day in my shoes‚ the daughter of an abusive father. The night before my first day of high school I lay on my bed watching the clock. With every breath I took‚ my heart sank deeper. New friends‚ new teachers and a whole new beginning. Firm footsteps interrupted my train of thought. They carried an unpleasant feeling. Dense‚ accelerated and increasingly emphatic‚ they were approaching my room. My father busted into my room murmuring to himself. He reeked of smoke
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eldest in my brothers and sisters‚ I have a lot of duties to go with. Besides‚ I’ve a spirit to seek knowledge and progress in life too. I am well known of the sacred relations like friendship and fond of having good friends. I am grateful to Allah that He gifted me with marvelous friends. A group of sincere buddies make a chill talk and a special time is passed. Once I was at home. My friend‚ Arslan‚ came to me and said‚ “Come with me‚ I want to take you somewhere.” I took permission from my mother
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be described by their purpose in life because they are equal in value; making us all equal. In my own belief‚ my goal is to make people smile; I could do this by helping kids with pediatric cancer‚ having teenage support groups or volunteering at a local soup kitchen. I could be a volunteer or work as a nurse in a children’s hospital in order to help kids with pediatric cancer. Cancer runs in my family and always seems to happen to my family or friends of my family‚ and I know how it feels to
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Grade 3 Story Time by Andrew Collett When our teacher tell us stories at the end of every day‚ we all sit in silence as she takes us far away. To places where wise wizards live in castles in the sky‚ to lands where all the children have wings so they can fly. We all sit in silence we just sit and stare‚ for when teacher tells us stories she makes us feel we’re there. Grade 3 Rainy Nights by Irene Thompson I like the town on rainy nights When everything is wet - When all the town has magic lights
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My Most Memorable Day There are lots of memorable days in my journey on earth but there is one that stands above all others. It comes up to my mind every now and then ‘First day of school’. It all happened long ago but I remember it as if it just happened yesterday. It was 24th February 2006‚morning 6:00 am when my alarm started ringing loudly. I jumped up excitedly not being able to stand. It was my first day at Da Vinci International School! I was going into KG1 (FS1 as they call it in Dubai)
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I do not have very ambitious aims in my life. I do not wish to become a mill-owner or a multi-millionaire. The some object of my life is to lead a life of simplicity and goodness devoted to the service of humanity. The life of a professional leader or a politician would not suit me as most of such persons have become parasites on the society. I was born of middle-class parents. From the very beginning‚ I have been passing through the struggles of life. I have seen cut-throat competition in most
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In the short story "The Love of My Life‚" two teenagers make one bad decision and their lives are changed forever. The author‚ T. Coraghessan Boyle‚ wrote the story based on an actual news story that had occurred a few years back. The author does a great job of making the relationship between Jeremy and China seem so wonderful and almost innocent‚ that it is hard to be angry with them. The two characters in the story‚ Jeremy and China‚ are young and are head over heels for each other. The very
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Economics in My Life When I was first given this assignment I was extremely perplexed at how I would even begin to finish it. I had no idea how economics related to my life in anyway. I hadn’t thought about it critically and I struggling terribly. Thanks to some much needed help from a fellow classmate‚ he allowed me to get an idea of things from his own essay. After reading not one‚ but two other essays‚ I was so surprised at how oblivious I had been. I never realized that just about everything
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had left my bowling bag outside‚ but I didn’t want to run back out and melt. So I grabbed an umbrella and ran out to get my bag. My two bowling balls were a Gator ball and a red lightning ball‚ both of which are fourteen pounds. When I returned with my bowling ball‚ Coach Tom Phillips‚ one of the best professional bowlers I had ever seen‚ gave me some “bowling tips” on trying to hit more strikes and spares. He told me after I rolled the bowling ball‚ I needed to bring my hand beside my right ear
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