A time when I stereotype a person was my roommate Dave. Dave’s is a cool guy we get along great‚ and now he is one of my closest friends. However‚ he’s a skater and I never hung out or around with those kinds of people in my life. So‚ I had assumed he was into all kinds of drugs. Ranging from hard core drugs like heroin‚ too soft core‚ that are not big of a problem‚ like marijuana. So‚ to say the least our first week was tough. But after a while of us getting to know one another and him finally telling
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My grandmother asked me to go get some fruit from the food and vegetable section. I was short and asked if one of the store employees to help me reach the bananas and apples. A woman was walking by and wasn’t paying attention to where she was going and hit me with her shopping cart. My grandmother heard all the commotion and ran over to me to see if I was ok. The woman who hit me said that I was running around the aisle and hit her. The store employee told my grandmother that the woman wasn’t
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Vinh Le - Essay Our family‚ along with the majority of our cousins‚ were all driving to Florida. We packed our bags the night before‚ and got as much sleep as we could before waking up early in the morning. Our stops were planned; routes were plotted out and hotels marked on digital maps. My uncle rented out a large SUV for all of us to drive in‚ and so began our journey. We had clothing for a week’s vacation‚ and had packed food to last as long as possible. We set off‚ planning to drive through
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As I sit in an extremely hot room asking myself why am I here? The week before school starts. I am sitting in a small conference room with my mom‚ dad; and two other people‚ I think they are teachers. And suddenly the man who looks like he was out in the sun for too long is reaching out to shake my hand. His hand was clammy and softer than I expected. While we were shaking hands he and that he was the vice principal and he is happy to meet me. When we released hands the younger looking women shook
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V. Shantaram-A versatile genius film director from Bollywood December 11‚ 2009 | Filed under: Featured | Posted by: Mithi Chinoy V. Shantaram-A versatile genius film director from Bollywood For Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram or V. Shantaram as we know him‚ learning filmcraft was indeed a very difficult task‚ considering that this Kolhapur boy had no formal education at all. He was born on November 18‚ 1901‚ in Maharashtra’s princely state of Kolhapur to a Jain family of very modest means‚ hence the
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possibly tmi wall of text about health‚ academic institutions‚ and ableism incoming: For the past 5 years‚ I’ve been inexplicably physically fatigued‚ which has had exorbitant consequences in every facet of my life‚ most prominently‚ in academics. In high school‚ I was always one more overslept class away from being kicked out‚ and at the beginning of every term‚ I was placed on disciplinary restriction for weeks on end. I’ve seen an endless parade of doctors‚ mental health professionals‚ been
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The quiet‚ adroit girl who sits in the back of the classroom and keeps to herself is exactly who everyone thought I was during the first two and a half years of high school. Then‚ I became the quiet girl standing in front of the entire school‚ making silly‚ mesmerizing motions with her hands. Fifteen years from now‚ I will meet up with my old classmates again and not one of them will be surprised by me. My heart has been in the Deaf community ever since I started learning ASL my freshman year‚ so
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Twin Win Birth is not a choice. You have no decision on your parents‚ standard of living or location. It just is. As for me‚ I was gifted with something money could not buy: an “identical” twin. But that word doesn’t seem quite right. . Even though some may think that since I am an identical twin I am half a man‚ not true‚ I would not be half the man I am today without my twin brother. Having someone who is the same age‚ growing up in the same environment and perceiving things similarly makes it
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“Mom! Can you draw for me”‚ a common phrase that echoed from our small Brooklyn apartment‚ see when I saw my mom‚ I saw a hero‚ my protector‚ and one of my biggest influences. She would always entertain and illustrate my wildest imaginations‚ from Dinosaurs to dragons to James Bond‚ the mind of that Pre-Schooler seemed to never rest. But one day my mom did something new‚ she gave me the paper and pencil‚ and I would sketch‚ sketch and sketch until the days came to end. And by the time kindergarten
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I parked my car on Devon Avenue in front of Shore Galleries and took a quick glance through the car window. Shore Galleries sign was attached to the building above the main entrance and windows were completely tinted. Shore Galleries was located next to a dry cleaning business. Unless you knew the nature of business of Shore Galleries‚ not many people would realize that Shore Galleries is a firearms store with an indoor gun range. I sat in my car for a few minutes to clear my head and thought
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