city that I come from is not a representation of who I am. Pomona‚ California is known for it’s high crime rights‚ and all around gang violence. It is troublesome not to fall through the cracks when the temptation is all around my community. Growing accustom to this environment makes it that much easier to fall a victim into this lifestyle. At the age of 15‚ for the first time in my life‚ I experienced a retaliation drive by up the street from where I sleep‚ the place I call home. That night I heard
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I am only 17‚ yet I feel as though I have had a lifetime of experiences. I am multi-talented‚ deaf‚ Chinese and Jewish. I invite you personally to share my special life which I believe has helped me become the well-adjusted person I am today. Born in Shanghai‚ China without ears‚ I lacked the ability to hear. I relied on my eyes to understand my surroundings. My birth parents left me in an orphanage. To this day‚ it is a mystery as to why that was. Was I not worthy of them? Did they have another
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I have decided to lean to nursing as a career for many reasons. The main reason i decided to turn to this field of work was feeling the need to help people in a way that my younger brother was helped when he was in out of hospitals. During this time i joined the voulanteer morton fire department to get a grasp and sense of working under pressure while remaining calm. Alot of the times i noticed ifyou are in a flusttered sense of mind it is best to leave the situation to someone who is more capable
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“I stand here waiting for you to bang the gong. To crash the critic saying‚ "Is it right or is it wrong......" Lady Gaga’s Applause was pumping through‚ with tongue-in-cheek bravado‚ lands shacking. I enjoyed the hip-pop ever‚ even with crystal tears and numerous day-to-night practices‚ I felt it has been my part of life and could not be able to separate anymore. My mind tracked back the time when I was still an 11-year-old innocent girl‚ did not even know about Jazz. The first time when I saw
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you have been gone. 70‚080 hours here without you.2920 days since I found out . 8 years painful years of wishing you were still here... a lifetime of memories lost. It’s been along time since you passed from this world but I still think of you every morning when I wake up every morning and every night before I fall asleep. Your the reason why I am where I am today‚ you give me drive and motivation when I have none left. Your wisdom I keep with me every day knowing that you did your best to impart what
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Doubt. Am I good enough? Aaron takes three lessons a week for $80 an hour… I sit for hours in my room playing until I get it right. My cello was worth $200… Mackenzie’s cello was worth $4‚000. Haeun started when she was three… I started when I was 12. These were thoughts crossing my mind when Siess announced the ensemble for state. Yes‚ I was elated to be one of the three cellists in Camera De Unione‚ but I doubted my ability to play at state level. When I found out I was a part of Camera De Unione
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I am a true Floridian born and raised for the first fourteen years of my life in Homestead‚ Florida. My childhood growing up was difficult due to my mother’s breast cancer diagnosis‚ which profoundly affected my life. Being an only child and the thought of possibly losing my mother to cancer was devastating‚ especially since my father was absent the majority of my life. During my middle school years‚ I struggled so my mother decided to homeschool me. In 2011‚ my family relocated to Lakeland‚
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I lay in bed and take slow deep breaths‚ that is what you are supposed to do right? My tight body clenched in a mini fetal position‚ although unaware to my brain‚ leaves my body aching for no reason but my own. I try to slow my mind down. I try to quiet the noise. The harder I try the louder it gets. I sit and think about my day‚ how I did not try hard enough‚ didn’t work hard enough‚ how I ate bad or wait did I eat once or twice today? I go through every phone call‚ text message‚ conversation and
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Early in my college career I was searching for satisfactory career with a great purpose. After shadowing few different places‚ I met a man with illuminating passion to help others. He was a community pharmacist. I was very impressed by what I saw and I extended my shadowing time with him. One day I was compounding a suspension and he was sharing his wealth of knowledge about the therapeutics of that particular suspension. When I was told that this suspension would help a premature born have a better
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I am Puerto Rican‚ or‚ as my family constantly reminds me‚ "boriqua". As a result‚ I grew up learning two languages; English and Spanish. However‚ ever since I have attended school I have lost much of my Spanish. Unlike the other kids who cried and clung to their moms‚ I was very enthusiastic about starting school. I think the enthusiasm came from my parent’s encouragement to learn‚ as well as their assurance that they’d be there at the end of the day to pick me up and take me back home. Being
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