I am proud of the long way that I have come from when I was younger. I’ve learned many things over the years and me being a minority‚ I had to learn and experience things that other adolescents might not have had to. I think it can be said that almost every minority goes through some type of discrimination. I‚ myself‚ have have experiences of discrimination with maybe the most notorious example of being followed or closely monitored in the store. My parents always told me that I have to work twice
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accounting because I have always enjoyed working with numbers. I enjoyed math classes in high school‚ but I knew that I wanted to be working in some sort of business field. I have aunts and uncles in the accounting field‚ so when declaring a major in college‚ I chose accounting. Once attending college‚ I declared a major in accounting because I enjoyed the number crunching and the logic of the financial statements. I wasn’t sure that I had chosen the right degree‚ until I completed my pre-business accounting
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China Grove In Eudora Welty ’s story‚ ?Why do I Live At The P.O."‚ the main character directs the focus of the reader through her own point of view. The story is set in a small Mississippi town‚ sometime after World War II. The time and the place have a significant effect upon the language used. This helps to create an overall mood that is dominated by Southern prejudices‚ interpersonal ignorance and simplicity; for example‚ Sister says ?Nigger girl? (1031) words that now demonstrate racism but at
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I love my country. I am proud to be a Canadian. We live in a beautiful land; we have ample natural resources; we have a long peaceful history; we are a truly multicultural nation; we have made major contributions to the advancement of society; and we are‚ all in all‚ a great people. Canada is the second largest land mass on earth -- and what a beautiful country it is! Surrounded by three oceans‚ it has an incredible variety of landscape. From the vast‚ pure‚ arctic north‚ to the breathtaking Rocky
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you know what it feels like to be homeless? I don’t know what it feels like‚ and I don’t think anybody should should know how it feels‚ especially children. To be homeless means that you never know where you will sleep at night‚ or where you will live next month. That’s not exactly an ideal life‚ is it? So why should children be living like that? We need to help these people‚ and even though you might be thinking “ What can I do? What difference could I make?” ; your help could actually change someone’s
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If I hand a ticket in my hand that would open up many windows for things I could do. It is giving me a choice of what I want‚ and what I want to discover. I would choose to go to San Francisco‚ California. I have always wanted to go their and see what the city is like. My favorite team‚ the Giants‚ are there and I would go what them play a baseball game. The Giants ballpark has always been an amazing park. It has such a beautiful field with the bullpens in foul territory. I love the glove and the
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I am currently enrolled in an electrical program to become an electrician. I first knew I wanted to become an electrician in my first class of Ag. I joined the electrical team and with practice‚ I placed in the competition and won a scholarship to attend the ABC technical school in Sulphur. An electrician is someone trained (and usually licensed) to perform electrical work. Electrical work is a highly technical profession that requires a thorough understanding of how electricity works and the materials
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Why I decided to become a nurse. Growing up I always thought I would someday be a nurse. It was a dream that I always had. Knowing that it would be hard for mom and dad to afford‚ I considered enlisting into the army to get school and training paid for. As high school graduation got closer‚ I decided to "take a break" from school. So‚ I didn’t go to college or enlist. When I started running low on funds‚ I decided to go to training to become a certified nurse’s aide (cna). It didn’t
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WHY I WOULD LIKE TO BECOME A NURSE Becoming a nurse has always been a dream of mine. It started several years ago‚ when I came to this country from my native country Jamaica. My first job was working as a Certified Nursing Assistant‚ taking care of a 92 year patient. It was a job I did well and look forward to doing every single day. I took care of this patient for five years until she died. It was during that time I realized taking care of people is my passion. I am presently taking care
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Why do I want to be a nurse? I want to be a nurse because my life experiences have taught me to have compassion for people. My childhood consisted of being abandoned by my parents‚ abuse and poverty. My decisions also led me to be a teenage mom and married by the time I was 18. My childhood and my marriage have taught me to fight hard for something you believe in‚ not to ever give up. I want to carry this compassion over into nursing‚ to love people that are broken not only in their body‚ but in
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