A major part of my life has been centered around my family. The many holiday get-togethers and birthday parties with homemade ice cream and chocolate cake bring back some of my earliest memories. The older I become‚ the more I realize I would like to share the feeling of community I felt when I was with family to the other people in my life. One way I was able to do this was through volunteering. Probably the earliest and most consistent way I have volunteered is by taking care of neighbors’
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Growing up‚ I had always known that my parents were not originally from America. They had escaped the horrors of the Vietnam War and immigrated to the U.S. for a better and safer life. It was not until I was old enough that my dad explained to me the details of what really happened. My dad was born and raised in central Vietnam. He learned to read and speak in Vietnamese when he was young. He spent the hot and humid days farming and planting‚ but when he had free time‚ he loved to go fishing. Life
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In Felisa Roger’s article How I Learned to Love Football‚ Roger discussed how her dislike for sports changed all together with when she had a reason to care about it more. She provided a great background when explaining why she changed her mind about disliking sports‚ and used a great variety of detail while explaining it. She talked about how as she was growing up she had a strong dislike of all sports. She talked about how she was never good at playing any sports in gym class and always hated
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Joseph Conrad was born Joseph Teodor Konrad Korzenioski in 1857 in Berdichev‚ Ukraine. He officially changed his name to Joseph Conrad in 1886‚ when he became a British citizen (Liukkonen). Although Conrad discouraged people from interpreting his literature through analysis his life‚ his life did shape his writing. Much of his anti-imperialistic views could have sprouted in childhood‚ when he was under the rule of Russians the Ukraine. His father Apollo Korzeniowski was arrested for suspicious
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emphasis on growth in all aspects of life‚ I know I could have‚ and still can‚ crumble. However‚ my first love saves me. She always makes me feel calm when the ship I know as school hits rough waters or seems like it is going down. She takes me to a different place when unpleasant thoughts consume my mind. She lets me crash into sweaty bodies‚ perform for squealing crowds‚ and lets my intense focus I have crafted for academia be channeled into making
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Douglas Douglas 1 2-6-12 My family history "In all of us there is a hunger‚ marrow deep‚ to know our heritage - to know who we are and where we came from. Without this enriching knowledge‚ there is a hollow yearning. No matter what our attainments in life‚ there is still a vacuum‚ emptiness‚ and the most disquieting loneliness.” –Alex Haley This quote explained to me the importance of my grandparent’s legacy and their history. A long twisting family tree inspires one who does not know
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To my love Emmett Today was the day I was going to tell my best friend since 1st grade how I felt about him as more than a friend. Maybe it was time that I expressed my feelings towards him‚ and stop being a so called whimp. I moved from Mississippi when I was 10 year old and leaving Emmett was even harder. We were both raised in Chicago and we had always been together‚ even our families were close. This summer Emmett will be visiting soon for his two week vacation with his relatives‚ and had called
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Dear. Mr. Lac Su I would like to start off by saying Thank You very much Mr. Lac Su‚ Reading your book brought to surface many of the occurrences in my life that I have found myself hiding from. You told my story seen through your eyes but from a different environment‚ I honestly thought I was alone in this world until I read your book. From moving from your home land‚ to being bullied and picked on for your accent‚ losing a friend through tragedy and having to meet new friends in a
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Ryan Abdelhafez REL 1101-Survey of the World’s Religions My Religious Family Tree From one generation to the next‚ my family and I come from an Islamic background. There are two main branches of Islam‚ which are Sunni Islam and Shia Islam. My grandparents as well as my parents were born and raised in Egypt as Sunni Muslims. This led to the succession of my siblings and I‚ which include my brother and sister‚ being born and raised as Sunni Muslims in Brooklyn‚ New York. Although these two main
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Having explored my target and agent identities has helped me identify certain types of institutional racism that my family and I go through. In this paper I will go into depth on one specific institutional form that I feel has impacted my family and me in the long run. I will also link that form to two other forms of institutional racism and explain how each one of them potentiate one another increasing their ability to exclude or deny. Last but not least I will reflect my thoughts and emotions towards
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