My childhood was hard and strict. I was the fourth of the five children my parents had‚ and my life pretty much was the day to day survival of a growing boy. My parents provided food for us‚ anything else we needed had to be provided by ourselves. No mistake was gone unpunished. My dad made sure of it. We always get spanked when we miss even a single one of our five daily prayers‚ so one is always certain of being in deep trouble when a rule is broken. I was fifteen and in my final year in middle
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If I had a ticket to go anywhere in this world I would want to go to The Bahamas. I would take my Family no matter what the cost as long as they agree to go with me but I’m pretty sure they would want To come. The Bahamas is located in The Caribbean and it is beautiful from I what I seen and heard. I Have never been anywhere outside of Texas so I think I would definitely enjoy going to an amazing place Like The Bahamas. The Bahamas has everything I would like to enjoy to visit. The
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I have finally reached my destination: Canada. My decision was clear; I could not go to the war. As soon as I received the letter stating that I was drafted into war‚ my mind was made up and I had to leave home as soon as possible. I brought some necessary supplies with me so that I would be able to survive during my journey considering I have nowhere to go and will be traveling through the forest for a majority of the time. The first thing I needed to do was find an open place to set up my tent
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to college by taking all of the class I needed to get this far. I have came a long way during my high school career because I really thought I wouldn’t have made it this far due to struggling to keep my grades up but as I started it’s not hard at all to keep them up you just have to try hard and get the job done. Although being in Upward Bound has help me accomplish these goals to make it his far from ninth grade to twelfth grade. Due to being in Upward Bound I have learned a lot of things such as
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school‚ I had friends who just wanted to drink‚ party‚ and have fun‚ but that wasn’t the case for me. I wanted to go to college‚ get a degree‚ and obtain a successful career. Me and my friends had different goals in life‚ they wanted to live life to the fullest‚ and I wanted to study. After thoroughly thinking it through‚ I realized that if I continued being friends with them‚ then I would soon resort back to the partying lifestyle. If I did that‚ then I would probably become a drunk‚ never go to school
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party‚ when I made the decision to attend college. She asked me that day‚” Mija‚ are you going to college?” At first I hesitated‚ “Si” . Then she told me‚ “Are you sure because that is exactly what your older sister said and she ended up pregnant.” After hearing those words‚ I knew for sure I wanted to be the first in my family to attend college. I wanted to prove her what I said I meant it and was going to make it come true. A situation where I showed grit and persevered was when I made the decision
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I was born and raised in a third-world country: Ethiopia. Even though Ethiopia is mainly known for her poverty and destitution‚ my life there was not that bad. Since my dad has lived in the USA since long before I arrived‚ I was able to go to private school in Ethiopia and get a good education. I came to the USA when I was fourteen years old. Nothing was as easy as I thought it would be. New country‚ new language‚ new home‚ new school‚ new friends: everything was new for me. Being a high school student
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In my first year of college‚ I had an opportunity to visited University of Maryland College Park with my cousin who attended there for four years. I met interesting people from around the world‚ spoke with amazing students and faculty‚ and became fascinated with campus life at College Park. Since then‚ it has always been my dream to improve my education at College Park after graduate two years from Montgomery College. I have heard many wonderful and unforgettable experiences from my family and friends
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I have always heard people say‚ “College is the key to success” and “The best way you could have great job‚ is by going to college”. Honestly‚ I always believed that you do not have to go to college. I never even wanted to go to college. At that time‚ I felt that college was a waste of time. The reasons why I decided to go to college was to see if college is for me. Secondly‚ I decided to go because of my mom and my mentor. Lastly‚ I want to better myself as person and succeed in life. My first reason
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of 2015 and I no friends‚ no hope‚ and I had been out of school for six months. I only had a month left of the summer to decide if I wanted to go back to school.The decision was very difficult because I had to work‚I had been badly bullied at my old school‚ and I had chronic mental illness that was holding me back. For most people they would’ve stayed a drop out but I decided to persevere. Despite my fears I went to a new school with only two weeks left of the summer. Every day I would sit in
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