“I had an amazing life. I had wonderful husband I loved more than anything else is the world. I had six beautiful children‚ who gave me nine grandchildren‚ and the strength I needed throughout my life. I have regrets; but everyone does. I believe my life was wonderful because everyday I pray for my family and thank God for what he has given me throughout the years. The good times‚ and the difficult ones – everything was a blessing.” Winnie‚ now 75 years old‚ believes she has been blessed everyday
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Educational Autobiography I grew up in a multi-racial household where neither of my parents graduated high school. School was never discussed nor was I encouraged to attend. It was the norm to begin working as soon as you turned sixteen. Success was based on being able to maintain a job in order to contribute financially to the family. I had to seek guidance from teachers‚ coaches and friends since there was no academic support at home. I realized early on that school was going to be my way
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was born and brought up in Houston‚ Texas. Ours is a family of four with my parents‚ me and my younger brother. The schooling years of my life were toughest. I struggled a lot in my studies. The standardized procedure of education never interested me. I was an average student throughout my academic life. Extra-curricular activities like sports‚ drawing‚ crafts‚ etc. were my favorite things. I just remember that it was the second semester of 8th grade when I stood first in class. However‚ it didn’t
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The Pen Mortality is a fact of life for everyone and has been since Creation. As humans‚ we have the intelligence to realize and understand this because we possess the ability to reason and to learn. This ability‚ when combined with the presence of Life that keeps us in existence‚ beckons us to secure the future in some way and for some reason(s). We need not only the chance at life beyond our own which comes with the birth of our children‚ but also to leave our own names‚ our own ideas and beliefs
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Chinua Achebe was born in 1930; he is a Nigerian novelist and poet‚ and he is generally acknowledged as the father of the African novel. Chinua Achebe was born in Ogidi in Nigeria; he is the child of Isaiah Okafor Achebe‚ a teacher in a missionary school‚ and Janet Ileogbunam. His parents taught him many of the values of their traditional Igbo culture‚ and it is not surprising that they reflect even in his works. In 1944 Chinua Achebe went to Government College in Umuahia. Like other major Nigerian
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Michelangelo is one of the most famous artists to ever live. He was known as a sculptor‚ painter‚ architect‚ and poet. He lived during the time of the Italian Renaissance in 1475-1564. He was born in Caprese‚ Italy which was a tiny village nearby the city-state of Florence‚ and his Dad was the mayor. He went to school‚ but focused on art rather than education. As a young child he was fascinated by all of the painters and sculptors. When he was 13 his father let him work for the Ghirlandajo Brothers
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Fall 12 Fall 12 PSYCH 304 – Dr. Kenneth Moore PSYCH 304 – Dr. Kenneth Moore My life through Erikson’s eyes Riham El Khorazaty ID: 900092686 My life through Erikson’s eyes Riham El Khorazaty ID: 900092686 08 Fall 08 Fall “The most glamorous of all wars‚ is the war between oneself and himself.” How much sense does this quote make? What if it comes from an old warrior who has taken chief leadership roles in four major military battles? This is a quote of my grandfather‚
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challenged her to use her mind. She was greatly influenced by her father because he gave her “a strong sense of pride and self-esteem” (“Marva Collins Biography”‚ 1992). When Marva was growing up in Atmore‚ Alabama‚ segregation was the rule. Black people were not allowed to use many of the same facilities as White people (“Marva N. Collins: Biography‚” 2011). As an African American at this time‚ she was forced to attend segregated schools. Contrary to popular belief‚ segregated schools often offered
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Biography of Henrik Ibsen In this semester‚ we study so many various poems‚ short stories by different authors. All of the authors have their own style of doing their work. They accomplished a lot by their work. Most of the authors have some special work for which they still recognized by people. Henrik Ibsen is one of them‚ whose work people still read and like it. Some of the work even inspires people to do certain action or believe in their concepts. The author’s biography is always studied
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In his biography‚ Olaudah Equiano writes that he was born in Nigeria at the age of 11‚ he was kidnapped. Some days later he was sold to European slave traders‚ with other slaves he was put or packed into a ship and transferred across the ocean to Barbados islands. Many years later Equiano wrote a biography about the treatment of slaves in Virginia. His descriptions of the punishments and humiliations that slaves had to endure were the first published account of an autobiography of an African slave
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