well throughout my academic career and life itself. Being the child of a first-generation American‚ culture plays a big role‚ not just academically‚ but it has influenced my individual character. I was blessed to be born into the American and Ukrainian cultures. My mother‚ an instructor at the University of Maine Presque Isle and the Director of Education at Loring Job Corps‚ has taught me to explore the world with intrusive eyes: constantly seeking to learn and comprehend more. My father‚ who was
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obstacles throughout life. Some obstacles people get over and some obstacles people do not get over. Some people get themselves through each obstacle life throws at them and learn a lesson from them ‚ while many don’t. I have faced many challenges such as challenges throughout school. One of the major obstacles in life is moving a lot as a kid. This caused me to be really shy and have a hard time making new friends. Since I was a little kid me and my family have moved a ton. I have lived in three states
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What I can do? As a family‚ there are few things that we could do to reduce fuel consumption‚ it would help if other people see us and try to do the same. The most we can do is if we go to one place and we are all going‚ we will just use one car and try not use the air conditioning because it makes us consume more fuel. Also‚ if we need to buy some clothes‚ shoes‚ food or pay bills‚ we do it in one mall that has all the stores we need‚ because that make us spend less fuel. We should also try to
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man-to-man-ness; what makes man distinctively human (that which gives human beings their humanity). 1. The virtue of virtues; Confucius said he never really saw it full expressed. The other virtues follow from it. He never gives and defends a definition of it although he does characterize it. 2. It is dearer than life itself--the man of jen will sacrifice his life to preserve jen‚ and conversely it is what makes life worth living. 3. Jen is a sense for the dignity of human life--a feeling
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My diversity begins with my family’s emigration to the United States in 1997. Migrating from a rural and quiet city like Namangan Uzbekistan‚ to Queens New York proved to be extremely difficult. The fall of the Soviet Union and the independence of Uzbekistan in 1991 brought Islamic revivalism to the country and with it‚ the persecution of the Jewish populace that lived there. Threats of violence and slander ensued and eventually‚ my family had fled the country. We arrived to America in hope of an
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My current perspective of my life at eight By Maria Spring of 1995‚ I was eight years old. On this day I was especially excited‚ my parents just got a phone call regarding 2 foster children that needed a home. We were told they were a little younger than what my parents had expected‚ Holly was two and Ceria also known as Ce was one. I was told I would get to be their big sister for the time that we got take care of the
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Jessie Teskey In Edna St Vincent Millay’s Petrarchan sonnet “What lips my lips have kissed”‚ the speaker talks about past lovers that are in her life no more. Millay uses a variety of poetic devices such as‚ imagery‚ tone‚ and metaphor. She uses imagery of pleasure‚ intimate love‚ and nature. Her tone alters throughout the poem from feelings of wistfulness in the octave‚ to loneliness and abandonment in the sestet. The sestet signifies a shift from the speakers internal to external perspective
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down and said ok dad I understand. On the day that they moved into their new house dad noticed a little boy across the street and dad said see son there is a boy about your age‚ Micheal looked down and walked in the hosue. As Micheal sat at the table eating‚ his Mother told him to go outside to play‚ Micheal looked up at his mom with big wide eyes and said‚ Can you go out with me? his mother looked at him‚ and said son I have alot of stuff to do right now‚ but when I’m done I can come out then‚ The
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author Mitch Album illustrates the bond between a professor and his student‚ which in return leads him to changing his views in life. In The Road‚ the father was determined to survive for the sake of his son knowing that without him‚ the boy would die. The fathers bond with his son is so strong that he’s extremely careful of other people. “I’m afraid for that little boy. I know but he’ll be alright. We should go get him‚ Papa. We could get him and take him with us”. (Pg. 86). In this quote‚ the father
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Life in the trenches‚ during World War I‚ was a horrible experience for the soldiers of that time. Many soldiers were faced with death during these times. The sources of their deaths were either enemy attacks or their contraction of harmful diseases. Another major obstacle‚ in the trenches‚ was of the infestation of rats. Rats‚ either black or brown‚ were feared and were nuisances to the soldiers. Brown rats‚ especially‚ were detested due to their tendencies to feed on human remains‚ including the
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