My childhood in New York City was very difficult for me. I grow up in a predominantly Hispanic Dominican decent neighborhood in the upper Manhattan area called Washington Heights. Washington Heights in the early 90’s was the heart of the drug trade. The norm: Drug attics (crack heads) used to be in the corner blocks on lines to buy drugs‚ just like if it was Black Friday at a Walmart super store. At one point in the 90’s it was considered one of the worst neighborhoods to raise a child. I remember
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Personal identity is how a person feels about their self that forms over the course of their life. There are many factors influenced by culture that have made up my personal identity‚ such as‚ social class‚ ethnicity‚ religion‚ geographic location‚ and my educational experience. All of these have made an impact on my personality‚ values‚ motivation‚ and family influences. I will explain how being American‚ in the lower-middle social economical class‚ Caucasian‚ and living and receiving an education
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Taylor Lyman ETS Final Project December 13‚ 2013 Race and My Community I have wondered what it would be like if everyone in my community was the exactly the same as the next person. When I think about this I wonder how it would be different if we were all exactly the same race‚ from the same cultural background and the same ethnicity. Throughout my local community‚ Henderson‚ Nevada‚ many differences can be seen and I am thankful for that. The cultural differences and many races and ethnicities
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At my family’s house back in Brazil‚there is aways someone arriving to get clothes‚to get a bag of fruits or vegetables from my mom’s garden ‚ or to get a piece of furniture we don’t use anymore.We rarely keep stuff that we don’t use‚ and that is all because of my mom. My mother is very generous and highly opinionated. She believes that if you don’t use it‚ you should donate
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associations. Another form of my strength is that I have access or knowledge of several hard money lenders. Any real estate agent that works with some investors is expected to know several hard money lenders. The agent should be in a position to get an investor to a lender or connect the investor to someone who knows them. A professional real estate agent must be respected within their neighborhood. Personally‚ I have managed to gain the respect of people within my neighborhood and my professional cycles
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scenarios I realized my biggest strength or skill would have to be my ability to adapt. In 1st grade I was moved from my neighborhood elementary school which had my family and neighbors to a magnet school that fostered more successful students but was much farther from the security of familiarity‚ which in this case was my neighborhood and my family. In the face of adversity I was able to adapt to my circumstances and succeed. This same ability showed in my first job. Since my youth my parents endorsed
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The person that influences me the most is my dad. He is well educated. Also he is very helpful. In addition to that he is kind. I want to emulate him when I grow up. My dad is well educated because he graduated from Clark College with two AA degrees‚ the degree was in accounting and the other was medical billing and coding. He has a really great memory and can memorize things easily. My dad is always there for me and helps me with many things like my homework. He helps me practice outside for
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The author grew up in Nyakagyezi‚ a village in southwest Uganda. Through hard work‚ he did well in school and was able to go on to University and ultimately came to the States. After losing a brother‚ sister‚ and nephew to AIDS‚ he felt compelled to do something to help the crisis. Realizing that many families caring for the orphaned children couldn’t afford the school fees for these kids‚ and recognizing the importance of education as a means out of the village poverty‚ he determined to build a
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influential person in my life is my grandmother. She is a traditional Chinese woman. When I was a child‚ my grandmother had been blind since I was not born‚ but she is nimbler than most people. My grandmother took care of me when I was a baby. Although my grandmother is dead‚ I still miss her‚ because she taught more experiences to me and these have changed many things in my mind. When I was a little girl‚ my parents went to another place for their work. Therefore‚ my grandmother took care
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My Hero Jacquie Smith ENG 121 Ms. Erin Nelson February 4th‚ 2013 My hero‚ ever since I was a little girl and to this day‚ my daddy. I have the most awesome daddy and in the next few paragraphs you will learn just a few of the reasons why my daddy is my hero. There are many reasons why my daddy is my hero but the most important four reasons are he’s a Christian‚ he’s caring‚ he’s non-judgmental‚ and his strength. The first reason my daddy is my hero is because he is a Christian and he lives
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