During my last year of undergraduate studies‚ at the University of Puerto Rico‚ I stepped into a Spanish literature class. I was not acquiring the knowledge I was expecting; therefore I decided to switch to another section. As a planned‚ I learned more about literature‚ but for my surprise‚ I also met my future husband. He was an Air Force ROTC’s cadet‚ and when the time came‚ he graduated from college and commissioned as an Air Force officer. Ten months after his commission‚ we got married and I had to
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Fresh Perspective Living in Texas most of my life I was no stranger to Americans who either didn’t speak English at all or whose first language wasn’t English. As I interacted with people‚ mostly from Mexico‚ I had a hard time understanding why they didn’t want to speak English . Although I’m ashamed to say it‚ I often viewed these people as less educated and meek. A statement that Ive heard all to often is that people who don’t speak English should learn our language or leave America. However
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However‚ everything went to a new level in 6th grade when I got expelled from school. My friend took the top off of a stapler remover and made it into a ring that you could wear. All the students thought it was the coolest thing ever because they were about to put it around their fingers and poked their friends in the back by giving them a hug. I thought that was so much fun‚ and when my friend was not looking‚ I took the stapler ring away from him. The next day‚ I thought it would be funny to try what
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everything away‚ they tear up the cherokee they threw refrigerators‚ ovens‚ tables‚ beds and everything that was damp‚ I have never experience seeing Houston like that. It was my first time seeing that Houston was dying of too much water. My house got about 2-3 inches of rain‚ I was really proud that my house didn’t got flooded or had any damages. At the same time I was unhappy of the people that lost everything they had. There are a lot of organizations that were helping people with food‚ clothes‚ cleaning
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“Yeah‚ that old myth about the beautiful woman who lurks on the banks of the Nile waiting for unlucky men.” He explained. “Yeah‚ I know what Al Nadaha is‚ my grandmother used to tell a lot of stories about her. But it’s not a new topic‚ I believe it was the center of lots of famous writings.” I told him. “I know but that was long time ago. People are starting to forget about those old stories in the age of technology‚ they don’t care about the folklore or the culture or anything
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Kyle Eslami Becoming a more fit and active person After looking a few years back‚ I’ve come to realize that proper nutrition and exercising can make a huge impact on someone’s life. Approximately two years ago‚ I was nearly two hundred and fifty pounds and I didn’t even seem to notice. I was at the age of seventeen and the height of five foot‚ ten inches; no young adult should ever have this excessive amount of bodyweight. I was having one hell of a time with my senior year of high school‚ but
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“You can’t eat that‚ it has sugar in it.” “Does that hurt?” “Is that the good or bad type of diabetes?” Listening to ignorant people talk about diabetes has to be the worst part about the disease‚ besides getting strange looks from people as you pull out your insulin and pretend its heroine. From hearing stories about someone’s great grandpa losing a foot due to diabetes and miraculously they’re an expert on the subject‚ or if one blood sugar isn’t in range‚ you’ll lose your liver. You can’t blame
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This was the moment that she knew she had to be there chef center totally changed my Aunt Patrice continue to tell me about how she learned that it is ability not disability that counts. But that we all have disabilities we all have things that get in the way of us from becoming as great as we could beat my disability was shyness and not feeling confident in what I
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with the bike. What’s worse‚ there was not a single person in the crowd that stopped to help me. The worst part was that after the literally “flow” of people was over‚ the road and sidewalk were scattered with trash and spilled drink. It lasted for about two and a half minutes‚ estimated to be roughly 200 people. My brother quit the game immediately after he knew this‚ refusing to be one of
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Benhaddouch 1 Benhaddouch Yassine Professor Coston English ENC 1101 08 Feb.2011 Successful failure In society today students in general become lazier and procrastinate more than they have in the past. This laziness could cause the student to fail a course‚ and perhaps not graduate. However‚ if the appropriate time and effort is made toward anything and in particular studying‚ success has become a realistic goal. In my case‚ it all occurred on Tuesday‚ June 9th
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