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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myself‚”How hard could it possibly be?” So‚ I casted my line into the water and started reeling in slowly. It took me about ten casts until I caught my first fish. My dad was right in telling me the fish fought pretty hard‚ because I had trouble getting it in. Eventually I got it on the shore and had no clue trout were one of the slimiest freshwater fish out there. So‚ I unhooked it from the lure and released it back into the water no problem. As the day went on I didn’t have much luck anymore. I had
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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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“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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“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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”A black belt is a white belt that never gave up.” -Unknown. Taekwondo is something that has changed my life. I tried every sport out there. Basketball‚ Soccer‚ Dance‚ Gymnastics‚ and Lacrosse‚ but Taekwondo was the only sport that spoke to me. I started about 5 years ago‚ as a white belt. I never even thought that I could accomplish something this big. December 19th‚ 2015 was finally the day that all of the pain‚ sweat‚ tears‚ hard work‚ and training paid off. The day I found out I was a black
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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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We all walk inside and sit at the table and wait for him to make us some food. My dad walks out of the kitchen hands us plates and we sit down and watch “Night of the living dead.” I get sucked into the show and push everything else out of my head. About when the show is half over my mom gets a call from my step dad Gary. “Where are you?” I hear Gary ask threw the phone. My mom chokes up and hangs up. My mom grabs me‚ and we leave after saying our
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