"Why did your parents give you your name - what is the story of your name? Are you named after someone or some place? If you don’t know why you have your name‚ make up a story." 1. My name is Viet Nga. Anyone who sees my name at the first time‚ will think of something relating to Viet Nam and Russia. It’s right. It’s a romantic love story of my parents and my name was given to memorize the time and the place where my mother met and loved my father. Back in 1985‚ a Vietnamese student was sent to
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Song of My Mother Towards the back of a closet‚ in the corner where the dust tends to linger and the light shies away‚ hangs a brown suede leather jacket right next to a pair of old jeans. A jacket that--in its newer days‚ when the zipper still worked and both pockets were hole-less--a young woman wore on occasion. But‚ both the jeans and jacket are a bit faded now‚ the threads have turned awry‚ and the zippers have lost their shine. The woman has now passed it down to her daughter‚ but her
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The life of Chico Mendes. Born: December 15‚ 1944 Xapuri‚ Brazil Died: December 22‚ 1988 (aged 44) Xapuri‚ Brazil "At first I thought I was fighting to save rubber trees‚ then I thought I was fighting to save the Amazon rainforest. Now I realise I am fighting for humanity." Chico was many things‚ he was a steward to this earth‚ a unionist‚an enviromental activist ‚ a father‚ a husband and the list carrys on. This story starts with Chico being a rubber tapper
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Form and Content The Story of My Life is an account of the early years of a woman who overcame incredible problems to become an accomplished‚ literate adult. The book does not give a complete account of the author’s life‚ as it was written when she was still a college student. It is‚ however‚ a unique account of one young woman’s passage from almost total despair to success in a world mostly populated by hearing and seeing people. This book is relatively short‚ but the modern editions also include
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aware of the reasons why these stereotypes arise and of the implications that may arise from these. Most‚ if not all‚ of us have at some point in our lives gave or made stereotypes—or in Chimamanda Adichie’s words‚ a single story—against other people. In my case‚ I made a single story about the Muslims of Mindanao. I was raised in an environment of fundamental and conservative Christian teachings and ways. I was used to believing that the Christian faith is the “right” faith and that other faiths were
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My creation story In my opinion I believe the Islamic creation story which basically believes that God (Allah) all mighty clicked his fingers and proclaimed “Be” and it was. This is how I believe Allah crated the universe. Here is the creation story in my own words. Long ago when there was nothing‚ Allah (god) created the universe‚ the world‚ and our planet Earth‚ everything except for his self Allah the most high. (God has no mother or father‚ No one created Allah‚ all mighty.) Allah the Almighty
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said Boston. “Troy is my dad John‚ so you had better watch what you say”. . “That man isn’t your dad‚ the man was Asian‚ which explains the bad driving but let’s be honest‚ you look to have about as much Asian blood in you as a Holden Commodore” exclaimed Boston with a content smirk on his face. With that sly racist remark‚ not only was Hahn ready to roundhouse kick Boston through the nearest cinderblock wall‚ Hahn knew he was yet again‚ going to have to explain his life story to another in complacent
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and was in denial that my own brother had to deal with the conditions I was currently surrounded by. As much as I could not stand my brother at that moment‚ I still felt bad that my own blood related family member was faced with living in this life changing place that I saw through this barren dirt road and through the trees that were dying more and more as the seconds passed. Before I knew it the two and a half hour car ride was about to come to an end and I would see my brother for the first time
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The Story of My Life by: Helen Keller I. INTRODUCTION Helen Keller overcame different difficult obstacles of deafness and blindness to become an influential lecturer and social activist. She has become‚ in American culture‚ an icon of perseverance‚ respected and honored by readers‚ historians‚ and activists. Helen began working on The Story of My Life while she was a student at Radcliffe College‚ and it was first published in installments in Ladies’ Home Journal. Helping her was an editor
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THE STORY OF MY LIFE I was born in a cool‚ tranquil Sunday night around 10.00 pm‚ on 14th June‚ 2012 in Akure‚ Ondo State Nigeria. I was born to the family of Pastor and Deaconess Patrick Olufunmilayo Adeniyi. I grew up among five boys and one girl and ours was a family where virtues of morals‚ integrity‚ respect to elders and godliness were tenderly and adherently instilled. Discipline was so silently‚ gradually and steadily entrenched in the family that no one needed to tell the others to shun
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