...become a U.S citizen? Sonya: Well, there is much more opportunities for me here in the states. My education will improve here, the job opportunities are much higher & well paying for my future family. Me: What steps did you have to take as part of the naturalization process? Sonya: At first, I was in college in Guatemala, I then got a student visa to come here and go to school and have an internship in my future field I was studying in. My visa was only for the summer. I signed up for my permanent green card. I knew I wouldn’t retain it right away because no one does. I did end up finding my husband and we ended up getting married not to long after we met. I then retained citizenship through the marriage shortly after. Me: How would you describe how you felt about the process? Sonya: I felt it was a hassle and a struggle and lots of work to become a citizen of the U.S. Except in the end it all becomes worth it. I realize they do so much and test us on things to protect their country. Me: How has gaining citizenship changed your life? Is your daily life different because of gaining citizenship? Sonya: Gaining citizenship was such a drastic change in my life for the better. I was able to complete school here with a much better education then what was offered in Guatemala. I was able to receive a higher paying job then I had expected and It is also much easier and luxurious to raise my family here in a nice home. You miss home occasionally but I know that my life is much...
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...high school would like to further their education at a college or university. Unfortunately, many students cannot afford the cost of attending college. This leaves students with few options, either abandon their hopes and join the workforce with no college education. The other option is to take on loans resulting in massive student debt after graduation. Another option, which I will be focusing on, is to receive a scholarship to compete in college sports. There is a catch if one decides to take this route, athletes are not allowed to make or accept any compensation whilst attending the university. This has led to players controversially getting kicked off teams and losing their scholarships. This issue has people torn as to whether the students should be paid or not. Journalists use similar rhetorical strategies to try to convince their readers despite having opposing views of the same topic. One person...
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...Everyone always asked me if I was nervous and anxious about leaving Minnesota for college. I decided to leave everything behind by deserting my family, high school friends, co-workers, and giving up my whole entire way of life to come to Cal Poly for Physics. Sometimes, I question if all of the stress I am putting myself through is worth it. I have to learn how to live, make new friends, and manage my lifestyle and time all by myself. Worst of all, my closest support is my uncle who is over five hours away in San Diego. After being away from Minnesota for two months, I have discovered everything that I gave up in order to be here is beneficial for my well-being. Since the beginning of my journey, I have not only developed a stronger bond with...
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...an individual obtain skills needed to overcoming and prosper and reach their full potential. If at all possible don’t avoid the fear make it positive and own your doubts. People give up on their dreams and goals daily but there are 6 simple steps that can be taken to Own IT and overcome. One step is making the decision. You and only you make choices for yourself. The article states “Plant the seed of your dream inside of you and you commit to loving this seed until the day you can harvest the fruits of your efforts.” (Dr. Annette Colby ©2008-2014 Advanced Life Skills) This reminds me of myself! For the last 19 years, I always said I wanted to go back to college, graduate and fulfill something meaningful in life and show my parents that all the hard work, sleepless night, nurturing and trouble I put them through was worth it. When committed to something you are just honoring yourself and even when it gets overwhelming remember this is what you decide and really want out of life. The second step is you are not your fear. The article says that fear is an emotion and if you recognize and accept that, then you can continue to move forward just relax. Stop and think, what steps I can take to succeed or what is motivating you? For me this is what delayed me from coming back to school until now. All I could think of is how can I take care of a family hold down a full time job and most importantly of all be a father and husband. The third step is changing your attitude...
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...never had to lock your doors at night, because you always felt safe. The only crime you saw was on TV and you could honestly say, that don’t happen here. It made you become close with your family, because they are all you had. The only downside for me was the lack of job opportunities, ones that actually paid you enough to live off of. I moved out of my parents house at the age of 17, when I graduated high school. I had always had a job or two so I could take care of myself and not rely on any help from my parents. By the age of 24, I realized this was not the way I wanted my life to be. My best friend and I decided we would look for work in the city and see if we could find anything. It did not take long for us to find a job that paid more and gave us benefits. The next step for us was to find a place to live and move to the big city. The hardest part for me, was having to say goodbye to my family. Knowing I was making a great decision to better my life, did not matter so much at that point. I felt like I was saying goodbye, forever. Big city here I come! The excitement of something new was so exhilarating! The day I moved was the day before my 25th birthday, so it was going to be perfect, or so I thought. I was lucky enough to have my best friend make this big journey with me, so I was not completely alone. However, the apartment we chose turned out to be in a really bad neighborhood. It definitely was a wake up call to life in a big city. There was constantly some type of criminal...
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...The year is 2030 and I am a successful veterinarian. I went to college for eight difficult but rewarding years to accomplish my dream of becoming a veterinarian. I love my job and I enjoy waking up every morning to go to work. But lately I have that I am not helping as many animals and owners as I could so I decide to go on a week long trip. As I am packing up all my supplies I look down at the plane ticket in my hand that reads Mexico City, ready to provide free vet care to as many pets as possible. I arrive in Mexico City and right when I exit the airport I see far too many stray dogs wandering the streets. I think to myself, “This is why I am here.” During this trip my team and I plan to spay and neuter as many dogs and cats as we can while also attending to any other health problems that come our way. We set up our clinic on the outskirts of the city under a large covered pavilion and plan to open at 7 a.m. I am taken aback when lines start forming at 5 and by 7 there are at least one hundred people waiting for my teams help. We really have our work cut out for us. The day is filled with all kinds of surgeries and procedures from pulling a rock out of a cat’s paw to removing multiple cancerous tumors from a dog. Many of these procedures would usually cost thousands of dollars but we are doing all free of charge....
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...Responsibility Essay is a brief look into my background, major changes in the educational landscape, my reasons for attending college, my motivation, and the obstacles that would hinder me from completing my goal. . Table of Contents Table of Contents ....................…………...................................................................................... 2 Personal Responsibility Essay……...................……..…............................................................... 3 References….................................................................................................................................. 6 . Personal Responsibility Essay My arrival at the University of Phoenix came a few years after my retirement plans ran into a pothole. When I say pothole, I should really say canyon. Though, all things considered, my retirement goals were nothing to write home about. I was a migrant nuclear worker, which means I worked infrequently with no substantial retirement benefits. This 30 year continuum had me exhausting my savings during the dry times, thus my earnings never amounted to much towards retirement. I lived an unbalanced middle class existence. My plan for retirement was to simply survive until I was able to collect social security, sell my home, move to a country where I could live comfortably off the SSI, die, and go onto heaven for a real retirement. So what was the pothole that in my perspective became a canyon? Let’s just summarize...
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...to become when you grew up? g. Work in the medical field h. Law enforcement i. Education as a teacher IV. What are your personal, professional and academic goals? j. Earn my BA degree in Child Development k. Own and Operate my own preschool l. Helping my children get through college My Life As I Know It 3 As I sit here and think about what to write down on this paper, I came to the conclusion that everyone has their own perspective on what their life was like. My life was no where perfect. I lived in a home with one parent, my life was a struggle. However, as I grown as an adult I have learned the importance of a good education and being a positive, supportive parent to my children as my mother was with me. My mother was a hard working parent, raising three children all on her own. My dad walked out of our life when I was 7 years old. My mom would struggle to make end meet, she only made $250 a week, that wasn’t enough to feed a family of four and pay bills as well. But, she was a strong woman; she didn’t let that stop her, my mother picked up another job to help us get by. There were many of times we hardly ever saw my mother, my oldest brother Ricky who was 11 years old at the time, help my mother out by watching me and my little brother while she worked. I can remember it like yesterday, before she would leave for work,...
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...Conclusions…………………………………………………………………………………….…7 Appendix 8 References…………………………….…………………………………………………………11 Proposed Business Problem Statement The importance of obtaining a college education to work in today’s society cannot be overstated. That is why in recent years high schools have started to encourage students to pursue a college education as well as begin to prepare the students for college. The current methods high schools are implementing offer general ways of preparing students for college that are often times ineffective and lack proper execution. Since college preparation is critical for high school students to increase their chance of successfully graduating from college, it is now more crucial than ever before to provide proper college preparation for tomorrow’s college students. However college preparation requires more than just helpful techniques for studying and teaching yourself. College preparation also requires a good amount of hard work and learning core subjects that form the foundation for which we build our knowledge upon in college. We are aware that the majority of future jobs involve science, mathematics, and technology skills to be successful in, that is why our tutoring subjects will primarily be focused on science and technologies. Overall, our mission is to provide a quality college preparation service paired with effective tutoring for high school students that potentially want to pursue...
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...My Life As I Know It 3 As I sit here and think about what to write down on this paper, I came to the conclusion that everyone has their own perspective on what their life was like. My life was no where perfect. I lived in a home with one parent, my life was a struggle. However, as I grown as an adult I have learned the importance of a good education and being a positive, supportive parent to my children as my mother was with me. My mother was a hard working parent, raising three children all on her own. My dad walked out of our life when I was 7 years old. My mom would struggle to make end meet, she only made $250 a week, that wasn’t enough to feed a family of four and pay bills as well. But, she was a strong woman; she didn’t let that stop her, my mother picked up another job to help us get by. There were many of times we hardly ever saw my mother, my oldest brother Ricky who was 11 years old at the time, help my mother out by watching me and my little brother while she worked. I can remember it like yesterday, before she would leave for work, she would call us down to the table and say “make sure you eat all your food before leaving today, because a starving brain will not function properly. Today I make sure I send my children off to school with a good breakfast and positive message each morning to start their day out right. To me it’s important to stay positive because when children see and hear positive thing they tend to be positive as well. Some of the most...
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... a single mom, a teenager, or a dad. Many people cannot imagine what the lives of an immigrant is like. A fraction of the population does not understand why people move here...
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...This past December, I graduated from Tidewater Community College with an associate degree in general studies and was promoted to Petty Officer Second Class in the United States Navy. I never expected to become a community college graduate. I never imagined I would join the military, either. Up to this point, my educational and career journey has been thoroughly non-traditional—marked by twists and turns, changes of heart, and changes of plans. Going forward, however, the path is much clearer. I have spent the last three years executing a plan I made at the lowest point in my life. Hopefully, the next step of this plan will lead me to the Columbia University School of General Studies. For most of my life, I scoffed at the idea of attending...
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...March 14, 2008 Dwelling in Possibilities By Mark Edmundson Our students' spectacular hunger for life makes them radically vulnerable. At the beginning of school last fall, I ran into a student on the University of Virginia Lawn, not far from the famous statue of Homer instructing an admiring pupil. Homer's student is in a toga. Mine was wearing wraparound sunglasses like Bono's, black jeans, and a red T-shirt emblazoned with Chinese characters in white. Over his shoulder he carried his laptop. We asked each other the usual question: What did you do over the summer? What he did, as I recall, was a brief internship at a well-regarded Internet publication, a six-country swing though Europe, then back to enjoy his family and home, reconnect with high-school friends, and work on recording a rock CD. What had I done? I had written five drafts of a chapter for a book on the last two years of Sigmund Freud's life. I had traveled to Crozet, a few miles away, to get pizza. I'd sojourned overnight in Virginia Beach, the day after I woke up distressed because I couldn't figure out how to begin my chapter. I'd driven to the beach, figured it out (I thought), and then I'd come home. My young friend looked at me with a mixture of awe and compassion. I felt a little like one of those aged men of the earth who populate Wordsworth's poetry. One of them, the Old Cumberland Beggar, goes so slowly that you never actually see him move, but if you return to the spot where you first encountered...
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...Evan Mandery Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice • Why I'm Skipping My Harvard Reunion (A Call to Action) Posted: 05/06/2014 8:51 am EDT Updated: 07/06/2014 5:12 am EDT In a few weeks, the Harvard class of 1989 will be reuniting in Cambridge. There'll be mini-TED talks, a "Taste of New England Dinner," and a chance to sing with the Boston Pops, but I'll be spending the weekend coaching my son's Little League team and hanging out with my family. Reunions seem unnatural to me. I refuse to participate in the charade of pretending to be surprised to see a classmate, and when I'm asked, "What have you been doing?" as one inevitably is, I never know where to draw the line between "stuff" and the full, self-reflective version one might share with a close friend. I think too much detail implies an exaggerated sense of self-worth and is hence a greater faux pas than too little detail, so I've always hewed closer to the "stuff" version, but this runs its own risk of suggesting you don't think the other person is important enough to merit the full telling of your own story. It's a minefield and, in the social media era, one that's entirely avoidable. I've never been unable to locate an old friend or classmate online. It's particularly easy for graduates of Harvard, which maintains a great alumni website--it's where Facebook started, after all. Anyone interested in me can find my professional record on LinkedIn, family photos on Facebook, and many hilarious tweets. If one wanted...
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...on love. Like any young person, he promptly ignores the advice. Did we mention that he's 21? Keep that in mind. It'll be important later. Flash forward: now he's 22. And as it turns out, the advice he got was pretty good. Love hurts. And we're not just quoting that '80s song. Line 1-2 When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, • Uh-oh. Any time a literary work starts out with a wise man's sayings, you just know that they're probably going to be ignored. If we listened to wise advisors, we wouldn't have any stories to tell. And poems are stories, after all. • So, we've got a young whippersnapper and his older mentor. Stay tuned, folks…. Lines 3-6 "Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies But keep your fancy free." • Well, it turns out that love is worth more than gold. Or, er…the lack of love is worth more than gold. • Don't let the happy tone and snappy rhymes confuse you: this poem is about control. It turns love into an economic calculation, one which allows the "wise man" to balance feelings against more conventional forms of currency (crowns and pounds and guineas are, after all, the big guns of the U.K.'s monetary system). As it turns out, the heart is more valuable than money – which is precisely why the speaker's buddy thinks that it should remain soundly within his control. • Of course, this is also about the lack of control – since we have a feeling that not too many people take this wise man's sayings...
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