to another country or not. Since it’s going to determine our futures, so they want us to decide where do we want to study and shape ourselves. Honestly, I was hesitant at first. Thinking of leaving a country where I had grown up in with all the unforgettable memories, leaving behind all of my friends, my teachers, schools, my church, and my childhood was not really easy for me. Along with the fact that I will have to adapt with a whole new life of different culture and people even made it’s harder
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4 women will experience domestic violence in their life-time” and “Most domestic violence incidents are never reported.“ These two quotes show that the domestic violence is real problem and will never end. I asked myself “What if every incident was reported? Would that increase the ratio to 2 in 4? Or even a high number?” Domestic violence is a serious issue and it has to be addressed. A lot of the incidents go un-reported and victims must suffer the consequences for the rest of their
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Noli Me Tangere (novel) Noli me Tangere Image:Original cover, Noli me Tanger.jpg original cover Author Jose Rizal Country Philippines (first printing in Berlin) Language Spanish Genre(s) novel Publisher Publication date 1887 Media type Print Followed by El filibusterismo Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not as the alternative English title) is a Spanish-language novel written by José Rizal and published in 1887 in Berlin. The novel is commonly referred to by its shortened name Noli; the
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It has been more than seventy years since the Nanking atrocity of 1937-38. This event is better known as the “Rape of Nanking” or “Nanking Massacre” (Wakabayashi). Even today, there is no healthy dialogue between the countries of China and Japan in regards to the atrocity that occurred there so long ago. The last time that there were any concessions made in regards to the atrocities in China were during and after World War II. Much of the historiography has been limited due the amount of silence
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Mitch’s parents wanted him to study law or medicine- instead he graduated from the college in NYC with dreams of becoming a musician. Mitch’s parents had a lawyer and a physician as his possible self. On the other hand, Mitch had created a different possible self of himself- a successful musician. H tried hard for a while but wasn’t able to make it work. While in school, he saw his uncle die from pancreatic cancer at a very early age. He saw failure, pain, and death all at once; and realized this
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Pervasive Presence of Violence Throughout history there have always been prominent leaders, fighting for what they believe in no matter what the consequences. Constantly striving for change, those who had the courage to lead knew that it was only them who had the opportunity to make the future better for their children and grandchildren. Two prominent people that struggled to make a change in history were Malcolm X and Fannie Lou Hamer. One, an aggressive spokesman for Black Nationalism whose words
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mistakes. My mistake of not being able to control my emotions could have possibly cost my team the game. The words of the referees echoed in my head at night, “As a captain you control your player’s emotions.” After not setting the right example in that incident, I have worked on having poise in the intense moments and back and forth
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Throughout history, discrimination has been one of the most discussed topics. Discrimination can be understood as a negative attitude toward individuals based on their beliefs in religious, racial, ethnic, political, or other domains. Our world has always faced the problem of discrimination. Discrimination does not just happen in one place or country; it happens everywhere in the world and affects different types or groups of people. Just as we live in a culturally diverse society, myriad countries
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Ling Zhang (Ling) ENGL 401A Jovana Milosavljevic 11/23/2015 An Unforgettable Memory Memory of a time when I always touch or feel index finger of right hand’s scar, and I have never been more petrified in my whole life. In just two seconds, I experienced a life-or-death situation in an accident. In the winter of 2010, the weather was always rainy or overcast in the south of China where my hometown is called Jiangxi province. Normally, it was raining when I went back to my hometown to visit my
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The Society We Face Everyday As a Hispanic, I suppose I should expect or, be prepared, rather, for racism and discrimination. Thankfully, I have not experienced either. Yet, our world is not perfect: things take place that we rather not know about, but ignoring the problem seems to only make matters worse. The movie “American History X” is an admirable alterable attempt to inform us about these types of malicious ignorance that plague our society. The impeccable acting, artistic cinematography
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