To My Future Children, I am writing this journal for you so that you will always know our heritage and where you ancestors came from. We may be United States citizens but our culture and homeland is elsewhere. Somewhere I am hoping you will one day visit. Here is a little bit of history about our dear homeland. The island of Puerto Rico (formerly Porto Rico) is the most easterly of the Greater Antilles group of the West Indies island chain. Located more than a thousand miles southeast of Miami
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| | From what I have read so far in the two chapters I am finding that I have no personal or work experiences that I can relate to. I work for an online business that focuses on the selling products in the US. My job is my home away from home, and someday I hope to take over, someday we might allow foreign customers, but our history with theft and the cost to recover, has scared us for life. As far as educational experience goes, I am experiencing new knowledge, or brushing up on old knowledge
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Dec 10, 1907 Dear Journal, It has been awhile since I have had the time to sit down, and write much with all that has been going on. A little over a month ago now I left my home in Greece in hopes of a better life. So many men came to our village with stories of the riches of America. I decided to make plans to come here to America myself. The idea of spending a 3 year stint in the military which was mandatory for me just did not seem right for me. Life in the old country has been really
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My Journal Entry - The Journey of a Social Movement (Malala Yousafzai) Malala’s journey of her social movement is not only significant to me, but also to millions of other people and more specifically, to females all over the world. The way she composes herself and her impactful speeches are ingenious. She has taught me many significant values of principals such as the right of education and speech. Anyways, I think I got the most inspired by her when she won the Nobel Peace Prize and when she survived
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Divorced! (Journal Entry) It has just occurred to me that my last post was in July of this year! I have often questioned the relativity of time—that when we approach the speed of light time slows down and at the speed of light stops—but I could have sworn that it has only been a few short weeks since I last wrote in this blog. What’s more, I have not posted any of my course work for the past two classes that I completed. Although I must admit that the B’s I received in the past two classes barely
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Scott Nicklas Monday, September 2, 2013 Journal Entry 1 In a perfect world, there would be no racism, no oppression, no government corruption, and basic freedoms and rights for every human being. In the United States today, our basic rights are being taken away from agencies such as the NSA. In a perfect world things like this would not happen and everyone would have their own right to privacy. Also, there would be no crime or unemployment and the economy would be better than ever. Politicians
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Journal Entry 6 1. Victim Language 1.If traffic wasn't so bad i wouldn’t get to work so late. 2.No one in my family is good with numbers - No wonder I can't ever balance my register. 3.If I ask my supervisor to repeat her instructions she'll think I’m dumb. 4.This class hasn't done anything to help me pick a good career. 5.My co-worker has a real attitude. There's no way we can work on this project together. 6.I wish I was better at interviewing, but I’m just too shy. 7.How could
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Wk 1 Assignment: Journal Entry July 8, 1809 It is hot here in Louisiana. I do not want to be here. I do not want to be on this big piece of land, the white man who bought me calls a plantation. I am only 12 years old and my name is Leena. I am from a small village in Nigeria. My older brother and I were sold to this man who brought us on a boat here. He bought us from another tribe who had raided our village and kidnapped us. The man on the boat was mean and cruel. We did not eat but
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Journal entry 2 The Stress and its effective now days, there are many reasons of the stress, one of them is my reason which is moving to a new country. When I moved from Sudan to USA I faced many obstacles which caused me a lot of stress, like getting involved in the new society, understanding the new regulations and the habits of the Americans. Also
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Offender Journal Entry CJA/374 February 20, 2012 Instructor Crystal Gregory Introduction General Back Ground Information Xander L. 17 year old Male – African American Documented gang member Dropped out of School Wants to receive his equivalency diploma Single Parent Home Mother works two jobs Doesn’t tolerate sons behavior Mother has been known to turn son into police Xander holds a close relationship with mother otherwise Father not in picture History
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