Latinos believe in the American Dream. My grandparents and parents came to this country to try to fulfill their dreams. Watching my children graduate with a degree from a higher institution is my American dream. We keep reading about how the Latino population is the fastest growing ethnic group today According to experts The Disappearing Act” the number of Americans of Hispanic decent is growing at a rate four times faster than that of the rest of the population a figure that is expected to double
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“Is the so-called ‘American Dream’ dead, alive or on hold?” He believes that the ideals and values of the American Dream are very much alive even though many people have lost confident in the Great Recession. Under the difficult economic circumstances today, Brandon redefines the American Dream as the potential to work for an honest, secure way of life and save for the future according to the more intense spending habits of Americans. In order to living the American Dream, Brandon lists solutions to
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Throughout the past two years I have been part of many extracurricular activities, volunteer, and work experiences that have enriched my high school experience. I was the captain of the girls cross country team and of the track and field team. I was responsible of leading the runners throughout workouts and races with positivity. I also have been an active member in clubs including Medi-careers and Hispanic Youth Leadership Council. Medi-careers club gave me the opportunity to learn about different
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merchants, tourists and very talented local artists. Out of the whole day, the only art work that really stood out to me from the rest of the paintings that I saw was called The Persona of Dreams painted by a man named Eric who was happened to be painting portraits of people to in order make money on the side from his real job as a barber. Also, his painting had many details that left me in deep awe and his visceral purple landscape was layered with radiant moonlight and stars, which honed in the perspective
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Since Highschool, I have been set on becoming a business major and pursuing my dad’s career as a Strategic Business Development executive. However, after interviewing two different business professionals, I began researching different career paths as well as different majors. My focus 2 results include ECS which stands for enterprising, conventional, and social which means my strong suit is persuasion, organization, and helping. After multiple assignments and in-class discussions from B_A102, this
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My career choice for as long as I can remember is to go into the social services. I volunteer in social services, and I have had 2 jobs requiring a bachelors without having an associates. I love being in the social services, empowering people to advocate for themselves is my forte`. I have run across many former clients, that expressed I am doing the community a dis-service by not working in the field. Then again when time permits I go to homeless meal sites and see what’s up, and if anyone could
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lives. I am also a person strives and dreams for this picture of perfection. In my imagination I find happiness as waking up in the morning and getting into my dream car and driving to work at a big successful company. I would picture myself dressed in formal attire wearing an expensive tie and a crisply ironed suit while also getting bonuses every single year. Once I can see picture myself in my dream world, I strive each and every day to work towards that dream goal. I believe that once I reach the
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that is how my life course has been. The three items in my bag helped me choose what I wanted, what I needed, and where I want to be in life. The Hollywood Feed t-shirt symbolizes how I figured out what I wanted to do when I got older. The Zeta Tau Alpha jersey symbolizes my steady support system and how it has molded me as a person and will continue to do so. The third is a blazer, which represents my dream of becoming a businesswoman while doing something I love, helping people. My first item
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My parents constantly asked me what I wanted to be throughout my whole life, but I continually changed my mind until I finally figured out what I wanted to become. I recently chose my dream job when it was time to apply to universities and declare my major. When I was little, my dream job was to become a Doctor. As I grew up, I changed my mind and decided to become an Engineer. I did not want to become an engineer anymore, so then I thought I should major in computer science since I’m good in dealing
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Manufacturing Inc. Engr. Estioco told us his dreams he wanted to be a military but he don’t have the luck to get this dream of him. He decide to go abroad to work and also for his career. He really don’t like to work in abroad and he doesn’t expect that his luck was in Canada. He work for the Texas Instrument as Manufacturer Supervisor, working for this company was a great pleasure for me. Because it is my dream to work on big semiconductor company where I can contribute my skills as a Computer Engineer graduate
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