up on my dreams. I will not let anything get in the way of my success as it is for me and my family. I will remain on my path and stay focused as to what is ahead of me by completing my Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s Degree and even my Ph.D. I will take each step at a time with a clear determination as to the goals to be accomplished and successfully go on into the next step. I will look to my family’s support for strength and guideless to the next step. I will not give up easily until I reach my final
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You ask me what is poverty? Listen to me. Here I am, dirty, smelly, and with no "proper" underwear on and with the stench of my rotting teeth near you. I will tell you. Listen to me. Listen without pity. I cannot use your pity. Listen with understanding. Put yourself in my dirty, worn out, ill-fitting shoes, and hear me. Poverty is getting up every morning from a dirt- and illness-stained mattress. The sheets have long since been used for diapers. Poverty is living in a smell that never leaves
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Education 201 Diversity Assignment April 2, 2011 My Life as an Undocumented Student Many people come to the United States seeking a better future and trying to pursue their dreams. During that time many become strong while others become weak. Some fulfill their dreams and many others don't. Being an immigrant is tough, but being an undocumented immigrant can be worse. After arriving in the United States at the age of ten with my mother and 3 siblings it didn't take me long to figure
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the Great Depression. And the book that portrayed, this is Of Mice and Men, a book written by author John Steinbeck. Published in 1937, it tells the story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two ranch workers, in search of a new job opportunity, in order to achieve their dream of owning their own house during the Great Depression. It’s a very lonely ranch with people leaving to go on with their lives.Well, except one old man.While Steinbeck provides a plethora of characters, one stands out of the crowd
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The American Dream something that is easy because it is generally what everyone strives to live throughout their life. The Dream is that everyone should have an equal opportunity to achieve the best. I don’t agree with this “Dream”. I think it is actually impossible. No one will ever be equal in this society. Whites and men will always be “better” and even though that isn’t right it happens. With the luck of the draw you could live the American Dream, but without luck you aren’t going to be very
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FIRST STEP TO REACH MY GOALS First step to reach my goals Fernanda Chavez English 1101 Professor McCaughan Keiser University March 4, 2010 FIRST STEP TO REACH MY GOALS First step to reach my goals The most important thing that has ever happened to me is when I got accepted to a university. Some people don’t understand how much difference a good education makes. It opens your eyes to a wider world. It helps you understand things you never understood before. It gives you opportunities
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Most children dream of going off to college and I was one of them. Although my mother had me as a young adult, it did not stop her from obtaining a college degree. Studying all hours of the night, writing papers, and reaching her goals in life inspired me to pursue my goals of attaining a college degree. I was fascinated with reading my mother’s papers and going to her college campus. I always wondered what college would be like. It is a life long dream for me to become a journalist and an inspiring
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I know you are overwhelmed with many letters from across the nation. I will understand if you cannot answer my request for help. But I am asking for help not just for myself but for many others who cannot spare the three cent to use to send this letter. I am poor and from the deep South of Georgia looking for employment. It’s hard to believe this country is going through a “Great Depression”. I wish you could see how these folks down here are starving, homeless, and fearful of what is unknown for
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1. “The unwilling bride” I wanted to know why you still married me if you don’t love me, Gertrude. I never felt so much love until I got married to you. Your love to me is a lot different than King Hamlet. He was always busy with state affairs and fights and he never cares about me as much as you do. I wasn’t in love with you when I first got married to you, I have no other choices. What do you mean by “no other choices”? I know that once the King Hamlet is dead, I will lose everything
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discriminated a lot. Whether they say something about my race or say I cannot do something because I am a girl, it happens very often. I remember being discriminated for my sex. The simple fact that I was born a female, and not a male. I have had someone tell me I was not going to work when I was older, and I was just going to marry someone rich that would take care of me. "Because I am pretty so I do not have to do anything." When I told him I wanted to get a job and provide for myself because I do not need
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