...Raghad Al Dabal Professor Noreen Lace Uni.100 02/17/15 My Mission in California State Northridge Having a clear vision of what one intends to do is a step towards realizing individual goals and personal fulfillment. Goals define one’s personality. They define the values and the things that matter in life. Personally, my life has revolved around well-defined goals that act as the compass points to a sustainable life of happiness and satisfaction. These goals have shaped every aspect of my life. Consequently, I have been transformed into a productive and result oriented individual. My inspiration comes from the clear mental image I have developed as a student in California. My institution is committed to access and excellence while it tolerates the diversity of culture, opinion and knowledge. Developing my professionalism as a student of this state enables me to commit my priorities into meeting the expectations of my future employers. The Magic of goals...
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...Change Is Good I walked around uncertain surrounded by so many people that I could ask for help, yet I would still be as lost as an ant in a greenhouse.I tried to understand people but I was only twelve, nervous and unable to speak English, that was my first day in middle school in the United States. Five years ago, I moved to the United States from Iraq for a better life, for a new life. Before I was born my parents were working their hardest just for the slightest possibility of having the chance to move out of the country. After eleven years, we got the acceptance legal papers to emigrate to the U.S.A. I said my goodbyes and left behind my friends and most of my family members.The goodbyes were very sad and difficult, but moving to...
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...When I think of where I am now, I feel dissatisfy because I feel I would have accomplished more by now. I have a successful career, but I do not feel this is the right job for me. To be more specific, I was a prior State Trooper in Florida and boy I loved that job! When I first started working as a State Trooper, I was happily married with a son, so I felt that I finally had my life made. I had a family and a career that I was deeply in love with. Suddenly, the State Trooper career was very demanding, I worked almost eighty hours a week causing my divorce. Also, the pay was very little, so I decided to jump the fence to the federal government instead. This is where I am now. In the federal government, the pay is great and I work way...
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...My first time going out of state was last summer when I went to Chicago. With one of my sisters, my mom, and her boyfriend it was a four-hour drive.We went through Ohio and Indiana it was a long drive but it was worth it. It was so cool but the real reason we went down there was to see my brother play baseball because he won a home run derby. And it was scary because they were like heads up and that meant that ball was in the sky and about to fall it was scary to look up so you just ran or ducked. I was kinda happy to leave because it was too many balls falling out the air.But after the game, my mama was trying to go home right after. Everybody was like don't go home we in Illinois lets go do something after a while we persuade her to go to...
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...I was born in Kayseri, Turkey and raised in Cankiri,Turkey. I spent my elementary school years in Turkey and moved out to United States in 5th grade. We are a nuclear family even though we lived in the same country with my other relatives. My dad went to University in Russia, and that was one of the biggest reasons we moved to the United States. I was raised with the importance of family, education, and culture. All of these have shaped me into the person I am today. It was hard for me to just leave my hometown. It wasn't just my house that I was leaving behind, it was my country and all my loved ones. The first days we were packing up I still didn't believe that we were actually leaving. I remember asking my mom still if we were actually...
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...There are many beautiful cities in my home state, but all of these places cannot be called home. Home is somewhere you can be comfortable and that satisfies your needs, whatever they may be. In my current home state of Georgia there are many places I would consider living, but there is one place I would not live, that place is Atlanta. I would not live in Atlanta because it’s a major tourist attraction, too urban, and traffic can be overwhelming. Atlanta is a beautiful city which in turn attracts people from all corners of the world. This major tourist attraction is home to the mesmerizing Georgia Aquarium, the lucrative World of Coca-Cola, and the busiest airport in the world, Hartsfield Jackson International airport. All the people flooding...
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...I came to the United States three years ago, coming to the US was a dream and something that my family has worked really hard to make it true for me and my brothers. I knew it wouldn't be easy in the beginning, but it was harder than what I thought, especially after starting going to school. There were many difficulties that every newcomer student face, like language, culture, and even getting to know the place and the rules and get used to them. When I started school the second semester of my freshman year, I didn´t know anything about the school rules, and even most of the assignment that was given to me. The hardest subject was English class because I couldn't speak English at all the only thing that I could say was ¨yes¨ and ¨no¨....
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...I was born San Pedro Sula, Honduras, a city that has more bullet shells on the ground than people in the city. It is a place where lying, cheating, and stealing were at the top of everyone’s agenda. These were the three essentials to survive day in and day out. I remember on my walks to school I would see kids just like me collecting plastic bottles and metal cans to sell for scraps at the recycling plant. Sometimes I would join them because I thought that was what kids my age did for fun. From my house every night, I would hear the screams of innocent people being raped or murdered. I would hear the boots of army troops stomping on the dusty roads and rapid shots of automatic weapons. It wasn’t until I immigrated to the United States when I realized that these events had become less commonplace....
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...It all began a few summers ago when my family decided to go on a vacation. This happened around the time when I was about to leave the 3rd grade and my parents came up with the idea of taking a trip to South Dakota. I had never been there before and was very happy because I had never been out of the state of Colorado. This was something new, after this vacation I would be able to say that I have gone out of the state. All my friends were surprised that I had never been out of the state. I have never even been on a plane because of my allergic reactions to peanuts and other things that could kill me if I don’t get the help I need. So I never went on many vacations out of state, this vacation was going to be a totally new experience for me....
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...I was raised in a country that has always been buried under corruption and where the impunity is a common habit. Moving from Mexico to the United States was what changed my whole perspective on everything. I knew that my only choice was to advance forward and attempt to build the best of it, and I was sure that I had what is necessary to take down all the difficulties. With this in mind, I knew with all my heart that I craved to begin to advance into my personal greatness, and that I was obligated to be willing to progress against the furious tide. I knew that I needed to start building up a future, so I could help the people I left behind in the place I grew up. That is when I started to get involved in my community, so I could grow as an...
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...“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” ― Ernest Hemingway. The journey that has lead me to where I am, and who I am today is significant. Although, the journey that will take place in the next four years will be just as important. Who I am has been shaped by the culture I’ve been brought up in, my goals have been shaped by the people that surround me, and how I will benefit from Florida State University’s community stems from my desire to be independent and involved with the people and events there. I was born and raised most of my life in Saudi Arabia. It’s a different life there. I went to a private school whose name translates to “Islamic Education Schools” and came from a strict Islamic family. I was taught to be the best Muslim I can be; to memorize the Quran, pray more than five times a day, to fast (abstain from food from sunrise to sunset) when preferred, and so...
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...My aunt has been to Maine and on her way up there she stopped at New York. She made me want to see New York and see all the monuments she saw like the Empire State Building, Niagara Falls and the Statue of Liberty! First, I want to go to the Empire State Building. I would like to go to the top of the Empire State Building and look off and see the whole entire city of New York. I would like to take take a tour of pictures. Then sit and wait for the sun set and then take more pictures of the sunset. I know that the Empire state building is really tall. So I would take the elevator all the way up to the top so I would not have to walk all was up the stairs. It may talk a long time to get to the top so I would take an elevator so It would...
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...Part Two Chico, California Gordon hall Spring of 1977 Per Behnam’s plan for my living arrangement, after staying with him for few days , I was suppose to reside in a dormitory named GORDON HALL which was affiliated with Chico State University. I really don’t know how he got me in there since I was student at Chico high school not at university . Maybe there was a program for foreign students which would allow this exception. Three days at his place went by fast. I was still adjusting with time difference and overcoming jetlag that it was time to go . He suggested that we eat at his favorite sandwich place before we head to GORDON HALL . I was too nervous to eat but it was fun watching him enjoying every bite of his pastrami sandwich...
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...Half of my life I lived in Wilbraham, Massachusetts, where I grew up since the age of 13. My parents found this suburban town to be good, not only due to the education, but also because it was on the United States' top neighborhoods to raise a kid. At first I really did not want to move because it meant moving school, which ultimately meant having to make new friends; while some might see this as a great opportunity, being the shy kid that I was, it was a difficult transition. Another thing that was new, was from kindergarten up until 5th grade, when my parents decided to move, I had attended a private, religious school and now would be transitioning to a public school. In the end of the day the move was very beneficial to me because not only had I gotten the opportunity to meet tons of new people, but I learned how to open myself up and be more outgoing. Although it's not too historic of a town, there are tons of areas to go hiking with family or friends. The area itself is very scenic, and in general county in Massachusetts was known as being more deserted opposed to Central and...
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...Drought Today , I woke up thinking of a clear sunny day. the sun out, birds chirping , and smiles through the city . I start my day off with breakfast , my phone call to Mississippi. so I can make sure, my family up there is okay. Lately, the weather up there has been dry, the state has been getting hotter , temperatures have been rising. It hasn't rained in a while. Friends have been spreading the word that it's the start of a drought. I went to the store and stored up on water and before I knew it, what I prepared for had come to me unexpectedly. Now I am stocked up on water . This has never happened in New York. In Brooklyn , the pipes in he alleys are dried up. The homeless...
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