...cardiologist from Texas Tech University. A degree in biology will help me achieve my dream of helping people and allow them to live a better and a healthier life. I see myself being a resident doctor at a prestigious hospital in ten years. I am a good fit for this institution because I am constantly putting in effort to better my community. I want to give back to my community by constantly engaging in practices that could benefit everybody. I work to provide for myself and my family, but still maintain my balance between the two and still trying to excel in my...
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...the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”. This quote resonates with me on a very personal level. The last couple of years in my life have been a whirlwind. Getting into the prestigious Pratt Institute this past fall had been a goal of mine for a long time. The first couple of tries were unsuccessful but still, I was determined not to give up. My perseverance comes from being a daughter of immigrants who moved to this country over 17 years ago. I have watched my parents work hard over the years and make many sacrifices for me to get a good education and live the life that I am living in this country....
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...nightmare if proper calculation and forecasting are not executed well. Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale of all. We are the creatures of almighty Allah in this world. Every day we are experiencing new world. Now this is my personal statement which I am going to share. Here, this is Musrat Binta Kamal hailed from Rangunia, District of Chittagong, and citizen of Bangladesh. Education and Past From my childhood I was ambitious to hold a unique personality. Education has always been an important aspect of my life. While in high school I took challenging courses, such as advanced placement English and calculus, business studies, Computer etc. I wanted to maintain good GPA which allowed me to complete graduation. My SSC and HSC were completed in my native village. After then, admitted myself in the Bachelors of Business Administration, University of Chittagong .To keep with this advanced world it is needed to have strong background on technical, economic and communication sector. So, I chose “Marketing “as, my subject. After being graduated, MBA with Major in Marketing was completed gradually. I have always chosen challenging courses, and have good academic record. Although education plays a significant role in my life, I involved myself with other activities. During high school I was an active member of several clubs. I enjoy the cultural program and participated in many performances such as: Recitation of poem, singing song, general knowledge competition, essay...
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...behind by deserting my family, high school friends, co-workers, and giving up my whole entire way of life to come to Cal Poly for Physics. Sometimes, I question if all of the stress I am putting myself through is worth it. I have to learn how to live, make new friends, and manage my lifestyle and time all by myself. Worst of all, my closest support is my uncle who is over five hours away in San Diego. After being away from Minnesota for two months, I have discovered everything that I gave up in order to be here is beneficial for my well-being. Since the beginning of my journey, I have not only developed a stronger bond with...
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...knew why, she would often hit me with the belt for any little thing I did. I was scared of her and I never told her my problems, my dad was in the United States and I had no friends. So I didn’t had no one to talk to except for my cousins but I also never told them anything because I was afraid that they were going to laugh. I felt alone for a long time and the beating and the chasings never stopped, I wasn’t happy with myself and with my identity, I felt hopeless. Was this going to continue for the rest of my life? When Is this going to stop? By the time I was going to go to fifth grade, everything changed. My grandmother passed away and my dad came back from the United States and I was so...
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...My life story began on July 13th 1992 in Poland. I was born in the North-Eastern city of Olsztyn, where most of the residents are mostly Polish and some German. The region I'm from is little bit mixed due to the extensive cultural history, and the political reasons of and after world war two. At age of sixteen I made a decision and followed some of my family members and started a new chapter by moving to California. Moving from Poland to United States was one of the biggest, and ironically the fastest decision I had to make. Due to the fact my mother have moved to Bay Area prior; me and my brother stood with an opportunity to start something new and move to United States. Because my brother Lukasz Already started his Law School education he decided to stay behind and continue with his life in Poland. I on the other hand took the opportunity and applied for green card and moved to San Mateo to finish my High school education....
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... TCCA 230 10/5/14 Paper Assignment 1 The United States of America is one of, if not the most diverse country in the entire world. There are members of almost every culture that live in the United States. The United States also has a distinct set of cultural values that it is known by. So I was interested in comparing the people and culture of the United States to the people and culture of a different country, this country is Ecuador. I chose to compare the United States to Ecuador because I am interested in traveling abroad to Ecuador someday. I will compare the values of individualism and collectivism, low and high power distances, weak and strong uncertainty avoidance, masculinity and femininity, and the societal contexts of the United States and Ecuador. I will also be figuring out how my values match up with my own culture and the culture of Ecuador. The United States and Ecuador are both countries with a rich heritage and a diverse group of people. In this paper, I will be showing how the United States and Ecuador compare to each other and how my values compare to them both. The United States of America is known for being very individualistic. This means that the people of the United States mostly rely on themselves to get things done and not on others in the community. People in the United States rarely will reach out to others in their community when they are facing a challenge, they will try to figure out the problem themselves almost every time. Self- achievement...
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...As far back as I can remember, I have always been fascinated with science. I come from a small country in South Asia called Nepal, where I didn’t have access to many opportunities to expand my possibilities academically. I spent hours reading books about the human body, stars, planets and phenomena I could have never imagined. I would go through an encyclopedia in my free time and think about how the protons, electrons, neutrons made up an atom and how the atom contributes to everyday life. As I grew older, my fascination never waned, and I read every single book I could possibly find about science. I had always loved physics: it captured my attention like few things could. I always knew within myself that biology and chemistry were my passion and that only these would satisfy my insatiable curiosity for science. Almost five years ago, when I came to America with my family, I was not proficient in English. I strongly believe that I learned English so quickly because I continuously read books. In high school I have challenged myself by taking high-level classes, even though I lack strong English abilities. My freshman year, I took Pre-Ap biology like any other freshman is expected to,. My curiosity for the human body grew as a result of this class, and I decided to challenge myself by taking AP biology my sophomore year, along with chemistry. During the summer of 2012, I was a member of All Girls Dallas ISD physics camp, which taught me phenomenal things about physics and how...
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...with having such diverse amounts of cultures in the community that I live in. This paper will also talk about other issues that come up in my community that might not happen in other communities being that there are two military bases in the city that I live in, along with many others in the surrounding area. The community that I am living in currently is somewhat a different kind of community. I have only been stationed here with my husband and children for three months and I am learning many new things about the area. Not only does this community have many different cultures and races but people from all over the country. The reason that Jacksonville, North Carolina has such a wide range of cultures is partially because this is a town that is full of military men and women. I live within ten miles of Camp Lejeune Marine Corps base and Marine Corps Air Station New River. There are many different kinds of people in my community. There are many who do look a lot like me, and there are others who don’t. There are many women that are military wives out here where I live and they are around the same ages as myself and also have children. I do not have trouble finding people much like myself out here. There is also one thing most of us have in common with each other. Our spouses are in the military and we spend large portions of our lives separated from them. There are woman who are white like myself and tall just like myself as well. They have dark hair and hazel eyes like me...
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...People, Culture, & Economy of Haiti Have you ever traveled outside of your country? This was my first time traveling outside the United States of America. I thought it would be to vacation to paradise, but it’s to Haiti. Not what I wanted, however some opportunities you can’t let pass you up. Have you ever paid to traveled to do community/relief service outside your country? The act of traveling to help others has to be a true passion in life. I have vacationed outside the country once and it was a trip to Haiti. I rather travel to another country for relief work, than just to vacation. During my process of traveling I figured that you can’t be traveling to help others because you feel sorry. You must truly love to help others in life. My name is Stephen Gordon and I just completed my first year at Upper Iowa University with a Business Administration major. I am from Altgeld Gardens, which is located on the far south side in Chicago, Illinois. Atlgeld Gardens was named after Illinois Governor John Altgeld. It was established in 1945 and it’s an historic site. Altgeld Gardens is the first public housing projects built in the United States of America and was also an important stop on the Underground Railroad. Altgeld is completely occupied by low income families. The residents of Altgeld Gardens have little education and live off public aid and SSI. Most people love living off the money the government provides. The typical household in Altgeld Gardens is a single mom...
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...fruit. So with that historical fire under my butt, I feel there is simply no choice, a college education must be in the cards for me. My first day of teaching, and I had all these impressionable children staring at me with their freshly emptied minds fresh off the summer vacation. It was the time to show whether or not I was really cut out for teaching. Weeks went on and it was filled with mistakes, triumphs and most of all learning. A fellow co-worker pulled me aside and told me of some of my students re-enacting me in class. They said how I never stop class to go to bathroom, how I would keep them inside until everyone understood the new concepts of the lesson and other simple things. But what stuck with me the most was that they realized the sacrifice and hard work I was putting into my work. Frederick Rudolph, The American College and University: A History.(1990). Athens: the University of Georgial Press.; (Chapter 15, pp. 307-328.) “The movement toward the higher education of women drew on a tradition of educational emancipation which went back at least to the effective and respectable schools of the Moravians Pennsylvania, in 1749. Female seminaries such as those founded by Emma Willard at Troy in 1821, set precedents for the education of women; the woman's college movement was an extension upward of the female-seminary idea.” Fresh out of college and with no real path, all I knew was that I couldn’t be at home seeing my classmates become doctors, pastors...
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...affirmation of my assurance that I am capacitated to establish myself in this vast country with limitless opportunities without opting to seek for the aid of the Canadian government. Corresponding to the enforced selection method which gives precedence on age, educational attainment, language proficiency and adaptive transferable skills, I consider myself to be qualified enough to effectively establish myself and go well with the Canadian community which is essential in contributing to the development of the country. Although it is a challenge in having the same level of academic qualifications and work experience to that of its Canadian counterpart, I am confident with my fundamental abilities in being able to re-form myself and adopt to the demands in agreement with the strategic roles that the Canadian government plays in developing and leveraging the human resources. At the onset of living permanently in a foreign country, it may present trials in terms of settlement and adjustment which may appear tremendous for a new immigrant. However, I am truly interested in acquiring permanent residency in this open and independent country and I have faith that it will create a positive transformation in my life by forming a significant part in my professional advancement. Being in the younger age bracket, having acquired the essential technical and English communication skills, establishing a significant financial net worth and inner motivation are advantageous abilities at my end which...
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...and if we are unable to do anything to stop this disease from destroying our nation, it is almost certain that South Africa will end up as another Zimbabwe. Personally, I believe that this cancer can be cured as long as the government and the community work hand in hand to eradicate this problem. The government is often criticised for not delivering on its promises, however, if the citizens of the country sit back and do nothing to improve their standard of living or turn to crime as a way out, they will be just as much to blame for the country’s lack of progress with regard to economic development. If I was placed in the position where I was an unemployed youth in South Africa, I would not allow myself to be forced into a life of crime by my socio-economic background. The best way to earn a living is honestly. At almost every streetlight, the presence of an unemployed South African wielding a cardboard sheet asking for food or money makes your heart drop. These people are the result of South Africa’s discriminatory history, however, by standing at the street corner and begging they are doing no one any favours. They are not earning a sufficient income to meet their basic needs, they are not contributing toward the betterment of the country in terms of economic growth in any way, and they are not using their talents to create job opportunities. South Africa is currently the 23rd largest economy in the world, up from 35th in 2002. The economy has been growing by over 3% every...
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...How do religions become respectful to other traditions? I resonated with Stephen Prothero thought, “If it matters to ordinary people it matters,” (Prothero, Diversity Conversation 2010). Who are ordinary people? Are they immigrants, social outcasts, less fortunate, or people who go to work, church and school? I believe when we respect the differences of other religions we will help shape the values of society. In turn, we will realize what matters to ordinary people also matters in society. Throughout this paper I will argue interreligious communities need to be accessible and open to learn traditions of other faiths. The interreligious faith communities can start with respecting the differences and similarities of each other’s religions. Respecting the differences of other religions is essential for society to understand other religions and one of the obligations in interreligious relations. We can even expound the idea of respecting the differences of other religions into being an obligation of a Christian. Coogan states, “What way can religions encourage society in general to grant equality to other traditions with beliefs and practices perhaps antithetical to its own?” (Coogan 1998) How can the religious society be more vulnerable to other traditions, but maintain their own traditions? I am encouraged by Coogan's statement, “The world’s major religious traditions have both reflected and shaped the values of the societies of which they have been an inseparable element”...
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...On one hot late-summer day when I was in high school, my parents came back from a shopping trip with a surprise present for me: the legendary board game, Diplomacy. At first I scoffed at such an old-fashioned game. Who would want to waste glorious sunny days moving armies around a map of pre-World War I Europe, pretending to be Bismarck or Disraeli? But after playing the game once, I became absolutely riveted by the nuances of statecraft, and soon began losing sleep as I tried to craft clever diplomatic gambits, hatch devious schemes, and better understand the game's ever-changing dynamics. As my friends and I spent the second half of the summer absorbed by the game, my parents grinned knowingly. How could I resist being fascinated with Diplomacy, they asked me, when I incessantly read about international affairs, and liked nothing more than debating politics over dinner? How could I resist being fascinated, when I had spent most of my summers in Greece (and, much more briefly, France and England), witnessing first-hand the ways in which countries differ socially, culturally, and politically? Though my passion for foreign policy and international affairs undoubtedly dates back to high school, I never had the chance to fully develop this interest before college. Once I arrived at Harvard, however, I discovered that I could learn about international relations through both my academics and my extracurricular activities. Academically, I decided to concentrate in Government, and,...
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