Alan Chen ASAM 320 Asian American Dream “Thus as individuals and as a people, in the home, on the job, in the classrooms, and on the street, we have had to make choices.”(Iijima 2) Choices that make the American Dream possible. Asian Americans attain the American Dream by examples in music, literature, visual arts, and graphic novels. Asian Americans have worked hard to succeed and have freedom without the government intervene. Three examples are “A Grain of Sand” music for the struggle by Asian
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sure, that each of you once had had a desire to have an extraordinary job in his early childhood, be it an astronaut or a scientist. Later on, getting older, you also start to consider the money you earn in a job and suddenly, not only you want to become a doctor, a lawyer or a superstar. Does your ideal job go hand in hand with a high salary then, or do you want to enjoy what you are doing? I started to think about my ideal job, when I was working as a waitress in a hotel in the summertime. I'll
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this task. I feel that I am not completely prepared at this time but I am most confident that by the time that I finish with my education I will have both the knowledge and the skill set for my dream career. The first thing that I needed to prepare myself for this change in my life was to first return to school to gain the education that I need to the tasks required for my career. This comes from the school I have chosen to give me these skills which is ITT Technical Institute. I strongly believe
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living the American Dream, I am now an un-employed husband and a father of a 33 months old son. In May 2013, I moved from Middle Georgia to South Florida for better living and a good way of life for my new family. For over five and a half years, I was working for a major corporation that got their business from the Federal Government contracts by bidding and performing needed services at different locations around the world. Because of government cuts in Sept 2013, I lost my position due to the company's
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work in the area of your interest, or get very far for that matter. Luckily, some people have found their dream job and have not required a university degree, but this is the exception, not the rule. An example of this is my mother, she has a medical degree from a technical school and she loves her job. She goes to villages that cannot even be accessed by car, and she is so committed to her job and helping others that she has been doing it for over thirty years. She wanted to go to college, but sadly
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It has always been my childhood dream to attain the highest education possible. Unfortunately, this dream has eluded me several times due to reasons beyond my control. Despite all the elusions and roadblocks I experienced on my journey to fulfill this dream, my determination and desire has never faltered. This is because I kept my eyes opened and focused on future. My parents separated when I was in 10th grade and things became very tough for
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My Dream Job I guess my dream job would be a combination of things. I don’t like just sitting at a desk. I need to get up and move around. I guess it would be a helpdesk role along with a systems administrator and a network administrator. I enjoy working with people hence the helpdesk role. I like the freedom to move around of the helpdesk role. Network administration is the most challenging of the roles. System admin is probably the most mundane of all. The helpdesk requires you to go to a person’s
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Responsibility and Dream of Success James W. Lago GEN/200 April 28, 2014 Mr. D. Gross Abstract Personal responsibility and dream of success will be defined by the author in relation to the author’s experience. The relationship between personal responsibility and dream of success will be briefly explained. The authors will show how personal responsibility in his life with school, families and social. The authors will tell you about his dream of success. Personal Responsibility and Dream of Success
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people give reference to the “American Dream”. The American Dream is a happy and successful way of life that is achieved through hard work with stability as the outcome. Considering the evolution of things that is going on today, the American Dream seems to be far out of reach. Growing up, it was drilled in my head that to be successful, to own the home that I want, to not live paycheck to paycheck, and to live comfortably, I must continue to increase my education. I had to go to a college
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My Life Plan Vonda Shields My name is Vonda Shields., from Mobile Alabama. In this town you would think you can live up your dreams, but not much happening here. I have a lot of dreams. When I was a kid my dream is to be a Paralegal, and as the time goes by, I have other dreams, at times, and I wanted to be a Nurse, or a teacher and other motivating dreams. But now I have grown-up, now I know what I want to be. Currently, I’m nearly finished my educations at Keiser University. I will obtain
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