Hard Times

guess, he did not come from wealth, but today lives in a beautiful home in Long Island and is the most generous man I have ever met. The reason why my Uncle Sam is the most influential person in my life is because he is living proof that if you work hard enough you will be successful. Sam went to his local public school, but somehow managed to get a perfect score on his SAT and gain a scholarship to NYU. There he went on to be a model student and was accepted into law school right out of…

larger group known as society" (Henslin 153). Primary groups are a close-knit family. With the primary group family members help each other stay on track and on the right path. My parents influenced me to follow my faith even though it could be hard at times. My parents want me to grow into a person that knows that there is always someone there to help and guide me even if they aren’t there. I will always follow my religion and never forget what I learned through the years. It’s a big part of…

Many people say they have been through it all without acknowledging that others have it tougher than them. Life for me now may not be as it seems, I have been through a lot of tough moments in my life, but the toughest time occurred when I was only 10 years old. I used to live in Dominican Republic with my mom and sister. I lived there for about 10 years and just when I was about to turn 11, my mom decide to move to the United States. When we came to this country I did not even know how to speak…

Happiness is a hard thing to come by and a goal most people try to achieve. They wander around searching for a purpose in life never imagining the world without their existence, but I 've learned that happiness is achieved not through riches or status but by making the best with the hand you 're dealt. To take it day-to-day and enjoying what little time we have on this beautiful earth. So I plan for tomorrow as if I was immortal and make the most of each minute I 'm given because knowing i gave…

River Flint requires a lot of time, preparation, and materials. The Knife River Flint that was used in this experiment came from Mercer County, North Dakota, which there are five different Knife River Flint Quarries in Mercer County. The three closest quarries to where the Knife River Flint in this experiment was collected are the Crowley Quarries, Medicine Butte, and Dodge Quarry. With the help of Russell Redhorn, a Native American monitor I was working with at the time, we were able to…

what to expect. As it stands, my biggest fear related to high school is failing all of my classes with a zero since it is extremely easy to do this here. This is hard considering at least three of my class grades depend on tests and quizzes, including Algebra, there is almost no hope for me. I am not sure if I can get through these hard years… However, looking on the bright side, in high school there is a lot more freedom and choices. You don’t have many limits and variety as you do in…

At the same time I need to choose and utilize technology devices and software that will make tracking and organizing my financial data as easy and efficient as possible. In order to empower action, I must make sure that tracking my data is simple by keeping it up to date. Additionally, I will need to keep a positive attitude about my long term goals. This may be hard because my new financial situation may warrant me to leave a meager lifestyle, and this may get dull and old after a time. In…

I was recently put on Satisfactory Academic Progress Completion for my completion rate of 58.10%. While I cannot deny that my completion rate was below the acceptance rate, it is due to a difficult time period in my life. I was conflicted about writing this appeal for the reason I told myself that I would not use what happened in the past as an excuse, but here I am a few credits short of graduating and writing this appeal to explain the situation that lead me to fall below the completion rate.…

depends mainly on what happened yesterday. Thereafter, Fitzgerald, the author of The Great Gatsby, wants the readers to know how dependent the past and the future are of each other. In addition, Gatsby expresses the idea of how people should work as hard as they could, use the past as their motivation to go forward, and have optimism and hope about the coming days. Firstly, doing the best the one could do and achieving arête is one of the fundamentals that are…

In modern day society we often perceive history as a guide as to what to do, and what not to do. We can look at important events throughout time to better understand and learn from that in which we can better the world as a whole. I think the main goal is to eventually live in peace and prosperity so everyone can be happy, unfortunately it hasn’t always been this way. During the holocaust in WWII millions of people were robbed of their freedom, evidently resulting in their deaths along with the…