Essay On I Want To Be An American

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Being the youngest of six children from two Mexican immigrants, who were not able to graduate high school has helped me become who I am today. They were on the look to provide us with a future and opportunities they weren't able to obtain. After succeeding, they raised my five siblings and I in the melting pot that is the United States. As I grew older, I realized that my siblings all exhibited their full potential. As I am the youngest, it left me being latter for many opportunities. Just like a dice with six faces which has one of six chances to appear and distinguish herself. I believe it is my time to roll the dice and appear. I yearn for success not only with my community, but beyond to foreign borders.

To be able to stand in the middle of a crowd from different cultures and have the ability to comprehend every sound they furnish --that would be a realized dream. In order to achieve this dream I have
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Tracking back to the sixth grade when I stumbled upon the Japanese culture with manga/ anime and sushi. From there, I ran into the Korean culture through Korean-dramas and Korean-pop. After I knew that I could manage those, I introduced myself to the French culture. I acquired the opportunity to visit France, where my global horizons broadened beyond what I initially imagined in the sixth grade. However, my passion taught me that communication doesn't have to be verbal. Later, I decided to take ASL. Not only did it give me a new form of communication, it opened my perspective to a more expressive, nonverbal culture. My ambiguity will not stop there, in the future, I look forward to expanding my horizons with Italian and Mandarin. The International Relations program in the University Kentucky will allow me to expand my perspective and along the way provide me with new

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