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Project SELF interests caught my attention since sophomore year. In May of 2017, an unexpected news from my father came out of blue. My father was fired from his job. I was speechless because I worried about the future. Although, I realized my father worked at the tender age of seventeen, and moved twice to the United States twice in order to give his family the best life possible. As his daughter, it truly an honor to have a loving a father who taught me to grow up to be a strong person in life. I want this job to serve as a path to be a persistent person. This time is now for me to confront life just as my father did.
For an assignment for AP English Language, Ms. Pruden made the class choose groups of four to complete a rhetorical analysis
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In my freshmen year, I was sexaully harassed by a senior while assisiting in the library. Those times were the darkest times of my life because I did not know who to go with to console the pain. My confidence went downhill, especially in my races because I would not be giving my best effort for being afraid. Even though my attacker left the school campus, that event brought chills down my spine. I had to make the choice of speaking up because I got tired not doing anything for a problem that was over two years ago. Once I was able to communicate with my parents about what was going on with me, I felt that warmth of my parents return to me. That light was once covered by a vast darkness illuminated my path. I felt I can trust any adult to help me. This may have gone a bit off track, but this incident took a major toll on my first half of high school because I could not view school as safe. I want this summer internship to improve my communication with others because interaction of ideas is important in any type of field whether helping the homeless or clarifying directions of a task. My expectations for this job is to work in an environment where I can interact with coworkers, and I can learn a few

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