Graduation Essay

I do not know my own name. And yet the sea of people standing before me continue to chant it. All I can make out is a grey rumble, for the never ceasing banging in my bones is the sole object of my constant focus. I am almost there. The banging is a persistent beast, but I hope to overcome its power in a meek matter of months. Today I am the president, with Nina at my side, and soon the malicious blackness of my insides shall be matched. Nina is the only one who knows of him. And she denies it.…

Oh, I can’t believe I found you. So much has happened in these last two days. When I woke up after finishing my entry a couple days ago I found that the entire bookstore was no longer there! That “storm” was actually a huge hurricane. Tons of people died and they say it’s going to be millions in property damage. Our house miraculously is still standing, Sally and Sarah are both okay. Jamie got a big starch across his back from a falling plank but it’s nothing serious. So much death… The bodies…

Good Afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen. When Ann Badmus contacted me to ask whether I’d be willing to speak at this year’s Immigrant Journey Awards luncheon I accepted immediately because her husband and I shared a common past. We were both graduate students at the University of Delaware starting a journey that is taken by many immigrants following the path of higher education to a better future. At that time, though, I did not know that I would be staying on in the U.S. – my goal was to get a…

All I can say is thank you for giving me a chance and believing in me. It means a lot for you to try to reconnect and be a part of my life. When you took Jill's side without giving me the opportunity to share my side I felt it was pointless to try to prove myself to you because you should have already been on my side since we're family, since you have shown that you're trying I know can share what Ashley and I have already been planning for Aubrey. Jill is lying and keeping Aubrey from having a…

One of the things that almost everyone can bank on in his or her life is having someone tell them what to do. Regardless of whom you are, someone will have more power over you at some point in your existence. It is almost as likely that at one time or another they will misuse that power. To sum it up briefly, as long as people have been around, one has found a way to gain the upper hand over the other. It doesn 't end there though; as long as this has been the case, the people being pushed…

A year or so ago, I sought advice from my lovely daughter about the best way to address our concerns and make positive impact on our son’s life, who is at his teen now. My daughter, heartily explained what I could do right to guide my son and where I could go wrong, as she had have experienced during her teen age. I am so glad that I had the conversation, it made me realize that we (the immigrant parents) are further apart in our upbringing than that of our first generation children, it is…

Many people have older relatives such as their parents, grandparents and great grandparents who will have at one point told them horror stories about high school. Whether it's about how awkward it was or about how good they were in school. One day we will all have these stories to tell to our offspring. These won't be all the stories that define our time in high school, but they will be the funniest. Even if we don't realize it now these moments are silly and great lessons. Most of the time when…

I would like to take a moment to say thank to all my friends who believed in and gave the most awkward motivation speech from their little hearts to help me when I need it in my school career. They gave the determination I lacked when others made me feel like high school was not worth it for me. I will like to say thanks to friends that will go to the gym with me, even though we just ran our mile and they want a taco and then sleep for six hours. I will take a moment, I will like to say…

I am disappointed. I am not only disappointed in your failure to stitch the loopholes that have emerged in your morals. But I am disappointed that as a community it has come to this. We have disgraced the gift that we had ever so patiently been waiting for. If we can live through such horrific disease as the Plague and make it to a land oceans away with nothing but the clothes on our backs and still make a name for ourselves, then we should not be here. We should not be in this courtroom today.…

In high school, everyone dreams of having that perfect sports season their senior year. Everyone hopes that they can be the senior that leaves an impression on the underclassmen, whether it’s teaching them something new or giving them a taste of playoffs so they have the drive to get back to there once you’ve graduated. I remember being a freshman and not only getting the taste of playoffs, but getting the whole thing. We made it through playoffs that year and won states against our rivals.…