My Move to America Essay

My journey threw school starts in kinder garden living in Mexico kinder garden was amazing, I felt like I belonged and I felt comfortable living with both my parents the world seemed to be perfect. Even though school was more about coloring and learning your ABC’s I loved the idea of learning. The fact that I shared the same interest as my classmates I felt like it was easier to learn. Then when I turned 9 my mom decided that we would move to America and accomplish the “American Dream” at the…

Between the World and Me “I cannot wait until I make it out of here.” I have heard of my friends and family say this countless times during my eighteen years of life. My friends and family were referring to their hometowns. It is common for people in the black community to want to move out of their own community to feel safe or like they have accomplished something. Racialized America has made our own people want to escape their own communities. The most powerful message I received from Between…

Zafar Khan Lux College Writing Jan-11-2017 To be More Than a Label Every year my birthday falls three days before the worst terrorist attack ever witnessed. I was born in Hyderabad, India on September 8th, 2000, a year before 9/11 occurred. When I was about nine months old, my family decided to move to America. Being a muslim family a year before 9/11 meant you were just like everyone else, but everything changed after my first birthday. Three days after I turned a year old, there was an…

I was born in Africa and moved to America at the age of two. Little did I know that that single move would cause my life to meet the people I would meet and the opportunities that I would encounter. Once I came to America, my family and I moved to New Mexico so my father could complete his Ph.D. in mathematics. There two of my three younger brothers were born but New Mexico was only my backstory. At the end of my first-grade year, my family and I moved to Texas which was where I finally…

Dance has long been a medium that represents American culture that is constantly evolving and Martha Graham and Frank Gatson Jr. are two of many choreographers that helped developing modern dancing in America. After watching a lot of videos on how different type of dances emerged in America, I found Martha Graham’s work appealed to me the most because of her expressiveness and intensity in movements. Brought up by a father who was a psychiatrist, her first lesson of dancing was, “Movement never…

While reading The Kite Runner, I have had a few reactions to the text. One of my reactions is being shocked about the rape of Hassan in chapter 6. After Hassan retrieved the flag he was soon cornered by Assef and his two other bully friends. They told him to give the flag to them but he refused so they began to assault him then rape him. It was very disturbing to read. A personal connection that I can make with some characters is how Amir is always trying to please his father. Throughout the…

1. I live with my mother, father, and brother. 2. Parents’ occupation: Mother- She is a writer/poet who published one book and contributed in many anthologies. She is planning on releasing a few books soon. Father- Senior Software Developer 3. College parents graduated from: My father first attended Pusan National University, South Korea and got his Bachelor’s in Physics. During this time in college he was in the Korean army. He then attended Kyungsang National University, South Korea…

Harrison Wilson 28, April, 2015 History 1301 Panola Community College Bill Offer Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt was the thirty second President of the United States of America and the only president allowed to serve more than two terms. This is no problem and it was well deserved because his legacy is one that leads him to be known as the greatest president of the 20th century- quite possibly the greatest president ever in office. Franklin D. Roosevelt was born on January 30th,…

United States of America. In this speech Eisenhower gives his last goodbye as president and shares his thoughts on peace. This is my summary and analysis of Eisenhower speech Military Industrial Complex ("Military-Industrial Complex Speech). Dwight D. Eisenhower speech begins with “my fellow Americans” and continues on to say in three days I will pass the responsibility of President on to my successor. I wish “godspeed” to the next president. I am here to say goodbye and share some of my…

intergenerational mobility in America is the same for everybody, due to this, we can move up and down the social ladder when certain economic situations come into our lives. As individuals we can choose an upward social mobility by doing a combination of many things such as having goals, gain a higher education, and be dedicated and persistent. The United States is, to me, a beautiful country with several kinds of opportunities that have allowed me to achieve some of my wishes. However, there…