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I decided to take an acting class because acting has always been apart of my life. Since I was a kid my dad had my siblings and I in front of the camera, making dorky little skits and creative movies throughout the summer just to find someway for us all to bond, and it didn't stop when we grew up either. As I got older I started taking interest in directing the films just as much as I took interest in acting in them and because of this we would spend weeks upon weeks coming up with different…

Tiger parenting has caused quite an uproar in the past half of a decade, and the stance on tiger parenting is invariably changing. Tiger parenting, comes from the commonly known term “tiger mom” which is a mother who uses harsh discipline, tough love, strict rules and insults to drive her child to success. This term was created by Amy Chua, a law professor at Yale who is infamously known for writing Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. Although Amy Chua had success in the tiger parenting technique,…

American Government The United States is one of the most powerful country in the world, and the government of the U.S. is also very powerful. Government of any country makes all the important decisions and, is responsible of how the country is; good or bad, strong or powerful. However, like a coin has two sides to it, the government also has two sides to it: one side of the government is where they make good decisions, and makes the country and the citizens of the country feel proud of it, and…

Many people learn early on growing up that college is a good way to prepare you for a well paying job in the future. Growing up it was always something encouraged, but I never realized that there were requirements to be accepted into a college or university. In my mind at a young age, it was just something I thought was necessary to do just like attending middle school and then high school. I always believed I would eventually get to that point in my life and go to college study a few more years…

When making a life changing decision people have to take many factors into considerations. Such as how will it affect me? What is the difference between this option and that option? I had to look at each decision from a different perspective when making one of the most important decisions I’ve ever had to make. The decision I made to come to Missouri Western has given me the ability to not only further my education, but also to begin the path of following my dream. When I was trying to choose…

The moment first generation students walk across the stage, receive their diploma, and shake the hand of the university president is the moment that they have proven every sacrifice done by their parents has been worth it, have proven the statistics wrong, and have inspired other siblings to accomplish their dreams. Graduation is the event many, if not all, first generation students keep on their back of their minds as one of the milestones they must accomplish as they complete their…

The Development of Juvenile Justice is a response to youth who committed crimes is split between two desires, the focus on rehabilitation and intervention and on the other side of the extreme is punishment, the want to care for the public good rather than the delinquent with a more punitive hand. In Rethinking Juvenile Justice, Elizabeth S. Scott and Laurence Steinberg have wrote about this issue. The two authors start at the legal framework for youth justice in the United States and how it…

Growing up as a child, my parents inculcated that getting an education was an essential tool I needed in order to strive in this world. At the time, I did not fully understand why they wanted me to get an educational and a career if they, themselves, had not done it. I was young and naïve and was unaware of the circumstances that I was being brought up in. My parents left their native country and came to the U.S.A. seeking a better future for themselves and gave me an opportunity at a brighter…

As undergraduate students, we believe ambition and determination are the two most prevalent qualities needed to establish and accomplish our goals. We also believe that education is the foundation for a better community. Application is the first step in working towards a goal, and the first step we took in becoming students here at San Diego State. Unfortunately, this step is not as obvious – or realizable – for many high school students living in lower income neighborhoods. These students…

and never-ending. I never had time to fill out the applications with my parents. I always had something to do during and after school. It didn’t help that my mom was try only parent who could help me on it. I even started early on things like the FAFSA, but I didn’t have my own 401K. My process went sour when I didn’t get into the big name schools that I wanted to, and when I wasn 't getting immediate scholarships. I couldn’t understand why my grades weren’t good enough. Getting…