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Growing up my parents always told me, “to be successful, you have to work for what you want.” These words have always stuck in my head because I’ve seen how hard my parents worked to give my brother and I the life we have. My parents, who are originally from China had a rough upbringing. During their childhood, they had to work in order to support themselves and their families. They had little education and the opportunities to grow and to become successful were scarce. Knowing that staying in…

Ariana Grande is a pop singer/actress with an amazing voice. She has many many fans from around the world. All of her fans look up to her as a singer and a role model. Ariana’s relatives were all feminist and she followed in their footsteps. Ariana’s acts of feminism have been all over teen news shows, and websites. Ariana Grande is an influential advocate of feminism through her actions including, shutting down feminist questions during interviews, talking about equality for men and women, and…

Thoughts on “How We Got Over” The class was given the assignment to write our thoughts or feelings about the first five pages of the book, “How We got Over”, which was written by Former Jackson State President, John A. Peeples. This book is a composition of some of his former speeches. The pages that we were assigned to read were his Jackson State’s graduating valedictorian speech. Initially, he started off his speech as a typical valedictorian would. He stated that trfthe four year journey…

I hear a car door slam shut. Loud heavy footsteps, synchronized together. Four giant men in black smooth suits come in while carrying my grandpa in the large, dusty casket. The casket gold bolts attached to the sides, shimmering in the cold. As they placed the casket on the round and flat table…

I heard footsteps thumping down the hall towards me, my stomach was in a knot I did not know what to do. I sat there in fright hoping that Alex may be in a good mood. Alex kicked the door open I could see the face he made when he saw me. Disgust. He was not in a good mood, even on a nice warm sunny day in Lima, Ohio. Alex looks me stern in the eye and says, “You are not going to say anything about you and me right?” “ Why would I, but why this is so important to you?” I ask “ You know why,l”…

exhibits are characteristics that I can only hope to embody as I work towards becoming a medical professional. After overcoming many early childhood hardships, Simone persevered to become a world renowned gymnast and inspires many to follow in her footsteps. At only 4 feet 9 inches tall, Simone Biles has a larger than life personality. Her gregarious and bubbly nature gives no evidence that she has faced many hardships in her young life. At the age of 3, Simone and her younger sister Adria…

Missing Person by Patrick Modiano tells a story of Guy, a detective who lose his memories ten years ago, and who tries to rebuild his identity by finding out his past. However, Through his searching for his past memories to rebuild his identity, Guy finds out that his losing identity can never be retrieved. Most of Guy’s searchings for his past memories were at night. The image of night, which could evoked the feelings of insecure and uncertainty, revealed the point that his past memories was…

World War. But despite the fact he was a communist he was yet to be remembered by the Canadian people. He is only remembered by very few Canadian but for the Chinese, he is remembered by thousands of people. If Bethune had followed in his father's footsteps, and not his grandfather, who would have invented the first mobile blood bank unit, who would have introduce universal health care, who would have help the Chinese who were under attack by the Japanese. Bethune is and will be a role model to…

My instinct to survive is too strong. I can’t take it anymore. I finally give in and grab the doorknob when yelling echoes from the other side of the door. I freeze, dropping my hand from the handle. Booming footsteps follow the yelling and stop yards away from the door. “Flich,” a deep voice growls, slightly out of breath. It’s not Felix, or the demon, which makes me relax, but only barely. “Did you see anyone pass? Anyone at all?” “Only a girl with black hair…

To find a career to fit everyone would be a challenge. Although, everyone has a special job that they will soon learn to master. When I am older I want my future career to be part of the FBI or be a doctor. Three reasons why I pick a doctor or FBI agent is because I want to help people, I want to be successful money wise, and I want to create a high standard for myself. I want to help people. I want to help people because it is what the purpose of life. The Bible says that the…