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My parents had been my biggest inspiration in life. They have taught me to do more than what is expected. They have motivated me the most to become who I am today. Being a Hispanic is not as easy as it sounds. We face several of challenges that we have to overcome. Challenges that that has led to failures. In my experience I have faced many circumstances that has affected me and led me sometimes to failure. Life isn’t easy but we learn from the mistakes we make. My biggest obstacle was my mother…

Advanced Placement (AP) classes here at my high school; most thought I was out of my mind to take so many, but even with five, I took on an additional “independent course study”, AP United States History. I figured that the opportunity was there, so why not take it? At the end of the year, I was frustrated and eager for the year to be over, but with persistence and optimism, my test results gave me pleasing scores and allowed me to be specially recognized at my high school. I was the only…

“We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity that nourishes and strengthens this community - and this nation.” Cesar Chavez America is often described as a melting pot. For example, you can find Americans enjoying Mexican or Italian food. What is considered a family today is radically different than it was fifty years ago. Families are becoming more diverse with interracial marriages becoming commonplace. One of the benefits of immigration is the…

Across America, budget cuts in education have directly affected music education, leaving schools with no other option, but to cut music programs. Although often times seen as insignificant, music education is an enormous aid to a student’s success. Music programs create well rounded individuals with irreplaceable 21st century skills, develop brain areas involved in language and reasoning, all this while being a beneficial art form. We cannot permit students across the country getting the…

a doctoral degree-holder will earn $3.3 million over a lifetime, compared to $2.3 million for a college graduate and $1.3 million for those with a high school diploma” (Hsu). If the government supplies high school graduates their needs to attend and graduate college then they will be more independent on the government in the future. If all the high school graduates attend college then they will be better off financially and will not need government assistance such as medical insurance, food…

with 2. In middle school we were shown that there are 360 degrees in a circle and a numerous variety of rules and theorems that seemed only relevant for that section. We learned about sine, cosine, and tangent, which were chiseled in our brain. In high school we were introduced to things I didn’t know existed, such as derivatives, 4-step problems, linear regression lines. When I am asked the question what is math, I still seem to divert my attention to the elementary school response and explain…

doesn’t want to be helped. In order for a good teacher to be a good teacher, a student must stay on top of assignments and make a true effort to understand all course work. Although it’s sad the fact of the matter is that my time at Eastern Guilford high School will be coming to an end soon, an end that came all too fast. Because I know that this time will not last forever, I have to set and maintain goals for the rest of my life. One of these is to graduate college with my master’s degree in…

⅓ of the little sister(s)) ever”. A very special person would say “she’s beautiful”, everything he’s ever wanted and more; his best friend, the love of his life, and his partner. I would say I am a dreamer. Someone who believes in mermaids and has high hopes that fairies exist. A person who follows their intuition and can read people like books. A feminist, and firm believer in proving people wrong. A pessimist and an optimist, creative and plainly boring, I am myself and other people around me.…

My existence has been a roller coaster of up 's and down 's, questions of whether I should be the intelligent and conservative daughter my mother expects me to be. As a result, for the longest time I 've wanted to please and live up to my family 's expectations. Even though, I get harshly reprimanded often. Which tends to depress and improve my studies depending on the situation, Eventually I had mustered enough courage and gathered weeks worth of information to back up my desire to go overseas…

good potential but that it was not up to their standards. I needed to work on grammar, my wording, and what not. I really hated it. I know it was to make me a better writer but I did not feel like it was helping. I thought I would not make it through high school. However, I did not always hate writing. When I first learned to write my name I was so proud and happy. Then of course when I got to school there they’d teach us to make sentences. It was fun because…