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SILVER LINING The first year of living after the Vietnam War ended in 1975 was the most difficult for me. When I heard my president Minh Duong, in South of Vietnam, commanded us to give up and hand the weapons to the North Vietnamese Communist Party, it felt like an atomic bomb exploded inside my head. My entire life, my body, and my heart fell down as I came to a free fall. For weeks I gradually got used to a new reality that my government lost the war. When terrible things happened to me after…

What is the American dream and attaining it is possible for every member of society?” The American dream is that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success. That is what goes through people's head as they near the words “American Dream.” The American dream is a place filled with more varieties of workplaces, colleges etc. It’s a place full of opportunities and higher chances of success. For example, many people move to America to live up to the “American Dream” and…

I come from Houston TX and I carry a Middle Eastern background with a mixture of both modern and traditional family value. Through having both modern and traditional views in life I feel I am able to conceive, a wider array of religious points of view and apply them to my life accordingly. With my religious outlook towards life, I have come to learn that I have much strength but none stronger than holding to my faith and believing in those that I love or myself. Along with my strengths, I have…

As long as I can remember I always talked about going off to college, I had the urge to leave my home and experience new things. I felt that I could better myself through education and most importantly help others along with my family. My way of doing this was by majoring in biology and becoming a pediatric neurosurgeon. Biology according to the Merriam Webster dictionary is a science that deals with things that are alive; such as plants, animals and humans. While majoring in biology there are…

College’s Worth Tuition, books, food, room and board are just some of the mounting expenses college students are faced with on a daily basis. The rising cost to attend college has left many questioning whether or not a college degree is really worth it. Emily Hanford, the author of the article entitled “The Value of a College Degree” writes that college is absolutely critical in order to have a successful future. She stresses that in today’s society those who do not receive college degrees are…

Cha-Ching! Cha-Ching! Cha-Ching! The world revolves around money. People have to have money to buy things, own a business, and run a business. Companies have to earn money in order to be able to run it while all other companies also have to have money. These companies should have people to help handle the money and know where the money is being used. The people they hire are called accountants and financial managers. Accountants and Financial managers have to have an education to learn about the…

Profile of Mister William Ashcraft It’s a cool spring after noon on Friday and Araria Campus has some lingering students, teachers and campus workers. Some have classes, meeting to attended, papers to write, or papers to grade. As I head to my interview with Mister William Ashcraft in the kings building on the 5th floor. I hear 60s rock music coming from his office, as I walk in he, is sitting behind is desk grading papers. A man over 50 years old standing about 5’6 foot tall. He wore a light…

“Social workers help people solve and cope with problems in their everyday lives.” (BLS) This broad statement can describe an immense amount of jobs and careers but usually social work is considered people specially hired by a department of human services or even hospitals. Their job can be to help clients with community resources such as food stamps, childcare, and healthcare; some also investigate child abuse and neglect. (BLS) Although social workers perform a great service to the…

You may misjudge me as an average student although the fact I am an exceptional student. Let me share with you some solid facts in my life. Before starting college and for 11 consecutive years (1994 - 2005), I was the top 1st or 2nd student on my class. Not only this, I was one of the top 10 students across the whole state/governorate and the governor rewarded me two times for my exceptional academic performance. Being a gifted student, the ministry of education in Egypt offered me to join a…

Career and College Research Paper. When asked what you want to be when you grow up you can be stifled. Especially when you consider if you want to go to college or not.They have to consider every factor before they make that big of a decision. For some people this may be the biggest decision of their lives. When I grow up I want to be an Accountant. To do that it will take a lot of work,but if I put my mind to something I can accomplish anything in this world I want to do. First I need to choose…