My Challenges while growing up Essay

As growing up, I have encountered many things. Various of things that have shaped, molded, and formed the individual who I am today — moreover, what profession I wish to pursue in my near future. Which still happens to be a Clinical Child Psychologist. To summarize my explanations on why I chose this career are primarily rationalized by the idea of myself empowering one individual, relationship, or family at a time. Rather than myself empowering on a grand scale of people; since I do love to…

In Lori Gottlieb’s novel, Stick Figure: A Diary of My Former Self, Lori has always been a different, unique and smart eleven year old girl. However, throughout her childhood, she has faced many challenges because of the influence that society had on her. Thus, Lori eventually got the impression that she is fat and needs to be thin like the women surrounding her and especially women in the magazines. Being different and intelligent was not easy for Lori. At first, Lori enjoyed her childhood;…

Coming to America was a terrifying and uncertain journey for my parents, who came to the United States as young adults. Despite the dangers, it was a risk that they were willing to take to ensure their family with a better future. As children, my siblings and I were told stories of what our parents had to endure while growing up in Mexico and what was required of them from a young age. Throughout the years, they taught us to aim for the impossible and not to settle for less than what we had the…

is a growing network of public charter schools in the Northeast. During the beginning of my freshman year of high school, I shadowed the Director of the Arts, Kerry Cabri. After a few short months of gaining experience and insight on music, I was offered the incredible opportunity to prepare a group of students for a district wide music festival in Brooklyn, New York. At first, I was incredibly nervous at the thought of mentoring students of a completely different background as me; they grew up…

his admiration for her. Holden interacts with his sister by participating in childlike games and activities, halting his progression into adulthood and continuing her childhood innocence. Holden uses Phoebe to reflect upon his own loss of innocence while finding comfort in his familiar and unchanged surroundings. Salinger intentionally uses this novel's title The Catcher in the Rye as one of the important symbolic references to the theme of innocence. Holden’s wishes to pursue a career as the…

Not only do I write above my grade level according to writing tests, I also thrive in group discussion. As can be read in my teacher’s nomination form, I can add much to the discussions that are a huge part of the Communicative Arts. In all the Language Arts classes I have taken, the same thing always happens. The teacher tells the class we will have a discussion and I get excited- what could be more fun than having an analytical conversation about literature with my peers? However, when the…

hope and that is certainly the case for my mother and older sisters. Although my five sisters and I grew up under the same roof, we each view the years spent in that two-bed room, loud and sometimes violent home differently. Furthermore, my siblings and I grew up fatherless and as a result, my eldest siblings took the brunt of the burden. They will tell you so. As the youngest, I never had to miss school or adopt the role of a caregiver. Occasionally, I rode my mother’s emotional rollercoaster…

you solve problems, you reduce the effects of loneliness. Personally, I’ve spent a lot of my life feeling lonely. Growing up, I didn’t have much support from my absentee parents. But I had support from the people who I wanted in my life, support from the system that I built for myself. This is what a community is; it’s the people we choose to surround ourselves with. Now, I choose to include my parents in my community but I don’t have…

In the article “Don’t Misread My Signals” Judith Ortiz Cofer explains the religious and cultural differences between other countries. She shares incidents, in the early stages of her life, such as the stereotypes and discriminatory opinions from others she was faced with. She was judged by her society for her appearance because she was a woman from Puerto Rico and had experienced racist situations when she first arrived in the United States. Cofer’s article begins with a flashback to her…

Growing up in a country where an individual has limited awareness of the importance of oral health has pushed me towards Dentistry. The first time I went to the Dentist was for a tooth extraction and, apart from my blood-covered gums, I was impressed by the way, the dentist completed the extraction while also making me feel at ease. In order to gain an understanding of the day-to-day routine of a dentist, I shadowed an NHS practitioner and a private group dental clinic. I observed the different…