My Life

As an immigrant, I have lived a financially difficult life when my father gambled away our home, savings, and the life we had in Iowa and decided to leave us in Georgia. Overnight my mother was granted custody of my two sisters and I and became a single parent/head of household after more than 12 years of being a stay at home mom. With minimal English and no work experience, my mom initially worked for less than minimum wage jobs, food catering company during the day; where her income was based…

In my life, I have been influenced by many of people across the country, but no one has quite influenced me like my dad. Influences do not always have to be of positive value; they can have a negative effect on your life. My dad has always been a part of my life, and he has always been there when I need him the most. My dad has been both my father and my friend.My dad is the most influential person in my life because he always pushes me to do my best no matter what decision I may have; he…

resolving personal, social, or psychological problems.” When I read this definition, it does not bring personal meaning to the word as I view it. I define counseling as various aspects of working with people, helping those cope and understand with what life continuously presents, and by the individuals that I have seen benefit from this practice. Counseling does not only impact the recipient of the process, but the advisor as well. I had this realization while working one on one with a high…

Hardships are a part of life that everyone must deal with. These hardships are often lessons in life that one must endure to become a better person. The outcome of these obstacles depends on how the problem is tackled. I’ve had countless of hardships in my life, but there was one obstacle in particular that I was able to overcome that made a huge difference in my life. Learning the English language was no easy task, especially when no one in my household spoke english. Through determination,…

up to. Therefore, these texts carry a lot of weight in terms of the reflection of society and the male perspective on life. Using the novel The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler and the film High Noon directed by Fred Zinnemann, this paper will argue that there are certainly element within the texts that both support and counter the claim that the pervasive American male fantasy is life without women.give the audience contrasting portrayals of female characters and give us a look into how the male…

former worker in the meat company downside the street. I just wanted to go see my family because I get back from work very late. My two beautiful children, Kalina and George, will be waiting for me to cuddle with them and bring them warmth to their hearts. My wife she would be making the rich tasty dinner she always does. Sadly, we’re starting to run out of food. We have a hard time making a Greek salad with some chicken. My wife and I are getting mega nervous because in one point we won’t have…

South Carolina to be closer to my mom. My son Charlie loves the thought of moving because we finally will be out of the country and next to neighbors. The neighbor to the left is very inviting, maybe too inviting. She came over and brought us a pie and offered us to come over for dinner, but I made up some excuse to not have to go. I'm not a very friendly person. Charlie told me that I was very rude. The next evening I calmly walked over to Sars house. I apologized for my selfish acts and…

changed my life in positive and negative ways. Some of them were good and some of them were bad. We live in a world where even the smallest things can have a humungous impact on our lives. There have been times that made me feel incredibly vulnerable and there were times that I was not sure if I would make it out alive. Even though I am still breathing, sometimes I do not see how. In Billy Joel’s song, “We didn’t start the fire”, he refers to many events that changed the course of his life.…

Personally, I cannot imagine my life without the internet because I use it in my everyday life. For example, I use the internet for social media, to purchase products, to communicate with distant family, and to research different information. The internet has both positive and negative impacts in my life. The positive impacts that the internet has in my life is that I am able to research anything I want to learn about (which increases my knowledge), I am able to communicate with my long distance…

throughout their lifetime. Everybody has one, or many more things, they are afraid of. I have one fear that has been with me constantly through my life. My one fear that has always haunted me is fear itself. Why do people get scared? I have no idea but the feeling of fear is something that really frightens me. When my heart sinks to my feet, and my head is racing, and my skin turns pale because of how afraid I am, it’s really no fun at all. Sometimes I fear for different things. Most of the…