Throughout high school I trained gymnastics competitively at Go For It USA. During my senior year, I was given the opportunity to coach boys interested in joining the men’s team to train competitively as well. At first, the job seemed simple, but I soon realized that it was not just a matter of showing up and leaving. During my first day, I encountered some difficulties. It turned out that boys between the ages of five and ten don’t always get along, and I had to quickly devise creative…
Immigration in USA The US is considered the promised land and the land of opportunity. It is also the world’s biggest economy, this is one of the many reasons people choose to relocate their lives to America. Immigration is when people from a country move to another country, ex. USA. There are many reasons for immigrants to move from their home country, they often move because of war, or religious persecution. Others simply move because they can get a higher paycheck, than in their home country.…
This is my first journal entry and I was asked to give my opinion on the topic of diversity and what the U.S. demographics would look like in 2050. But first, I would like to honor the names of the people, who lost their lives at Mother Emanuel AME Church: Cynthia Hurd, Sharonda Singleton, Myra Thompson, Tywanza Sanders, The Rev. DePayne Middleton-Doctor, Susie Jackson, Ethel Lance, Daniel Simmons, and especially, the inspirational Reverend Clementa Pinckney (Perkins, Huntsberry, & Chappell,…
In “Border Crossing in the USA,” Donna Gaines claims that “[t]he concept of adolescence, our assumptions about young people’s preparedness to handle life, and the laws we created to protect them, infantilize youth at a time when they are increasingly called upon to care for themselves” . Nancy Lesko moves Gaines’s quote one step further when she concludes that “Gaines’s emphasis on how the lived realities of youth are in conflict with adult conceptions of them must be demonstrated through…
Unfortunately, Poland was excluded from the “game” for the next long five years. During that whole time we wanted to continue to live in the USA, but we let the dream gradually burned in us. We also abandoned all efforts of keeping track of the changes in the entry status of Poland. One day, accidentally my husband heard that Poland became a part of eligible countries who could participate in the DV-2011 lottery again. Our first thoughts revealed revived dreams, however, after a few moments of…
1 maro and 87 oram was all she had. Orams saved one at a time. Three times Mij counted the orams as they were so valuable at the time. The next day was Christmas and she had to get something for Alled, her husband. She had only one perfect gift she wanted to buy but she could never buy it with the money she had right now. Mij called her dog and her companion, Mark Watney. Mark stood next to Mij and waited for his owner to give him a friendly command. Mij looked into Mark’s eyes, they were full…
Equality’s society vs usa Have you ever wondered what it's like to live in a society that is the opposite of the U.S? Well in the book Anthem by Ayn Rand, there is a society that was completely swallowed into the deep dark part of communism. There are many things that could be said about the two societies but here are the few that differentiate the U.S and Equality’s society the most; These reasons being freedom, their jobs, and Equality. Here are the list of reasons that differentiate…
Prevalence of Obesity in USA [Name of the Writer] [Name of the Institution] Abstract In children, current estimates (1999–2000) put the prevalence of overweight at 15%, a threefold increase over the past 30 years (Ogden et.al, 2002, p. 32). Although this epidemic has spared no subgroup of the population and has been documented in individuals of all ages and racial/ethnic and socioeconomic subgroups, the problem is greatest in minority populations and among persons living in poverty.…
Introduction Ideally, the most important thing in a person’s life should be their health. Without proper care complications can arise that will stop an individual from doing anything else. With this in mind, it might be astonishing to think that a lot of people in our city do not have any form of health coverage to help them with the medical expenses that may arise from any unexpected medical complication. It is a fact that a lot of people in El Paso do not have health insurance, the question…
“American will never be destroyed from the outside, if we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves” by Abraham Lincoln. He was the 16th president of the United State that sacrificed everything to America. He believed America is a freedom land that nothing will break it except Americans willing to break it from inside. The United State is a dream country that everyone in the world at least wants to come here once in their life. It’s a beautiful country with amazing…