My grandparents fled Mexico during the fifties when the country was becoming too dangerous for them to live there. My grandmother was only nineteen when she married my grandfather. In fact‚ the only reason she married him was because she saw him as her ticket out of the life she hated. My grandmother didn’t want to be stuck in Mexico‚ and promised to give my grandfather children if he brought her to the United States. Just one month after my mother was born‚ my grandparents crossed the border and
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have always enjoyed learning about others and their background. A plethora of information can overwhelm my mind just by chatting with someone who is diverse culturally‚ academically‚ and economically. In the same way I have encountered a similar experience in high school that has changed my understanding of the Chinese heritage. My first interaction with another culture was when I met my close friend‚ Ying Ching from China‚ who opened doors to a new part of the world for me. The major difference
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However‚ the most important cultural experience that I recently had would have to be my time in the summer program. Lead NOW was a program that I participated during the summer of 2016 here at St. Thomas University. As a requirement of the program‚ I had to take an art and dance class. Both classes served me greatly in such that it helped me build up my cultural experiences. The art class made me make my own art and find out what art meant to me. The work
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People are like clay in the process of being sculpted‚ always changing and never be the same afterwards. We age‚ learn and grow everyday of our lives. Sometimes we experience events that change us in some way and we can look back on that event and recognize a difference before and after that moment. A life-changing experience that greatly contributed to forming the person I am today occurred during a three day confirmation retreat. I was born and raised Catholic‚ so it was expected that I would
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When I was thinking about writing this journal post a particular experiences came into my head. I pushed it aside for the fact that it didn’t fit the criteria for this journal. However‚ after struggling trying with writer’s block‚ I gave in to my original thought. The experience I am going to be talking about doesn’t fit the criteria of being a patient/nurse interaction because I wasn’t with a “patient” or in a clinical setting. On the night of Saturday‚ October 11th‚ Logan and I went out for a typical
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given no break from football. It felt like it was an all year long sport. To me football didn’t just show me how to run the ball‚ how to catch a ball‚ and how to tackle. Football also gave me very many life lessons and experiences that I will never forget. Especially‚ one experience where I was racially profiled. Summer camp was finally here which was a football camp where my team and another team practiced and scrimmaged with each other for a whole week‚ and it was something everyone waited all
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A reflective journal‚ on what I experienced on the staff ride to the battlefield from the battle at horse bend and the of the staff ride. I got a completely different prospective of terrain when I actually walked on the Battlefield. I feel that the preservation of theses historical site will keep the heritage alive and increase the interest in learning our history. From the top of the hill‚ the battlefield looked relatively flat. For this point one could see the barricade that the Red sticks
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Orleans I started volunteer work at the Children’s Hospital and helped with pop up clinics for the Latino community twice. Overall I found that helping others shouldn’t be something seen as duty or mandatory‚ it should be spontaneous. Through others experiences and hardships we learn and grow as human beings‚ not only did I enjoy helping others but I felt that it helped me with my problems. Having moved around so much and meet so many people and living by myself so many years I came to truly be thankful
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Childbirth: The Wonderful Experience The drive to the hospital‚ the painful contractions‚ and the loud screams of pain‚ this is what childbirth is all about. Google defines childbirth as the action of giving birth to a child. The bible says in John 16:21‚ “When a woman is giving birth‚ she has sorrow because her hour has come‚ but when she has delivered the baby‚ she no longer remembers the anguish‚ for joy that a human being has been born into the world. My experience with childbirth was different
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Although I think that language could get in the way. I really look forward to going over seas to be able to get the experience. This is one thing that I really can’t wait to experience in the military. Overall a lot of people can take something great away from high school. Whether it be the great learning‚ a lifelong friendship‚ or maybe even a high school sweetheart. In my experience over what seems like forever I have obviously learned so much. I have also taken on so many new friendships. Has BHS
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