What has motivated you to continue your education at this time and what obstacles, if any, have you overcome in preparation for your current educational undertaking?
Since the age of 6, I have always been belittled by my family, especially my father. He was the person who provided the source of my existence in this world. Additionally, he provided me with a gold ticket to the "American Dream". This ticket was known by many to bring happiness, success, and prosperity. As I aged, I realized that the gold ticket my father gave me was only an embodiment that contains a map to the original. He was only able to provide the opportunities for me to achieve the "American Dream". To his theory, this map would provide an easier route with less physical labor. Little did he know, my father himself became an obstacle to my journey. An obstacle, which required far more laborious than he anticipated. He became the challenge that catalyzes my future.
To start all great journeys, the traveler must be knowledgeable and prepared for his or her path. In preparation for my path, I first have to assimilate into my new environment. On April 2003, I enrolled in my first American elementary school. As a six-year-old it was an exciting and joyful moment, but as an
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He would find ways to belittle my motives, notions, and futures. My mother said his behavior was caused by his egotism. But as a child, my father was my biggest bully compare to my other family member. He once commented, “Are you sure B’s is better than A’s because you sure have a lot more A’s than B’s”. I was furious by his superfluous statement and didn’t understand why he make such comment. As I reach my teenage years, I would judge my father’s ignorance and muted all his nonsense comments. I lost more hopes when he missed my high school graduation. I began to doubt of relationship and envy others who has a supportive
For example, when I was younger my father told me that I would never be smart enough to attend college and that I might as well not even try to apply. For most of my life, this has caused me to think I would never be smart enough to graduate from high school or attend college. Eventually, I overcame this fear when I graduated high school and was accepted into college. I also had to learn not to take things personally from my father because the things that he said about me were not true. If I kept listening to him, I would always find myself hurt by the things he says. I began to realize that I had a problem with taking things personally, and I realized this even more after conducting some personal interviews about the Four
Today, American society seems to have become trapped behind a mirror, encouraged to pursue one’s own perfection and dreams above all others. Even during the conception of the country people uprooted their lives and left their families and everything they knew in hope for a better life for themselves. They left to explore a new land by themselves where no one knew them seeking to escape who they used to be. The early Americans pursued their self-advancement and the ability to climb the social ladder, and this possibility of a new life became known as the “American Dream:” the lonely selfish pursuit of a better life. This seed of hope was the plague that begot a largely solitary existence. The “American Dream”
At the start of the semester, my oblivious state of nature associating with the Chinese culture reached an unacceptable level. Implementing a necessary change, I decided to educate myself on different cultures starting with China. I failed to ponder that such a rich, deep culture existed outside America. Encompassed by this country’s unique yet suffocating melting pot culture, my outlook believed ideas such as uniformity between American Chinese food and Authentic Chinese food. After this course, my bigot perspective widened as I witnessed diversity in the world. Before this class, when I thought of Chinese food, my connotation jumped to thoughts associated with chop suey, but as I progressed my education, my mindset gradually pondered foods like steamed buns or “New Year Cakes” with authentic Chinese food.
As I boarded the plane to move to the United States, the beginning of September 2005, I couldn’t help but think about all that I left behind; My family, my friends, my school, my clothes, and all of the awesome cultural food. Then again, I looked forward to this new life, a new beginning. I imagined it being like life in the movies, where everything seemed easy and life was just beautiful. After all, I was going to the States; the place where most people only dreamt of. I felt very blessed to have this opportunity because I knew that it wasn’t given to everyone. Coming to America marked my coming of age because I left behind my old life, I started life afresh, and I became a much grateful person.
I moved to the united states of America on February 14 2002, I came here to start afresh and begin a new life of opportunity, I must admit I never knew what to really expect other than what I've seen on television as such, it was a dream come through for me. However upon my arrival I realized and experienced that it was really as expected but in order to live a good life I had to work hard to achieve it. In my family I am the first son of my father and that automatically puts a lot of responsibility on me, responsibility on me to care for my parents, siblings and even my grand parents this has been hammered repetitively in me, we are an African family and the culture is different even the norms as well,
As I thought of this article, many of the issues I have faced as a single Hmong woman in her mid-twenties came to mind. Should I discuss the functional reasons why marriage is so important in the Hmong culture, especially for women? Or do I talk about the lack of eligible, older Hmong men? Better yet, should I complain about the attempts by my relatives to find me a good husband as if it were an unfortunate circumstance that I was single instead of a conscious choice? Thinking it over, though, I decided that all those questions boiled down to one fundamental truth – the Hmong community is still trying to learn how to treat the increasing number of Hmong women who, like me, are making the choice to stay single in their mid-twenties.
Probably the most important turning point in my life happened in 1992. At this time, I was eight years old and living in Williamsport Pennsylvania. My dad had a well-paying job at Anchor Darling Valve Company, I was attending a parochial school and I thought life was just great. At the time we lived in a large four-story house with a separate three-story garage and an acre of forest for a backyard. I had a ten-speed bicycle and I would often go bicycling with my friends at the nearby cemetery. No-one ever objected to this, in fact people would often have picnics at the top of this hill at the cemetery. I guess the only things I ever complained about were the constant music lessons and practice sessions my parents subjected me to.
I can remember going to school and him being very judgmental towards others and telling us “to watch who our friends where” which was his way of saying make sure you are only friends with your own culture. I can remember wanting to be friends with those who were different from me in grade school however because of my father I felt that I couldn’t because I was disobeying him. One event in particular was in the third grade when a African American student moved into town and the home room teacher paired us together to be study partners all year. It was something I hated for the longest time most of the time I spent putting him down or not helping he at all and only worrying about myself because being as senseless as I was then in my own messed up reality I thought I was acting how I should. Finally one day came when I set back and thought why do I not like this kid he’s done nothing to me yet I have treated him horribly since day one. I remember coming to the realization that this kid is not bad he’s not out to get me and just because he’s different doesn’t mean he just be looked at or treated any differently then how I am or how I treat any of my other
As I got older, I became more and more detached from my father. I would never talk
I was in 1st grade when I found out that I had a learning disability. I still
Describe how you have taken advantage of a significant educational opportunity or worked to overcome an educational barrier you have faced.
1.Tell us about yourself, your family, community and why you have decided to pursue a post-secondary education and your field of study?
In a post-slavery, capitalist nation such as ours, there are two experiences: that of the in-crowd and that of the out. The in crowd has innate privilege of which they are ignorant. The out crowd experiences all manner of cruelty and hardship as they are denied entrance into the in crowd; they must, then, decide whether to fight for their rights or to leave. These are the thoughts that have been rattling around in my mind not only throughout this semester, but ever since I truly encountered the out crowd’s experience my freshman year, with the Ferguson riots. My high school education taught me to problem-solve by building a procedure and following it, but what happens when the procedure isn’t working?
Gold is one of the most popular metals as investment. Because of its high and consistent value, it is considered one of the safest commodities to invest in. There are several ways of using gold as an investment. Gold can be physically bough in the form of bullion bars or bullion coins. Gold exchange products can be traded in major stock exchanges in the same manner as shares. These include closed-end products or CEFs, exchange-traded notes or ETNs, and exchange-traded funds or ETFs. Gold accounts can be availed from banks and their management greatly depends on whether it is an unallocated or an allocated gold account. Gold certificates used to circulate as money until the United States restricted private gold ownership in 1933. Buying shares in gold mining companies comes with structural, management, and political risks but investing in the right company at the right time can increase share prices to as much as 20%.
My educational journey has been like a roller coaster. I have been in the worst spot of my life time. Where I hate going to school but, also think about my father education. My career goal is one of my most important in my life to better myself than I am today tomorrow I will better than yesterdays.