I came to that decision through a quiz that I took in my program Breakthrough New York. It asked me about different aspects of my life and what I wanted for high school. In answering them I realized that I would like some independence and live away from my home. I will contribute to your community by offering a unique person with many ideas. For example, I would like to start a debate club which would help people prepare for confrontations in their futures.
The New Yorker is a celebrated magazine that is known for its reporting, essays, and political commentary. Its exemplary status is also attributed to its cartoons and illustrative covers, which are often satirical reinterpretations of current affairs. The demographic of the people who read the New Yorker provides a clue as to the whom the advertisement’s target audience is. They tend to be on the liberal spectrum, mostly college educated people in their early 30s to late 50s.
“If you know your identity and you know your community, both of those things, embrace them, whatever your goals are, no matter where you want to be. It may not be one path to achieve that goal; you may go down different paths. Just make sure that you make it authentic as possible. And how do you do that? Be yourself,” DiMarco
Joining the HLLC Community will be a dream come through because it will give me the opportunity to achieve my dreams while pursuing my education. I would utilize the HLLC Community to address a social issue that I am very passionate about. Through HLLC, I would use community service, networking, voluntary services, etc. to bring awareness to the high cost of education in the country. I am fervid about education because with education, one can be able to elevate themselves. Everyone, irrespective of who they are should have access to any form of education. Unfortunately, that is not the case. The high cost of education today is disheartening. The amount of college dropout has increased. Certain societal issues such as unemployment, depression,
For this week, I was required to read chapter 5, 6, and 7 in the "A history of the personal computer: the people and the technology " online book. This week's reading was much more easier and understandable than last week's readings. These chapters were about computer companies in the 1970s and what they did. It was interesting to read about these computer companies' humble beginnings. It was especially interesting because the two biggest computer companies right now, Microsoft and Apple, were so thoroughly covered in the chapters. Aside from that, I was able to read about flow charting by Bill Streib, who did a great job in explaining it. Even though the paper was mostly filled with pictures and diagrams, it was still a good read. I was also able to read about pseudo code, and find out about it's advantages and disadvantages. After reading and testing pseudo code and flowcharts, I feel that I would be more in the pseudo code camp. Personally pseudo code is easier for me.
If growing up in New York City has taught me anything, it is the gift of optimism and to never give up on your dreams. Even at twenty two while being withdrawn from university, I am still always learning important new life lessons and new things that improve me, and make me not only stronger as a business person and entrepreneur, but my own humanity and existence as well. Being in my own corner of the country can feel disorienting at times, especially when visiting family in other parts of the states. It feels like you are given a brief glimpse through a window at a completely different way of life, despite being relatively close. I feel the next step to learning more about my self and giving me even more of a strong edge is to complete my
After taking the dialect quiz, I was matched with Augusta- Richmond South Carolina, Richmond Virginia, and Raleigh North Carolina. I’m from Richmond Virginia, so I found the quiz results to be pretty accurate. I lived in Richmond up until I was in the third grade, and in the fourth grade I moved to Chesterfield Virginia. I still reside in Chesterfield when I’m not in school. On occasion people say I have a southern accent. But, I typically don’t realize it and that’s probably because I lived in Virginia all my life. When I think of southern accents I usually think of states like Texas, Mississippi, Kentucky, Georgia, Louisiana, etc. However, it’s funny because I know that Virginia is right in the mix of all of these states. Nevertheless,
My biggest decision Life gets harder as we get older, but some of us go through situations that make us mature instantly. I live in a city of immigrates and I see how people that were born here in Miami or that they have been here for a long time, assume that immigrants just come to the United States to start a new life. They don’t take the time to think about what people left behind in their countries or how hard can it be to start from scratch. Leaving my homeland, Venezuela, has been my biggest decision and it had its pros and cons. Having dreams is common as a teenager, but is difficult to achieve them when the government of the country you live in does not provide a good future for the population.
I grew up in an extremely small city where it was evident that the citizens lived for high school football on Friday, the liquor store on Saturday, and church on Sunday. However, it wasn’t until I went into Cumberland to attend middle school that I truly realized the cities problems. As our cities drug and poverty levels continue to worsen, I want to secure the opportunity to leave Cumberland in order to promise myself a bright future. I live on a farm just outside the city-limits of Cumberland with my mom and step-father. My mother, employed to the same bookstore since 1988, makes less than fifteen dollars an hour. My step-father has been retired and receives a monthly pension of five-hundred dollars. As a child, I never asked my mother for
My mother always reminded me how education is the most important tool which I can use to improve myself and my community. After obtaining my undergraduate degree in geography in the late nineties, I later moved to the United States a year later to peruse a master degree in computer sciences. After arriving in the US, I learned that life was not as easy as I thought. I could not afford the tuition, paying my bills and taking care of my family. I later dropped out of school to work some low paying jobs in order to save money to continue my education. After several years of contemplating what to study, I enrolled in a community college to continue my education in radiologic technology.
Growing up in a small community exposes a person to unfortunate situations, such as crime, death, and poverty, that directly impact the quality of life. Experiencing different situations can physically, mentally, and emotionally break a person. It's even more challenging to remove yourself off the dark path that you have seen so many people go down. When you do break yourself out of the inevitable cycle of negativity, it builds your self-confidence and pushes you to strive for better. I feel that certain circumstances I have been forced to accept and experience have morphed me into the person I am today. I am person that works hard for everything I want to achieve. I am dedicated, and I will always remember the ones who have helped me in my success. This career plan is influenced by my community, much like my drive to attend college. My community has a lot of stray animals and only one veterinary clinic. Each time I see a pack of dogs eating out of a trash can or playing in an overgrown, empty lot, I am reminded of what I am working toward.
The decision to leave my hometown, has been a definite turning point in my life, showing me what it means to live in a diverse society vs. the narrow minded, sheltered existence that I was raised in.
So I thought long and hard about quitting my job and leaving that part of my life behind. That part of my life that took four years to accomplish, late nights, and countless of hours of work. I knew that I would have not been happy sitting behind a desk for the rest of my life, so I left that part of my life behind me. The only direction I really had was the fact that I wanted to be helping people. To be the person that someone could turn to when their world fell apart.
Now, stranded in middle school and the beginning of high school, I was without a particular long term goal or dream that I wished to achieve. During this period of time, I never knew how to answer the common question, “What do you want to do when you grow up?”, and started to reply with “I want to be a hippie in the mountains, raising goats, and selling goat cheese” just so people would stop asking.
For most of my life the community in which I have lived has existed for my benefit. From the parks to the schools, from the roads to the public buildings, everything in my community has been there for me to use at my pleasure. I have never been forced to contribute to the community, never paying property taxes or attending local governmental meetings. I have never been part of a community organization, or any such group. But that time is coming to an end, and as a full adult member of my community, I feel that I should take a more active role. With the inclusion in a community comes responsibilities to others as well as the community as a whole. Without participation, a community is only a group of
Factors that contributed to my current life choices include the desperate want to be something greater, as well as to experience the world in ways some could only dream of. I study hard, allowing for me to have the possibility of an early graduation. I dream big, allowing me with the imagination to draw up plans for myself and my future. I work hard, allowing me the strength and vision to execute my plans for the future. The way that I was raised has greatly benefited me. My parents have taught me that anything and everything is possible as long as you work hard for it despite the what others may tell you or even if the odds are against you. Another factor that led to my current life, is the amount of time I allow myself to think about my plans and refine them. This is extremely important because, without a solid, flexible, long-term plan, you could get lost in dreaming about the future, and end up not accomplishing anything. Hence, many aspects of my life have been planned out with not one or two possible alternatives