Penguins Personal Statement

I was born in a small ranch in Mexico, and raised in Oregon .My first year and a half I grew up with only my mother and grandmother, my father in the US trying to raise enough money to send to my mom and me . I came to the United States with my mom at the time in only understood Spanish. The Spanish language stayed with me up until I was 3 , I was the only child but my older cousins taught me a new foreign language. From the moment I learned to speak English to almost 14 years later, being a year away fro graduation its been a big struggle. Fighting against the "I cant's" and "failure" it's been a bumpy ride. Something that has really shaped my life is, as I grew up I didn't quite understand the meaning of immigrant, my 7 year old mind didn't

Through interviewing my roommate Linda Wang, I have gotten the opportunity of hearing a first-hand account of what it is like being a young immigrant living in the United States. At the age of eight, Linda, along with her father, mother, and aunt, emigrated to America. Linda’s family currently resides in Bayside, Queens and she is a student-athlete on the St. John’s women’s golf team. Linda was kind enough to share her immigration story with me so that I may use it as a manifestation of what life as an immigrant, and the immigration process itself, entails.

I was intrigued by these differences in perspective, and attempted to understand why this was occurring. I first asked my parents, as I was only in the fifth grade, and their answer was simply that we were different, and that that wasn’t a bad thing. Feeling displaced, I began to question everything that I did on a regular basis, and if there was a proper manner in which to act for someone in my situation. The constant choice between my Mexican and American identity was always present.

Growing up, my parents sacrificed endlessly to ensure I would thrive in America; they were Mexican immigrants, weren’t fluent in English, and struggled to assimilate into American culture. Their barriers wouldn’t stop them from presenting me with an opportunistic life. I didn’t have the luxury of parents that had proper schooling; all they taught me was to work hard and to not allow anything to bring me down. I was raised in a low-income neighborhood, and as my peers were entangling themselves in drugs and gangs, I focused on my schooling. I knew the importance of education and all the fruits of labor that would eventually come with it. I didn't’ fall into peer pressure, I surpassed the expectations of my family, and most importantly, did not fall into the negative statistics that correlate with Latinos.

As I have blossomed into the individual I am today I have developed a significantly different outlook from most of my peers. My mother migrated from Colombia to the United States because she wanted to create a better life for my older brother and me. Her journey inspires me and it a journey which many individuals with Latino backgrounds have to undergo to have the polity to give their children education possibilities. The sacrifice that my mother and those like her have bared have revealed to me the importance of what it means to work hard. As a family of immigrants I have developed an appreciation for those close to me. Living in the United States I see my grandparents and all of my siblings every two years, I understand what it is too mean

Being a second generation immigrant can be very difficult, trying to balance two cultures at the same time. It lead me to a bunch of questions about my identity and who I was ? It took me time to finally not be ashamed of being an immigrant, I wanted to cover up my roots.

More than 20 football fields of trees are removed each minute. Logging can affect plants and animals by losing their homes. Predator - prey relationships will alter which can then cause a trophic cascade by overpopulation from the prey or extinction of predators. Also keystone species could be removed by these factors. So these living and nonliving factors could affect an ecosystem in many ways. Changes affect the ecosystem strongly in ways which population could boost in biodiversity or severely diminish the population of both plants and animals.

During college one, I have read the book "Spare Parts". It is a really thought-provoking nonfiction that describes four immigrants students' the journey to their success. From reading this book and writing RRJs, I have learnt alot of things. Especially, writing RRJs is helpful to organizing my thoughts when I read the book. Also, it influences me to think about my own story and connect to the characters of the book. In "Spare Parts", these four characters stuck with me by their braveness and intelligence. They make me to think about my own life. I am an immigrant too. When I first came to school here, I felt that I could not fit in as well. However, I feel much better after I communicated with new friends and got familiar with my classes.

When I started school, I added student to my list. But this doesn’t just relate to me, everyone has their own lists, their own stories. When a couple has a child they become parents, two people with similar interests become friends, and peoples who share the same background create cultures. Author Gloria Anzaldua describes how she found her identity in her essay “How to Tame a Wild Tongue”. A story about both her feelings and her own story on the social and cultural difficulties Mexican immigrants faced when growing up in the southern United States. In Her essay she explains how there was 2 sides to the coin. They were ridiculed and forced to speak perfect English by their families and the US school system, but they were also antagonized by other more “pure” Mexicans for not speaking Spanish. Anzaldua says she first found her identity when she read her first book by another fellow Chicano. She says “a feeling of pure joy flashed through me…I felt like we really existed as a people” (211). Which is to say, that we as people tend to combine and live under one roof and when we find people who we can relate to, who we find a deep rooted connection, we feel pride and we rally around that feeling. “And peoples who share the same background create

Being a first-generation immigrant, my childhood was shaped by the constant struggle to fit in. Instead of learning from my parents, we grew alongside one another in awareness and understanding of what the American identity truly is. As the language barrier was a greater impediment to my parents than myself, I learned to speak for my parents, and I matured rather quickly. As a young child, I was bothered by the fact that I was different from my peers. However, it is this difference that has led me to discover three families outside my home: Benet Academy, Best Buy, and Edward Hospital. These families have accepted my differences with compassion, which in turn has positively influenced the way I think of others. Each of these families have contributed

In North Pole there live a penguin named Acly. “Today is the day! I will fly today, I can do it!” Aclu said determinedly. “I know penguin can not fly but I will make history and fly.” As Acly ready to try to fly he was stop by Layla, his older sister. “Hey! Stop, how can you fly when you’re afraid of height? Don’t make a fool of yourself and emberesse the family. You do know that penguin can not fly right?” Acly nod his head, “yeah, but I’m going to be the first penguin to ever fly.” “Gluck with that.” Layla start to walk away. “One, two, three, and take off!” As people say, the world doesn’t go as you want. Aclu tumbled down and injured his right wing. “Nooooooo! This can’t happen, how am I going to fly if this happen?” Acly started to cry

A penguin is a bird that is typically found in Antartica that is flightless but can swim fast in arctic waters. Humans are fascinated with the flightless bird with dense flippers because we think they mate for life which is a goal most humans strive to accomplish in their lifetimes. However, it is not plausible that penguins mate for life because the majority of the animals in the animal kingdom, including humans, do not mate for life so why should they? It is not plausible that penguins mate for life because of different factors like: monogamy versus life mates, 95 percent of animals do not mate for life and each penguin species have differences in breeding seasons.

Many years ago in a little town on a dirt road where people lived in tiny shacks and got food from roadside markets lived a bear. This bear was small, almost smaller than a penguin, but he was 15 years old. He was very loud but could be sneaky and smart. He has been known by people for years because of his cruelty. The bear stole from the markets day and night. He also would pickpocket people and he got away with it. People were scared of him even though he was small. Well, one day he went to the market to take his favorite food, bread, and beef, but when he started to walk away Artemis and Demeter appeared.

For many people, different kinds of stuff fasten alluringness, for Gentoo Penguins, it is a secret, sacred gift. Kudos to the male Gentoo penguins, for they really know how to crush it. The trick is built around a gift that found root in love and protection, what girl's needs. The Gentoo penguin nests are built from roughly circular stones that are guarded jealously and their ownership is a reason for noisy dispute between the males. The female loved the stones, and the smart males go all the way to find it and offer a nice stone to the female of its choice. It always works. The stone-giving male always receives

As with the physical adaptations, emperor penguins have unique behavioural adaptations that enable them to survive the harsh winter. Emperor penguins form large huddles. Not only does this share body warmth, but it also shelters many of the penguins from the effects of the wind. By alternating which penguins are exposed to the wind, this benefit is shared equally amongst the group. Huddling can reduce heat loss by up to 50%.