Personal Narrative: American President

Studying in a foreign country is an interesting experience of an individual lifetime. One tends to learn a number of things relating to ways of life in a foreign land. Social, political and economic values and aspects are usually different from one region to another. Therefore, through studying abroad one is able to learn different issues about another society such as gender and sexuality issues, social class and race/ethnicity issues. Having come from a developing country studying in the U.S.A has been a great experience personally. This paper will attempt to provide a reflection of my personal experience on studying in the U.S by comparing the history of Angola and the U.S.

Growing up in Ghana, I had heard a lot of things about the U.S. This was a country I had always wanted to visit; my prayer was answered when I got the opportunity to travel there. Arriving in a new environment came with many experiences. Adjusting with food, language and the weather was not easy. With the passage of time, however I have been able to0 adjust and fit it. This write-up therefore is to elaborate on my experiences since coming to U.S.

I didn’t believe in aliens until I was abducted by them. I was put in some kind of contraption and I’m not sure what happened exactly, but it’s clear that I’m not where I was. Everything in 2016 is different, I don’t know if I’m in a different state or not but people are dressing differently and acting differently, and the cars, the cars are all different! I’ve been here for quite some time now and have noticed a lot of differences from where I lived in Oceanside, California in 1940. I’ve been transported to the year 2016 and there are so many things that have changed and evolved and among them are political, economic, social, and cultural changes.

Theodore Roosevelt once said, “Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else.”

Johnnie, Veronica, Frank et al. do me a solid with all your “knowledge” and “wokeness” step outside your educational privilege and support systems for a minute. I in no place in my post said anything about America being perfect so what you did was hijack a status about the solidarity I feel for the people in my life and in this country who very much will struggle with an intensified troubling life experience in the country to PROVE you have some kind of exceptional wokeness or understanding of America. MISS me with it. No America was not safe for everyone but we just did was extend the people who it was unsafe for. If that’s cool with you then carry on with your bullshit. I have NEVER EVER said it’s a safe place for everyone. I have NEVER

America’s gift to my generation is amazing because veterans have used all their potential for us. They fought for us to be alive right now. Their gift to us is much more than I expected. I am so thankful and I appreciate all they have done for us.

It was a small thing, the bright green of youth. I planted it on the 3rd, in my freshman year, with the Green Thumb Club at my high school.

Some people may be confused in what responsibility even means. Does it mean be nice, make good decisions, and do what you're told? I've been taught many responsibilities throughout my life and the most important one is to try my hardest to walk in the light of Jesus. To do this I try to learn from my mistakes, treat others the way I want to be treated. Whenever I get the opportunity I bring God into the subject to try to show every one what a loving and caring father he his no matter how many mistakes you've made. I want people to know that no matter what they do or say to me, I will never deny my beliefs for God I will always shine my light and try to impact as many lives as I can. We are one Nation under God and I believe that's our responsibility to keep it that way.

If I had a million dollars, I might take a three month vacation around the world.

Normally my job is pretty routine, but I saw something tonight that I’ll remember for a long time. I’m a cameraman, and tonight I worked at WBBM Studios in Chicago, where the first presidential debate took place between Vice President Nixon and Senator Kennedy. This first debate has turned into a big deal. The whole setup for the debate was really brand new, since the television networks all gave an hour of free time—no commercials. President Eisenhower even signed a special law to allow it. So it was definitely a very big deal. When I got to the station late this afternoon, everyone seemed pretty keyed up. I was too—I was really worried about not making any mistakes. I was really excited when the two candidates arrived. Vice President Nixon

The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge is imbued with a ton of insight into one of Calvin Coolidge’s

With everything going on in the news and the new administration, I have been feeling the urge to do something. I happened to come across an online site where it talked about taking action. So, I decided to organize a Stockton Huddle, which is a 90-minute gathering for people of all walks of life to sit and calmly discuss their concerns about the new administration and its policies. Huddles are the second of 10-planned actions in the First 100 days of this presidency, which launched at the Women’s March in Washington D.C.

My name is Zitlali, I am 20 years old, and I am going to be a third year college student at Cal State University, Fullerton this fall. I will be the second person in my family to graduate from college. I am thankful for the support and unconditional love that my family has given me, because without them I would not have made it this far. They have shaped me into the person that I am today, and I know they are proud of who I have become. My parents have given me what they could and have guided me toward the right path that has lead me here today, and I could not be more grateful. My major is Health Science, and I plan to become a Nutritionist. I want to help people lead a healthy lifestyle and achieve their health-related goals. Although I aspire to help people lead a healthy lifestyle, I could never say no to pizza. One of my hobbies is running. I find running to be therapeutic, and the numerous benefits that come from it are a bonus. On my spare time I enjoy reading, walking on the beach, and sometimes shamefully binge watching Netflix. For the most part I would rather be alone, but I appreciate good company. I am a very curious person, and have a thing for mysterious things that I cannot quite understand. I have always preferred to find a holistic way to heal rather than take over the counter medication. I do not hide the way I feel and can be a bit

“I can’t be president”, I recall saying at a young age not because it was far-fetched, I am a citizen of the U.S.A but I was foreign born. At a young age, I expressed concern and shame when speaking of my dual-nationality. While growing up and becoming a pre-teen we try to find our identity, but I felt lost, should I consider myself Colombian or American? Which should’ve seemed like a minor concern since I lived in the U.S. Throughout most of my life, it was all I knew but I still felt detached. I was a middle child with two siblings an older brother and a younger sister whom both were born in the U.S.A and although that was a small distinction and unnoticeable unless it was asked I felt that the technicality defined me.

One of the greatest things I’ve ever witnessed, was watching my husband run for president, and win. He came to me one day seemingly out of the blue, and said, “Michelle I want to run for the president of the United States.” I was so shocked, I thought he was joking, but when I looked into his eyes, I knew he was serious. He had talked about being the president for years now but I never thought he would actually go for it. I was so reluctant to let him run, only because we had young kids, and I had a full time job, and we didn’t know if our finances would allow us to do that. I had to look real deep into myself to finally give him my blessing to run. I gave him my blessing because I didn’t want him to miss out on accomplishing something so