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Personal Narrative: My Personal History

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My Personal History An event that helped shape who I am today was when I went on a vacation to Vietnam. One day I went to a temple with my family and cousins. My family and I were walking around the temple, and the scenery was very beautiful. I really admired how peaceful and nice the temple was, everyone here was kind to one another. We were about to leave, and saw many kids trying to sell lottery tickets to visitors. I felt really sad because my parents told me that kids in this country had to work. Children that have to work at a young age usually come from really poor families. They were all wearing really worn clothes. Once we left the temple, I thought a lot about how people from poor countries live throughout the world. I did some research and learned that the government in the poor countries don’t care about how their citizens are living, they only care about how rich they are. …show more content…

shouldn’t expect a lot of things. We are all living in luxury just by having a roof over our heads, food on our table, and getting things that we want and need. People all over the world are fighting to get food for their families and don’t even have a place to live. I learned that many children are forced to go to work; also, they are not able to go to school because they don't have enough money. Knowing that children and adults have to fight to get food for their families everyday is very heartbreaking, it has made a huge impact on me. I want to help everyone in the world who is in this situation but I know that I don't have the power to do that right now. Since I can't help these people in the way I would like to by giving them a good life, I am a kind person instead. I am always kind to everyone that I meet because being nice to someone could make them happy. When I make someone happy it makes me feel really good

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