Ferdinand Marcos

Some people believe that students from low income families have little to offer. However, I consider that low income students have extra to offer as they have emerged from harsh situations that have nurtured hard work and encouraged their eagerness to succeed. My families’ financial situation is below the poverty line which is why I am pursuing a higher education and career. For months during high school, my family and I would receive our daily nutrients from soups and undergo months deprived of

such as, Ibn Batuta, Christopher Columbus and other great people. But, I have a great tale to tell about a man by the name Marco Polo. Now most of you would think of the pool game when you shout “Marco!” the others call “Polo!” Well it actually relates to the man himself, Marco actually got separated from his family and responded with "Polo" as they called for him with "Marco!" Marco’s early life began without him know much about his dad, who was also a traveller, and his journeys revolved mostly

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Did you know originally the Silk Road was made to trade silk with in the Chinese Empire. Marco Polo was one of the first people to travel to China along the Silk Road. The two countries I will be focusing my research on are China and India, but also a part of the Silk Road was Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, Egypt, the African continent, Greece, Rome, and Britain. In this essay, you will be learning what was introduced to both China and India, how the Silk Road affected China, and how India was affected

other hand, I do want to be a good distance away from them. Its one of those that I want to be both far away from my family and simultaneously in the same state away. I might work at San Marcos High School because it is close to where I want to go to for college. The college is California State University, San Marcos. I want to have a focus on history because it is my favorite subject. The spark came from two of my favorite history teachers in all of my years at the school. They were my eighth-grade

one stood out: Marco Polo. He was most famous for his travels to Asia from Italy, where he grew up. He was known among his people for his stories, and many believed that his adventures weren't true. He met many people in Asia, one of the most important person being Kublai Khan, the Khagan of the Mongol Empire at that time. Later, Polo was captured and taken to a prison, where he wrote his first book. Basically, Marco Polo was an explorer that went through many adventures. Marco Polo was born in

The former First Lady Imelda Marcos borrowed a 20 million pesos from the Government Service Insurance System or simply the GSIS. Imelda Marcos failed to pay her debt from the GSIS and this is where it begins, the confusion on who the real owner of the Manila Metropolitan Theatre. The Supreme Court decided to shut down MET because of this issue but then since the money used to buy the MET was from the GSIS but First Lady Imelda Marcos just failed to pay her debt so the title was given

Though not a permanent resident of Kinsay, it is allegedly believed that merchant and traveller Marco Polo spent several years in the service of the world’s largest empire. In an effort to collect information, Polo spoke of stories regarding his journey which were later documented by a fellow inmate of his at the time. Moreover, what Polo had discovered enabled the expansion of European society to take shape thus contributing to early modern global interactions and trade. The fourteenth century

life of Marco Polo, who lived to learn. When Marco Polo was born his father and uncle, Nicolo and Maffeo Polo, were gone on a trading mission leaving Marco to be raised by his mother who died when he was young, relinquishing him to an aunt and uncle. Marco’s aunt and uncle raised him to be a merchant, like his father, he learned how to read, write, and use arithmetic, foreign money, judge products, and handle cargo ships while also perfecting four different languages (McNeese 1). As Marco was brought

Tiffany Tran 10/26/14 1st Period Dear Editor, Everyone has been wondering if Marco Polo ever went to China. There has been proof that he did go to China and proof that he did not. Years after Marco Polo’s legendary travels, scholars debate whether the famous explorer ever reached went further than the Black Sea, yet China. I believe that Marco Polo did go to China because of all the evidence I have heard and seen. Marco Polo was born in the 1200s. He was born into a family tradesmen and his education