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Personal Narrative At the start of my last year in middle school, a transfer student from China who was unfamiliar with English mustered up all her courage, approached me, and introduced herself with the best English she could manage. This action would later on welcome me to witness her world of resilience. Her name was Amy, and throughout her journey through eighth grade, she faced a lot of adversity with peers around her. No matter how difficult the obstacle was, she had always pushed through

apply for the Ph.D. program at (department of Computer Science & Engineering) at (the Pennsylvania State University). I was honored to be admitted to the dual degree program of Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the University of Michigan in 2013. During my freshman and sophomore years at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, I led some embedded system related projects, and developed small applications on different kinds of microprocessors. Writing software that is so close to hardware made me curious about

3. How does your orientation in these 6 areas compare with the expectations of our society? (School, jobs, relationships) Explain. My orientation in the six areas may or may not compare with the expectations of our society. I am time oriented. This is a very American way of thinking. American schools, businesses, and homes often have a clock in every room, and nearly everyone wears a watch. Each day is organized into time periods of specific length, and use of each period is fully planned.

The Cusp of Success A common theme we see in the two stories, “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan, and “The Rocking Horse-Winner” by D.H Lawrence is the detrimental effects that a forcing a bar of success can have on developing adolescents. Recognizing that the product of success is generally good, clouds the notion that there is in fact a wide range of effects that chasing success can bring about. Some of these effects have positive repercussions, teaching adolescents discipline and work ethic. However, some

His night on the town started with a shitload of beer and a bevy of enticing women as distractions. Bryan Thomas tried to decide which he wanted more, a repugnant drink or a quick fuck though either way, he’d still regret it in the morning. As he contemplated, a blonde haired, blue eyed beauty walks into the bar with a friend. When the woman turned to her friend and then began to speak, Bryan caught sight of her ass, so full and round, and he grinned. He downed his Budweiser, paid his tab and with

The novel, “One Foot in Eden” by Ron Rash, is an extravagant story that takes the reader into a tail of desperation, forgiveness and the inevitable change that comes with time. The novel is written in first person by four different novel characters who include: The High Sheriff Alexander, Deputy Bobby, Billy Holcombe, and his wife, Amy. The High Sheriff is looking for Holland Winchester, who is known as a local ruffian and war hero. The Sheriff soon learns from Holland’s mother that he had been

For posterity’s sake, I tried to recall my first 12-step meeting and have concluded that it was most likely the year 1996, it was cold in the little town of Altoona. The clubhouse was strange, dark, smelled of coffee, and full of smoke there, the people were all so different, but all of them seemed to know some secret code, plus they seemed to talk as if reading bumper-stickers. As I “kept coming back,” I began to feel more comfortable, understand what was going on, and want what these people had

In “The Parable of the Sower”, author Octavia Butler realistically describes the dystopia of the U.S that is currently ruled by poverty, crime, and chaos. Lauren, the main protagonist, evolves and goes on a physical and emotional journey to create her own beliefs and prepare for life behind the wall. Lauren lives in the community of Robledo that is guarded by a wall that is meant to protect them from crime although it often fails to do so. Being the daughter of a Baptist, Lauren is challenged to

The Survivalist (2015). The movie is post apocalyptic cast, during a time when oil production had stopped and that led to total economic collapse of governments, a fall in the society and an abrupt population drop. Even as the film starts, we see the Survivalist burying a man's body and then follows a cast of his life in the wild living in a small cabin he has already built. He performs his daily activities such as harvesting crop for food since animal meat has become very scarce, he washes his closes

The Smiths got into the airplane, and found their seats. This was Amy’s first airplane ride, she was only 1. Nash was jealous, he was 5 and this was only his second ride on a airplane, his first was when he was 3 years old. Even though it was only a two year difference, he was very jealous. James, who was 12 looked nervous, he got motion sickness a lot and had asthma so it’s understandable that he looked nervous. Josie and Robert, the parents, traded Amy for the carry on bag then Josie sat down with