What Has Made Me Who I Am Today Essay

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    person on this earth has an individual human experience shaped by the larger social forces of race, social class, religion, gender and many others. I am very lucky to have had the experience I’ve had so far, growing up in a loving home with very supportive parents and living in a wealthy town with a good education system. All of these aspects, along with many others, have influenced my beliefs, as well as how I have gotten to where I am today and who I have become. To the eye, I am a white, Italian

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    learned from them. One person that had the strongest impact that made me who I am today is my mom. My mom had impacted my life and made me who I am today because she taught how to treat other how I want to be treated, don't judge other people because of their looks, and if you don't try you won't succeed. These are only the few lesson that I learned from my mom as a kid.     My mom always told me that if I wanted people to give you respect I have to do the same to them. If you

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    I live in Hidalgo, Texas a small city in which everyone knows each other. I was raised in this city since I was born. When I was young there weren’t many schools for our neighborhood there was only an elementary, a middle school, and a high school. Now it is a much bigger school district. Since it is such a small town we all know each other since we were kids. I had the best moments in school with my friends of all time. I grew up in a great environment with great education. I couldn’t have asked

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    I am writing this letter to let you know that I am so very thankful and honored to have been awarded the William Scholarship for 2015-2016. I want to thank the William family for the astonishing opportunity I was able to have and for that I am thankful. During my first quarter freshman year at Trinity, I was able to incorporate so much vigorously, academically, and educationally. I had many accomplishments I thought were never possible. With the opportunity I was given, I got baptized and in addition

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    Do you want to know about my life and how I became the person I am today? I’ve developed as a person over the years and changed as a person through the years through life experiences. These experiences bought both joy and hardship which improved me more,and made me become a determined, smart, and shy person. Throughout the years in my life I have gone through many life struggles that made me the very determined person that I am today. When I was little I spent almost all my summer with my grandparents

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    This class has opened my eyes to how I became the person I am today. From the genetic standpoint, I understand my mind and emotions, and how they work better. More importantly I feel I learned that my environment is what has really made me who I am. I learned about my brain and what the different parts of the brain do. I learned about how I view the world, how I see something, and how it might be different than how someone else sees it. We talked about different hormones that are released at different

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    my grandparent is not here with me today, he had such a positive influence. If someone were to ask me who I would be thankful for, I would say my grandfather, my parents, and the gifts God has given me. We want to be thankful for what we have, because most people in the world don´t have the pleasures we have especially having someone care about you. I think the most important things I have today are my grandparents, my parents, and the great school I go to. I am thankful for my grandfather because

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    Once upon a time, El Salvador was a land known for its sunny beaches and the locals’ warmth. Nowadays, the country is recognized worldwide for its high crime and poverty rate. El Salvador has become a nation full of corruption and instability. People here live in constant fear due to the presence of gangs, who are responsible for most of the violence in the country. In addition, El Salvador definitely lacks transparency and accountability. It is common for citizens to hold a sense of complete

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    When I was younger, I loved to watch musicals on our small tv at home, especially The Sound of Music. I would sit for hours, watching it over and over. I learned all the songs by heart and would walk around the house singing “Doe a deer, a female deer” over and over until I was blue in the face. Finally, my parents took me out to see Hairspray on Broadway. Throughout the whole musical, I kept asking my parents where the music was coming from and after the show, they took me down to the pit to meet

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    The Chambers Everyone has a background even if they like it or not. Where we come from makes us who we are and how wme handle life. Most people go through life without knowing anything about their family beyondpast their grandparents. I luckily grew up with both of my great-grandmothers. I was around twelve years old when they both passed but I was blessed to be able to know them. A lot of factors plays into who I am, which includes, my father, mother, their divorce and, my whole family. A whole

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