Growing Up Columbian
The best part about life is that we are always given second chances in most things we do, and I am a perfectly good example to prove this statement. I was born and grew up in a small town in Colombia, about three hours away from Cartagena, one of the country’s biggest cities. Life was difficult, especially for a young boy, barely beginning his journey on earth, with very little intelligence of survival in a country that does not offer many resources or paths toward freedom. As most people know, Colombia is known around the world for its coffee and unfortunately, for its guerilla forces that control most of the country’s drug trafficking. The drug trade is one of the country’s only money-making resources. These harsh conditions created an environment making it even harder for me to be able to try to achieve my goal of becoming a successful and educated human being. There were so many factors I would have to overcome in order to attain and achieve my goals and be happy about my way of life.
My town was very poor, and in most poor towns there is a small probability for a child to move out of his surroundings and get out of the system that has been created to keep the people blind to of the corrupt system in Colombia. As a young child, I grew up in an environment where I felt I always had to watch my back because of the guerilla forces controlling my town, because any wrong movement or action could result in a severe penalty. At that age a child does not know what to expect from a man in military clothing with a rifle carried over his shoulder, looking as if he wants to put fear into the child’s mind. It is not fair for children, the future of the world, to have to grow up in a non-productive envir...
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...ambition, and this was all given to me by this country that took me out of my mental prison, and released my chains so that I could strive to become a successful and educated human being. However, I cannot forget my deep love for my motherland Colombia, because I still have great memories from there. It gave me my birth, my culture, my first desire to become more; plus, my first home also gave me an initial sense of love and commitment. I love Colombia, and I will go back if and when it changes, but for now I proudly will remain here in America, my second home, a home with a better roof and better opportunities. Because of America, I will do what I always wanted to do: I will graduate college and become a successful individual who can contribute to American society and eventually help people in my homeland understand how freedom enriches life. Thank you, America.
If you walk into a classroom full of kindergarteners and ask them what they want to be, you won’t hear words like “gangbanger” or “drug dealer.” You will hear big aspirations like “doctor.” “Astronaut.” “Artist.” The dreams of children are powerful, but in places like the project where Lafeyette and Pharoah are growing up, those dreams die early on. Their families are caught in the clutches of generational poverty without any clear path out. They lack exposure to many of the strategies that people in other parts of the world have to manage their own lives. Because they are constantly moving from one crisis to the next, these children truly never have the chance to enjoy being small and young. They don’t have the kind of protection in place that they deserve to have, and that distorts their progression toward adulthood. They get used to living in constant fear and stress, and they think that life will always be that way. Unfortunately, too many of these lives end before the children even have the chance to move out of the apartment where they have been crammed along with all of their siblings, a parent (not two in so many cases) and perhaps even a grandparent and other family members. Instead, they die too young from the ongoing epidemic of violence. These are children who never have a real chance to succeed. This is
...are inadequately being taken care of. Consequently, there is the possibility that America’s poor children will grow up in a socially disorganized neighborhood, and ultimately they will be exposed to violence. As they grow up, they will attach meaning to the surroundings and people around them, and depending on the resource in their life they will eventually become molded.
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Growing up I was always the go-to guy when it was out of both my parents reach. Reading and trying to translate government letters my parents would get in the mail, selling and trading trucks on craigslist, ordering phone cases, etc. I was about 13 and did my all to satisfy everyone's favor. A lot of the ti
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When you children playing outside in your neighborhood laughing and having so much fun their friends, you look at them and think to yourself saying “children are so innocent and they have zero care in this world, I wish I could go back. Being an adult isn’t really all that cracked up to be.” But the way you think about those children could change if the situation changes to a circle of those same kids around two kids laughing and pushing them around, one on the ground covering up their face and flinching because there is a bigger kid standing right above them. You start to say “why are they beating those kids up? Times are changing? Kids are just horrible these days. I need to help those kids or should I call the police?”
The Columbian exchange was a biological exchange between the Americans and the rest of the world . This means that a disease that started in the Europe and Africa started to spread to all parts of the Americas. This exchange led to more native Americas to die of sickness because the natives did not build an immunity to the rare European diseases. The Columbian exchange also involved animals, plants, and seeds . The exchange led to impactful that effected the world. One example of this was other countries would be victories in battle against American
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, more commonly known as “Mahatma” (meaning Great Soul) or “Gandhi” has several fundamental elements of teachings and activities that are of great significance. Gandhi’s beliefs and principles that challenged individuals to conduct themselves in a peaceful and non-violent manner had a profound effect on the world that can still be felt after his death. Gandhi was born in Porbandar, Gujarat, in North West India, on October 2nd 1869, into a Hindu family. His father was the Chief Minister of Porbandar, and his mother’s religious devotion so he was raised with the good moral values. Gandhi was born into a relatively affluent family so he was fortunate enough to receive extensive schooling.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 into a Hindu family in Porbandar, Gujarat. In those days, the British ruled India. His father, Karamchand Gandhi, was the Minister of Porbandar. His mother, Putlibai, was an extremely religious Hindu. She was Gandhi’s greatest influence as a child. Putlibai was Karamchand’s fourth wife. By the age of thirteen, Gandhi was married to Kasturba Makharji. Ironically, this marriage lasted for sixty two years. Together they had four sons, Harilal, Manilal, Ramdas, and Devdas (Mohandas). Gandhi was raised in a strict vegetarian household. One day Gandhi was persuaded by a Muslim boy to eat goat meat, telling him he would grow tall and strong enough to kick the British...
Children are those who have limited abilities or opportunities to decide what happens to them. They cannot choose their family structure or status. Therefore, poverty is not a choice, but a lifestyle for children and impacts every aspect of their lives. Poverty contributes to poor health, the widespread transmission of disease by family or environment, lack of education and increased incidents of violence. Poverty affects a child’s development and contributes to antisocial behavior and sometimes hostile acts of aggression due to a lack of self-control. These acts of aggression often become embedded in their personality and are unchangeable. Therefore, it is imperative that we take actions early to address the global issue of poverty.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandi, more commonly known as Mahatma (Great soul) was born in Porbandar in Gujarat on 2 October 1869. Gandhi’s father, Karamchand Gandhi (1822-1885) was the Chief Minister of Parbandar. Gandhi’s mother, Putlibai Gandhi (1839-1891) was a deeply religious Hindu and her religious devotion meant that his upbringing was infused with the Jain pacifist teachings of mutual tolerance, non-injury to living beings and vegetarianism.
Gandhi was a great man in a lot of ways he was born on October 2, 1869 in Western India. At the age of thirteen he married Kasturbi who was also thirteen before his father died. When he did his mother sent him to law school in England this was in 1888. While he was there he fell in love so to speak with the nonviolent ways of the Hindu scriptures of the Bhagavad-Gita, and in the bible tellings of Jesus.
Mahatma Gandhi whose real name was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, was born in 1869 at Porbandar in the state of Gujarat in India. His father’s name was Karamchand Gandhi and his mother’s name was Putlibai. He was the youngest in the family of one sister and three brothers. Both his parents were deeply religious and frequently visited temples and took their meals only after daily prayers. In school Gandhi was a mediocre student who was quite an introvert. He was even afraid to talk to any student in the class as he thought that they would poke fun at him. However, he always upheld his honesty and truthfulness. He believed in respecting his elders and was always ‘blind to the faults of the elders’. Gandhi was married in 1882 at the age of thirteen to a girl named Kasturbai. He passed his matriculation exams in 1887 and then soon returned to Porbander as he found the studies of his college very tough. Then later on he went on to the University of London in England to pursue the study of law after a lot of opposition from his mother and some other people .He vowed not to touch woman, wine and meat. He passed the London matriculation exam in the second attempt. At last he sailed back to India in June, 1891.later on, he went to Bombay to study Indian Laws. In spite of getting a case, he went to South Africa in April 1983. Gandhi sailed for South Africa in April 1893 and reached Natal at the close of May. It was in South Africa that Gandhi had a lot of experience in laws, handling cases and many other fields. He observed the pitiful conditions of the Indians and other colored people and also experienced it when on his way to Pretoria from Natal, he was thrown out of a train because he was the only colored person in the first class compartment. During this time Gandhi became deeply interested in religion. In spite of his Christian friends’ tries of converting him to Christianity, he kept his faith. He helped the Indentured Indian laborers and fought for their rights. After three years in South Africa, Gandhi returned to India in 1896. Gandhi had a lot of shortcomings in his personal life. He was a very suspicious husband and kept an eye on all the movements of his wife, Kasturbai.
Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Porbandar, India, on October 2, 1869. Although his father was a chief minister for the maharaja of Porbandar, the family came from the traditional caste of grocers (the name Gandhi means grocer). His mother's religion was Jainism, a Hindu religion which ideas of nonviolence and vegetarianism are very important. Gandhi said that he was most influenced by his mother, whose life was an endless chain of fasts and vows. When, in the company of boyhood friends, he secretly smoked, ate meat, told lies, or wore Western clothing, he had an intense feeling of guilt. These feelings forced him to make resolutions about his moral behavior that were to stay with him for the rest of his life. Gandhi