Early in the morning, on the Saturday before Thanksgiving my Dad and I are up, getting ready to leave for a long day of work. We decided to get involved with our local Habitat for Humanity organization and today is the first day we start working on several houses almost complete in our local city. As we drive into the city we’re constantly looking at google maps, we’ve never been in this party of the city and we don’t want to get lost. With less than a mile to go before we reach the work site, we start driving through lower class neighborhoods, as we reach a street stop sign two kids approach the car. They as if we’re selling anything, my Dad says no and we keep on driving. In two minutes we find the site where we will be working for the day. …show more content…
A place where you can count every county in the state on one hand and still have room to spare, where you can drive the width of the state in just 15 minutes, and where every license plate reads “The First State” on account of the state’s quick decision to ratify the U.S. constitution on December 7, 1787 only five days before Pennsylvania. Delaware has three counties, New Castle, Kent, and Sussex, all named after counties in England, each very different in their geography, culture, and history. Sussex is a tourist location and popular vacation spot for people in Delaware and the surrounding area on account of its numerous beaches. In the summer my family travels to Sussex to enjoy the beaches as do many of my friends, making it a home away from home for the summer. Kent, a place where I’ve only visited for occasional cross country meets contains the capital of Delaware, Dover is located, its’s a fairly low populated area compared with the rest of the state and mostly consists of small farms. For the vast majority of people living in Delaware, New Castle County is where most people would call home, including myself. New Castle County is the most populated part of the state where over half of the population is located. Within New Castle is Wilmington the largest city in Delaware with a population around 70,000, it would probably be …show more content…
The list ranked Wilmington at the very top of the list on the number one spot. In the next couple days everyone was talking about this report, the link to this list was shared so many times on Facebook it was all you would see. Being at the top of the list definitely wasn’t flattering for many who lived in the area and didn’t want the reputation of the area to be diminished. However, this was nothing new, 2014 wasn’t anything different from the last decade, but for a couple days Wilmington’s problems were in the media and Facebook for every to see. As a direct result of this publicity in the next month Wilmington’s first ever homicide unit was created to help combat the
The state that was chosen for this project is Delaware. Delaware is a small state located in the Mid-Atlantic. Delaware is usually referred to as the first state, because it was the first state to sign the constitution. Delaware can also be called the Blue Hen State because the blue hen is the official bird of Delaware, and because of the blue hens that Delaware soldiers carried around during the revolutionary war. Delaware even has a third nickname, the Diamond state, because Thomas Jefferson said it was a “jewel.”
Unfamiliarity, in the broadest sense, can evoke a feeling of fear or anxiety. However, my unique cultural upbringing has made me comfortable with unfamiliarity, and eager to embrace differences among people with compassion and tolerance. I am the product of a cultural infusion—I was born in the United Kingdom to an English father, but was influenced by the Turkish customs of my mother. While living in England, I grew up eating dinner on the floor, listening to Turkish music on the radio, and waking up to a poster of Kemal Ataturk. I spent every summer living in Turkey where I learned the language, saw the way different people lived, and became familiar with the practices of Islam. At 14 years old I was immersed in yet another culture when I
It was wet and rainy to start the day. As I walked off the bus and into the huge stadium for the final day of state track I was already nervous. This was only my second state track meet ever because I was only in eighth grade. For the past few meets I'd been doing really good at the meets before so I was very excited to race. I knew that if I ran my hardest that I could win. I just had to keep doing what I had been doing. There was a lot more competition than at a normal meet. Also it was very slippery from all the rain so this made me even more scared.
Terrible grades. Excessive stress. Lack of self belief. These are just a few of the issues I faced before I took part in the state program. Since freshmen year, I had trouble managing my depression, anxiety, and ADD. As a result, my grades declined heavily and my G.P.A dropped to a 2.6/4.0 after the end of freshmen year. However, thanks to the state program, I learned a lifetime a skills that not only are helping me succeed in college, but will also help me in the real world.
I have always strived to be the best person I could be, but there came a point where my mental line between attainable and ideal situations was blurred. By the time I was 12 years old, I was putting so much pressure on myself to achieve perfection that I had severe anxiety and numerous mental breakdowns before school. Eventually, I was helped to realize that imperfection , making mistakes, and accepting who you are boosts your self-confidence and overall health, both mental and physical.
I'm sure others could relate to me when I say that the passage of time goes unnoticed. Think about it; how many times has a comment along the lines of "I can't believe its Thanksgiving already!" ring in your ears?
"They took me outside of the store and they said, 'We're not trying to offend you, but we're going for a clean professional look with Zara and the hairstyle you have now is not the look for Zara,'" Cree told the paper.
After reviewing my life, I decided that the decisive moment of my life was when my family and I moved to the United States from Puerto Rico. I think this was a great change in my life, because I not only left behind my home, my family, but also my memories and everything that I considered that made me happy.
As seniors in high school many kids have not had the satisfaction of participating in many schools and community-related activities, but those who have realized that it’s a very rewarding experience and wish they would have participated sooner.
My goals were to eat better, and by better, I meant three times a day and sleep more because I was not getting a full night’s rest. I choose these goals because they supported my goal to lose weight. My mom always told me that you should eat regular and have sleep to lose weight. I was afraid to say lose weight because I think it is embarrassing and since I am very aware of my weight. This topic has been heavy on my mind for some time now, I have always had low confident in myself and since my sister has a small curving figure that I am jealous of.
I know that I have not written you a letter before, but I am making some…renovations to my life, starting with cutting back on the amount of technology that I use. However, before I cut back, I was doing some research on behavioral analysis and human sciences. While all of this has been occurring I took some time to get in touch with my roots and my history so I watched a lot of documentaries on slavery and people’s escape to freedom, and you won’t believe this, I READ A BOOK! (of course on the topic of interest) Crazy right? It was the most complex book ever, or maybe it was just my emotions? I mean I was sad, angry, happy, humored, confused, but at the end I was content. Neither happy nor sad, just enlightened. You should read, better yet
I am a clumsy person. Moreover, I lose things, trip over myself, and forget to do responsibility's all the time. So when a situation comes down to being on time, I panic. People sometimes lose track of where they set their phone, but me? I do it on a regular basis. One of many journeys with this struggle was on a school morning when the sky was still dark and my house settle with no sound. I was finally ready early for once; considering the fact that I sleep more than I should. Placing my phone in the front pocket of my backpack I set it down on the bar stool chair and made some breakfast as I waited. As time passed it was time to start walking, so I picked up my belongings and realizing I didn't have my phone on me. I try to assume the last
While big events may create major changes in our plans for our future, little events define us as the people we will become. One of my earliest memory was as a five-year-old. I have been there many time, in my thoughts and dreams. In it, I was on the dirt drive of the church parsonage was evening.
The autumn passed by slowly, almost unnoticed dragging heavy and chilly days of coming winter. The year of 2012 was the year when the white queen crept sluggishly into our warm home, as her icy, freezing hands tightly embraced the Olovo, the small town in central Bosnia. While sitting in a warm home and looking out on the mist enveloping the town, my dad thought how it is a perfect time of a year to spend on the mountain and enjoy all the beauty the winter has to offer. Without any questions my brother and me started packing our ski equipment and clothes knowing that this is going to be one great weekend and a nice family reunion.
Since I was young I have always had the mindset that everything I plan has to go by the rules or else everything falls apart. Unfortunately, that is not the most ideal mindset to have especially when nothing is guaranteed no matter how much you would like it to be. I was quite used to having a family with a single mother and two brothers and being somewhat like an alpha male. Therefore, it threw me off that during my Junior year in highschool I was contacted by a lady that turned out to be the mother of my half sister, Nicole. I was quite elated that after many years wishing I was not the only girl that I had a sister, but what threw me off is that it was not what I expected. I was not used to surprises that would alter my life forever especially