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    I have been lied to my whole life. My parents taught me to believe that I was “special” and I could be anything I wanted to be if I put my mind to it. My parents taught me to go to school, follow directions, and always listen to figures of authority. Society taught me that I needed to go to college, marry the richest man, have the nicest house, the newest car, and have two point five children. “Live the American dream” society tells me. All the lies I have been told have come to light the moment

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    sitting in my room, trying to do my homework that I couldn’t quite devote my attention to. There was a noise nagging at me. It was in the distance, but I heard it like a clap in my ear. The noise brought me grief and fear, my parents’ fighting. Sometimes the yelling would be so loud and continuous that my head would ache, and I wondered what I could do to make them stop. Shortly after my parents’ fight, my mom came into my room. She told me that she and my dad were getting a divorce. As my mom left

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    individual. My parents provided love, comfort, and security. My needs were taken care of, and I was raised to appreciate how intelligence, enthusiasm, hard work, and determination could improve almost anything. I was expected to contribute to the home by developing responsibility, focusing on chores assigned to me, and learning to take pride in my accomplishments. Being an only child was part of an environment which encouraged me to develop strong interpersonal

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    Out Of Debt

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    girl, my father taught me to save as much money as I possibly could. First of all, my parents opened up a savings account just for me so that I could keep all my money safely in one place. My father taught me the basic of personal finance, also how to manage my money suitably. Even though I listened to my father’s advice, my sister didn’t. When we were younger, and still today, she will spend her money as fast as she can obtain it. Learning from my sister’s mistakes, I decided to follow in my father’s

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    Literacy has been a defining character of me and of everyone around me. Literacy is so important to know because everyone in the world develops their own literacy and understanding it could help you to understand people better. My literacy has and continues to develop as I meet new people and learn new things. The people that sponsored my literacy sometimes gave me positive or negative experiences and those experiences make me the person that I am today. Literary sponsorship is the most important

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    Socialization In My Life

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    Socialization of my life. This is how I become who I am. My early socialization has been a big role in my life along with my significant others, which includes my parents and friends. My defining moments in my life and the experiences I’ve faced. Also with the media's help I’ve become to understand the simple things. Over the past sixteen years I have learned to become the person i am today all because of socialization. First, my early socialization. My family has been a big part of my socialization. My mom has

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    Short Story : My Story

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    I remember when I was a little four year old girl I woke up in my room to the sun. It was spring time on a Saturday and it was just me and my mom at home. When I woke up I immediately went looking for her knowing she was around somewhere. I checked in the kitchen and living room but it was empty and quiet. After doing that I decided to check the basement, which as a kid is the worst place to be all alone, however for some reason I felt like she was down there because she couldn't have gone anywhere

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    High school taught me how to properly dissect a cat, how to find the missing angle of triangle, and to raise my hand and ask for permission when i need to use the bathroom. What high school never taught me was to learn how to find a job, pay taxes, buy a house, nor how to establish a good credit. High school has given me a good education but it didn't shape me as a person, i was shaped by people, experiences, failure, and loss. Through experience my parents and family members taught me that when one

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    With the role models I have, my parents, I was taught a great number of things. One of them was how to be initially kind. In reflection of my life with them, their embodiment of kindness has guided me through my adolescent life and well into my adult life. Everything that I am, I have learned through watching my parents interact through the society around them. In the following section, I will discuss how patience can be considered an act of kindness, as well as omitting the facts to save a loved

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    called to a change of lifestyle and a life on mission. This belief forces Christians to think, speak and act differently than non-believers. A few of the many literacies that the Christian churches have to deal with why and how to be saved and then what next. These are the main literacies that I have been exposed to to fully grasp this community. Christians use the terminology we live in a fallen world to explain why they are in need of salvation. The terminology fallen is used in the Bible to describe

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