Looking back, as a young girl I never really seemed to care about where I lived, the clothes I wore, but most importantly I never realized how much my parents were able to provide for us. I have always been fortunate enough to be able to receive things that other children weren't able to have. Not u...
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is the memoir of the great African American author, poet, and entertainer, Maya Angelou. She was born in the state of California in 1928. As a child, Maya was sent away to her Grandmother in Arkansas because her mother was having marital problems. Maya grew through m...
What Good Parents Have in Common Your Simple Guide to effective Parenting My name is Doctor Ima Knowital, and welcome to my seminar entitled "What Good Parents Have in Common - The Seminar." It is so good to see such a large crowd gathered this morning. You don't know how encouraging it is for...
October 26, 1995 is the day that I was born. Back then, my parents used to live in a small village by the name of Almishtaya. There weren't any hospitals nearby in the village, so a day before my mom was due, my parents travelled to the city to give birth to me. During the night of October 25 they w...
When I found out that I was going to write a paper on my family and our culture, it never struck me that I would be looking into their past. Never before have I pondered their past, nor even ask about how they got here. All I knew was that they grew up having a difficult time learning the American...