I was a healthy baby, after weaning I started to drink milk from a regular cup; I also started to eat eggs, cheese, and soup. ... Today I am not as shy as I was when I was a baby, I am bold and I go for what I want; also I am confident and I know I can achieve what I need to. ... I am proud of the way I was raised and the discipline in parenting practiced with me. ... I know I am an intelligent person not only because I am bilingual, but because I am multicultural. ... I am using the definition of achievement by culture to respond to this question. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Grandma When I was a small child, about five years old, I had a very vivid dream, one that I shall never forget. ... When I woke up from my nap I felt good and my cold was all gone. ... Her eyes where red and puffy looking like the cheese puffs she used to buy me for snacks. ... The night after we left the hospital I went to bed and fell asleep and I had a dream I had a dream. ... She told me "grandma is tired I am old and now I have to go to a place where old people go and live forever." ...

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• Grade Level: High School