I had dark chocolate hair halfway down my back with ruler straight bangs to my eyebrows. ... Next to them there was a space for access to the basement door, but next to that space the cabinets and countertop began. ... The first thing that happened was my wrist twisted causing a stabbing pain to run up my arm and to my heart. ... " I watched blood shoot out of my mouth with the beat of my heart. ... While getting my blood transfusion the doctors blew the vein in my arm. ...

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What are my family values and how do I fit into my family? ... Time is very important to my family and particular my father. ... Another space that is guaranteed to me is my room. ... Then as boys and girls get up the space between boys and girls is drastically reduced until you can't get the two apart. ... In my family my dad cook most of the time. ...

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"It tastes like shit," I said. ...But an instant later my face was burning: my mother had slapped me, hard, against the cheek. (Ricci, 70-71) "My mother, too, had withdrawn into a shadowy silence. ... (Ricci, 74-75) "I spent my time alone now, waiting for something to happen that would restore the normalcy of things, for the festival, for school to begin in October." ... But though my mind was filled with images of America, of tall buildings with wide green fields, of the dark-haired man I remembered as my father, I could not believe in the truth of them, even my father now seeming merely li...

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My father (born and raised in Vietnam) was a gambler, an alcoholic, and an abuser, often took out frustration and anger on my mother. ... My family was the last to go. ... In the mist of confusion, my father proceeded for help. ... We shared space, clothes, and accessories with hundreds of other people. ... My father is no longer a gambler, an alcoholic, or an abuser. ...

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My brother and I in each others faces for three days straight without any breathing space. ... Before we moved to Chicago we had to move in with my cousins, because my father came to Chicago before us to look for a job and a place to stay. Living with my cousins was hard. ... And my mom was two months pregnant with my little brother Ahmed at the time. ... But my brother found a boy his age. ...

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" Enticed by the sparkles of the seashells, my sisters and I collected the prettiest seashells as we could. ... Not able to be satisfied with the joy brought by the necklaces, my sisters and I collected seashells once again. ... My mom did not like the jars because she thought they were useless and took up too much space on the window frames. ... Just like the seashell's vertex, my family started out as one. As time has passed by and circumstances have changed, my family members are spread all over the world now like the bottom part of a seashell: myself in New York, my older sister ...

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" Enticed by the sparkles of the seashells, my sisters and I collected the prettiest seashells as we could. ... Not able to be satisfied with the joy brought by the necklaces, my sisters and I collected seashells once again. ... My mom did not like the jars because she thought they were useless and took up too much space on the window frames. ... Just like the seashell's vertex, my family started out as one. As time has passed by and circumstances have changed, my family members are spread all over the world now like the bottom part of a seashell: myself in New York, my older sister ...

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" Enticed by the sparkles of the seashells, my sisters and I collected the prettiest seashells as we could. ... Not able to be satisfied with the joy brought by the necklaces, my sisters and I collected seashells once again. ... My mom did not like the jars because she thought they were useless and took up too much space on the window frames. ... Just like the seashell's vertex, my family started out as one. As time has passed by and circumstances have changed, my family members are spread all over the world now like the bottom part of a seashell: myself in New York, my older sister ...

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I have five aunts on my mother's side. ... They are essentially black sticks in the ground, equally spaced and odd looking. ... My memories probably romanticize my "good old days" as well. ... Since reading the book I have seen the film three times, once in class and twice on my own, the first time was to take notes, the second to make sure they were accurate. ... It isn't the party that makes it feel so alive, it is something about the space itself. ...

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There is a question that I have been thinking of: "Do I owe something to my mom and dad"? ... I have my own life. I have lots of to do without taking care of my folks". ... They will find space in their home for us to stay. ... For example in my country, Lithuania, parents are taking care on their kids until "babies" can really support themselves. ...

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There is a question that I have been thinking of: "Do I owe something to my mom and dad"? ... I have my own life. I have lots of to do without taking care of my folks". ... They will find space in their home for us to stay. ... For example in my country, Lithuania, parents are taking care on their kids until "babies" can really support themselves. ...

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It's plain and simple, mainly because that was the space I was moving in and the parents were the only influences. ... For instance, I acknowledge that I am a part of a family by consanguinity that includes my mom and dad, and perhaps a few cousins and relatives. But because part of growing up is acquiring new experiences and widening social network, this web of interconnections I call 'family' has branched out to include my best friends in it, the organization I am included in, and the college block I have learned to love. ... As much as possible we maintain an open book rela...

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My first impression of the set was that for such a small stage there was a lot of stuff on the stage and not much working space but my opinion of this is based on my being a dancer used to productions requiring a lot of space to dance. ... My first thought at their interaction was that she's not really his daughter. ...

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My dad is always to give people false facts and my mom always thinks my is right, supporting his false predictions. ... After my mom finished talking on the phone with my aunt, we realized that they was not two car in front of us. My parents was deciding whether or not we should go, but they agreed and called my aunt back to told her, okay. ... When we went inside and greeted everyone, my dad friend's called and told him to come and stay with him because my mom brother's house doesn't have enough space to fix us. My dad friend's is friends with my mom brother's also an...

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The one meaning that many of us are familiar with is that an alien is an extraterrestrial, someone from "outer-space". ... My life, from this point on, will be different from everyone else's. ... As I continued to be interested in my culture, I began to read about my race. ... One example that I have experienced this is in my parents" divorce, in my father in particular. ... After the divorce, my brother and I lived with my mother. ...

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The same year Rebel without a Cause came out, Rosa Parks was dragged from the front of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama and three black students were let into UC Chapel Hill, by the rulings of a federal court judge, by nineteen fifty six, the pop song "My Prayer" sung by the black band the Platters hits number one on the charts. ... The launch of Sputnik into space, the whole space race, the stressed ideology of futuristic technological wonders, the question, how small are we really? ...

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What I saw could not have been my brother. ... Hopefully this will bring my bother back... I decided that because of his size that we should take the furniture out of the room to give him space to roam about. My mother decided to help me since she wanted to go inside his room anyway and we know that my father would object. ... It was all my fault. ...

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What I saw could not have been my brother. ... Hopefully this will bring my bother back... I decided that because of his size that we should take the furniture out of the room to give him space to roam about. My mother decided to help me since she wanted to go inside his room anyway and we know that my father would object. ... It was all my fault. ...

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One teen, Joseph Natividad, states that, "I have to glance behind my back once in a while whenever I IM at home. My mom has a knack for sneaking behind me and reading some of my personal conversations. ... It is true that there isn't much difference in the two, both however violate the personal space of the teen that is being investigated. ... According to "Big Brother meets Big Mother", written by Ellen Goodman, the software, My Nutrikids will give you the latest scoop from the lunchroom, GradeSpeed, for their grades, IMSafer, to monitor their instant messages, Alltrack, for their ...

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It is my opinion that if a woman chooses to have children, they should be her first priority, not worrying about power and prestige in the workplace. ... We both must realize that being educated by mostly white males, there are areas, or empty spaces that will not be taught to us. ... Shelby Steele said something to the African Americans that applies to my point exactly. ...

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Her father abandoned her when she was still young and her boyfriend Dante had abandoned her when she told him she was pregnant, "I couldn't tell if my vomiting was from being pregnant of being abandoned ". ... When Dolores met Jack Speight moved into the rented space above Dolores's house. ... When she finally worked up the courage to tell him about the pregnancy, he abandoned her, "I couldn't tell if my vomiting was from being pregnant of being abandoned". ... By my grandmother's tenant. ... Oh and my father isn't dead. ...

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Although these characters, like me, faced challenges in trying to achieve their education, they were able to endure poverty, the lack of support, and feelings of doubt regarding their impossible goals, they overcame their barriers to achieve their college education just as I too will obtain my college diploma and dreams. ... In "October Sky," Homer when he saw Sputnik, the Russian rocket fly into space, he realized he wanted to become an astronaut and go to the moon. ... And like Maria from the play, "Simply Maria or the American Dream," my parents never give me as much f...

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Evaluation Sarah was referred to my office for evaluation and possibly further treatment. ... In my assessment of Sarah and her situation, I realized that this family has several areas that need attention. ... The area of concentration will be based on my assessment and include suicide and behavioral issues. My paper will discuss the best possible advocacy services that I will develop to assist Sarah and her family issues. ... Advocacy Upon my completion of the assessment process and talking with Sarah and her family I have determined that there is still hope for Sarah. ...

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My mom looked around happily, "it's a perfect house!" ... A smile crossed my face. ... My brother and I get to go everywhere with them. ... My heartbeat slowly returned to normal. ... my mind screamed as the tiny hairs on the back of my next stood on end. ...

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You know how some people say that they never realized how much they loved their childhood until after they grew up? Well, Sarah always knew that she was having a great childhood while it was happening. It wasn't until later on, when things weren't going on so well, that she clung to the memories ...

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