aocharo10
Apr 12, 2017
Undergraduate / AFRICAN LIFE STORY/JOURNEY - SMU PROMPT [4]
What was the environment in which you were raised? Describe your family, home, neighborhood, or community, and explain how it has shaped you as a person. (250-500)
This is an essay that will improve my acceptance chances into a summer camp that will be held at SMU. Please give me advice as soon as possible, as the deadline is almost here. Thank you.
Pope Paul VI once said "All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today." I was born in Nairobi, Kenya a large country along the eastern border of Africa. Africa is not how it is portrayed via media, but instead it is a beautiful continent with vast resources and an abundance of multi diversity that can't be found anywhere else. Due to the political corruption found in most African countries, the economic situation can be somewhat horrific on a large wide scale. This issue is what has allowed the education system to become very competitive. My parents have always taught me to be competitive and reach my goals through the perseverance and hard work I've witnessed throughout my life. I thank God everyday that my parents were able to immigrate to the U.S. and build a life for my sister and I that some can only dream of. My father came to the U.S. at the age of 21 with no family, and or friends. He started working at McDonalds, was a full-student, and still had to provide for my mother and I. Most Americans are accustomed to having family and or relatives to support them, but not us. Americans see it as if the options they have are supposed to be there for them. People in America don't realize how privileged they are. This obstacle my father faced took a lot of courage and independence to overcome. These values have slowly but surely become instilled within me as I've matured and grown with my loving parents. I cannot thank them enough for what they have sacrificed to and done to put me within a good schooling system, safe neighborhood, clothes on my back, and a roof over my head. All I can do is take the amazing education America has to offer. I can also put forth the effort and values that I've learned from them, to become a successful immigrant within a much shorter span of time. That is why I am asking you to give me this opportunity to attend your camp, so that I may transform into the man my parents envisioned I would become.
What was the environment in which you were raised? Describe your family, home, neighborhood, or community, and explain how it has shaped you as a person. (250-500)
This is an essay that will improve my acceptance chances into a summer camp that will be held at SMU. Please give me advice as soon as possible, as the deadline is almost here. Thank you.
a successful immigrant
Pope Paul VI once said "All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today." I was born in Nairobi, Kenya a large country along the eastern border of Africa. Africa is not how it is portrayed via media, but instead it is a beautiful continent with vast resources and an abundance of multi diversity that can't be found anywhere else. Due to the political corruption found in most African countries, the economic situation can be somewhat horrific on a large wide scale. This issue is what has allowed the education system to become very competitive. My parents have always taught me to be competitive and reach my goals through the perseverance and hard work I've witnessed throughout my life. I thank God everyday that my parents were able to immigrate to the U.S. and build a life for my sister and I that some can only dream of. My father came to the U.S. at the age of 21 with no family, and or friends. He started working at McDonalds, was a full-student, and still had to provide for my mother and I. Most Americans are accustomed to having family and or relatives to support them, but not us. Americans see it as if the options they have are supposed to be there for them. People in America don't realize how privileged they are. This obstacle my father faced took a lot of courage and independence to overcome. These values have slowly but surely become instilled within me as I've matured and grown with my loving parents. I cannot thank them enough for what they have sacrificed to and done to put me within a good schooling system, safe neighborhood, clothes on my back, and a roof over my head. All I can do is take the amazing education America has to offer. I can also put forth the effort and values that I've learned from them, to become a successful immigrant within a much shorter span of time. That is why I am asking you to give me this opportunity to attend your camp, so that I may transform into the man my parents envisioned I would become.
