I Will Make a Difference

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Senior Graduation Portfolio Kerline Louis Mentor: Dara Ross January 17, 2012 Table of content Personal statement: I will make a difference!......................................................................1 Literary Essay: Women’s oppression……………………………………………………..3 Mathematic: Survival Thinking…………………………………………………………...9 Personal Statement: I will make a difference! Giving birth to a child is not the only responsibility that parents have; there is even more important task to take part in. Providing a safe and a secure shelter, encouraging family values and traditions, and most definitely emotional support, plays a strong role in a child’s upbringing. Recognizing a child’s needs and providing the adequate assessments is far more essential. Unfortunately my parents were incapable of acknowledging such! One major example of this was when my parents learned about my sickness. I was diagnosed with a medical condition, which was almost unheard of in Haiti. G6PD is a deficiency, which refers to having weak red blood cells and vole tail immune system. Instead of providing adequate and much needed support but they did otherwise. My mother had taken me to a witch doctor and my father was completely neglecting my condition to make matter worse my mother had passed away at a young age and my father had remarried. In the next three years following this event my condition had gotten worse. Fortunately for me one thing that my father did which favored my well-being was when he brought me to the United States. It was the biggest turning point of my life. It’s like I was reborn! I found the new me, a loving family, and a purpose to live. A family which I found at Brooklyn International High School. At Brooklyn Int., I was given the help that I needed so desperately. I received the medical assistant that I needed. The doctor’s diagnosis explained that I actually

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