Career Opportunity For Hispanics

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In this country there are thousands of different careers, all the careers focus in a specific task. Every country has rules and laws that citizens obey; the United States does not stay behind. When a person either breaks a law or is suing another, there are always lawyers present. Lawyers are already very impressive and according to Gustavo Mellander, Hispanics being involve in the law can be a respected position with more opportunities. In the article “The LAW: A career Opportunity for Hispanics?” Mellander states, “There are 183 credited law schools. Some are more supportive, more welcoming of Hispanics.” The quote is basically saying that from all the law schools, there are some that support Hispanics while others do not. The quote supports

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My Hispanic Culture And Family

I’ve come to believe that my background is the most important part of who I am. My whole life, the one way I have been always able to identify myself with was Hispanic. My Hispanic culture and family has shaped my life in more ways than I can describe. My culture and my family is the reason I am determined, passionate, and expressive in everything I do. When my mother was growing up in El Salvador and my father was growing up in Dominican Republic, life wasn’t easy. Growing up, my parents hardly…

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Hispanic/Latino Community: Discrimination On The Elderly

report will discuss how Hispanics have experienced discrimination, the impact on the elderly in the Hispanic community and my recommendation for improving the conditions. I am an African American female and choose to do my report on the Hispanic/Latino’s to learn more about the discriminatory practices that has happened within their community. The term Hispanic includes people who differ in cultural beliefs, race, educational level and income. The three largest groups of Hispanics are Mexican, Puerto…

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Essay on The Urban School Perspective

by black and Hispanics with fewer numbers of white students. The suburban schools, which are primarily made up of white students, provide a far better education than urban schools that are primarily made up of Hispanics and African Americans. These schools oppress students and do not provide them with opportunities to expand mentally, socially or economically. Kozol reports that in Chicago, by the academic year 2002-2003, 87 percent of public school enrollment was black or Hispanic; less than 10…

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Equal Opportunity In America

America was founded on ideas of freedom and opportunities, yet for the last quarter of a century we have not upheld these ideas. In America we have less equality for opportunity than almost any other advanced industrial country. This is due to a number of things, such as: location, discrimination, and social immobility. Location plays a large role in the opportunities that are presented to you. For example, a young boy born in northern California and a young boy born in Alabama whose parents were…

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Dreams: Higher Education and College Essay

higher degree that will help me obtain a career that I would enjoy. I decided to go to college so I can get a job that I can wake up every morning to with a smile and not be dreading it. Another reason was to make my family members proud of me for being the first to attend college. I decided to attend North Central College (NCC) because it in a suburban area, which I had never experienced before. Since, I live in the Southside of Chicago, which is dominantly Hispanic and African-American, I wanted to get…

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Pitbull Research Paper

little boy, and was brought up by his mother. Armando graduated from Miami Coral Park School; after this he persuade his rapping career. Pitbull’s First Album Pitbull’s first album M.I.A.M.I jump started Pitbulls career with a song in the top 11 songs in 2004. This album also gave him the opportunity to join a tour hosted by eminem and 50 cent. So early in pitbulls career he was already showing traits of becoming the superstar we all know him as today Pitbull’s Second Album In this album pitbull…

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The Academic Achievement Gap

Education is crucial to every person and their race or income status should not determine what kind of education one deserves. All students regardless of race or income status should receive an opportunity to achieve a successful career. Unfortunately, in our society backlash continues and a black student will not receive the same education as a white student due to their race or financial stability. The education gap has increased significantly and is affecting many students motivation and self-esteem…

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Dr Gonzalez Life Lessons

During the 2046 Hispanic Scholarship Fund Alumni Hall of Fame Gala, a few inductees were recognized. Among one of them were the influential Dr. Karina Gonzalez. Dr. Gonzalez grew up in rural community in the land of enchantment, New Mexico. Although many options were not offered from the small town, Gonzalez fulfilled most of her spare time with many activities, hobbies, sports, and groups. She became well known for her outgoing personality and leadership skills. Throughout Gonzalez’s life, she…

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Manchester University Executive Summary

2016 Hearst narrative (1800 characters) Purpose of grant/goal (limit to one sentence): Increase retention for returning, undergraduate African-American students through a new Minority Leadership Program that uses a combination of best practices for retention, innovative new strategies for retention, and scholarship support. I.) Executive Summary Manchester University, with the support of the Hearst Foundation, will help African American students persist to graduation by engaging them in an innovative…

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Culture: United States and Congruent Holistic Care Essay

Leininger developed the Theory of Culture Care: Diversity and Universality with the goal to provide culturally congruent holistic care (Sitzman, 2011). One of my preferred aspects of the nursing career is to be able to care for people. Care does not only mean to carry Doctors orders, or complete all the tests and procedures needed for a patient. Care is to maintain an active open communication with our patients, to understand their feelings, to try our best to make them feel better, even when the…

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