Abram Auguste: Law School Personal Statement

Swells and Ripples The pebble was small and squarish, rubbed like ocean glass– perhaps thousands of miles far away from home, possibly even from a cove just around the bend from the limestone coast. The only person whom the pebble was in any way special to was Alex Dunn, and that was only due to the fact he’d kept the pebble within his right-side pants pocket for nearly two years. Alex held the stone between his fingers, only to tilt it to lay flat against the ridges of his palm, brushing his thumb over the smooth scar-line of white that covered the grey. He adjusted the cane, which leaned on with his spare hand, grunting quietly at the shift of weight on his unbalanced feet.

Lost Mother, Lost Child Zakariyya is the fifth and youngest of Henrietta's children. After the death of his mother, Baby Joe nearly dies of tuberculosis and soon finds himself in the care of a cousin who loves to abuse him. Zakariyya's anger at this treatment is mythical—kind of like Henrietta's aggressive cells. And it wasn't long before people were making the comparison: Joe grew into the meanest, angriest child any Lacks had ever known, and the family started saying something must have happened to his brain while he was growing inside Henrietta alongside that cancer. (112) Zakariyya believes this too.

I walked up to the cool den-like loading area for the new Cars ride at California Adventure Park. I haven 't been on a ride like this since I was only 4 years old. When I was four years old, Thunder Mountain railroad changed my point of view for roller coasters for what I thought was going to forever. I could picture my little face, crying and screaming with not a delight terror, a horrid terror. This would be my big chance to get over my fear of roller coasters for good.

You wake up with sirens surrounding your weak body. You try to open your eyes to see what happened, but a burning sensation digs into them with immense force. Your body is sweating, weak, and confused. You try to stay awake, but an ocean wave of uncontrollable pain washes over your body, through your bones, draining any last hope of staying conscious. This time you wake to a sharp, pulsing pain in the left side of your head.

Malcolm X and Mahatma Gandhi were two incredible men, both fighting for independence among their people. These distinctly different men were among the strongest fighters who set foot in authority. Malcolm X, an African-American leader spread religion to combat the weakening of his fellow African-Americans, as well as to expand the supporters of Muslim beliefs. Mahatma Gandhi, a leader in India’s independence movement from the British, weakened British rule through civil resistance. While Malcolm X and Gandhi both fought for their people’s freedom, their religion, beliefs, and methods for achieving independence differ in certain aspects but also have similar elements.

The Pursuit of Happyness This movie is a riveting, sometimes harrowing movie that chronicles the life of a young Afro-American father and son as they navigate the various vicissitudes of life including poverty and homelessness. This story is hewn out of the ever menacing backdrop of the menacing streets of San Francisco. Chris Garner is the movies protagonist true life star. He does a more than formidable job of supplying potential Social Work students with enough drama, dysfunction, and depressing moments to fill a War and Peace size novel.

Civil War The year was 1861 and the first battle had already begun. The country was now divided as two teams, the confederates and the unions. I wasn’t looking forward to the upcoming battle that was about to happen. I sat in my tent in silence, thinking about what might happen.

Case Study Introduction One evening in the mid-1960s, Arjay Miller was driving home from his office in Dearborn, Michigan. On a crowded highway, another car struck his from the rear. The fuel tank of car was hit by the rear car so in result the car turned into flames. Because he was wearing a shoulder-strap seat belt, Miller was unharmed by the crash, and because his doors didn't jam he escaped the gasoline-drenched, flaming wreck. But the accident made a vivid impression on him.

As I force my eyes to shut, the constant flashbacks repeat vividly through my head. The sound of the screeching car causes nothing but fear. Although I don’t remember much I still struggle to sleep. Two years ago I lost everything in a blink of an eye, I lost my family and I feel I’ve even lost myself. I squint my eyes shut tightly, forcing my face to feel numb I still see that large truck with bright lights coming towards me, I still feel like I am falling as our car was tumbling over, rolling out of control.

The legal implications and feasibility of integrating the Syariah courts into the federal judicial system through restoration of Article 121 of Federal Constitution Prior to 1988, Article 121(1) of Federal Constitution provided as follows: Subject to Clause (2) the judicial power of the Federation shall be vested in two High Courts of co-ordinate jurisdiction and status, namely— (a) one in the States of Malaya, which shall be known as the High Court in Malaya and shall have its principal registry in Kuala Lumpur; and (b) one in the States of Sabah and Sarawak, which shall be known as the High Court in Borneo and shall have its principal registry at such place in the States of Sabah and Sarawak as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong may determine;

Characterization Essay Sometimes in life people are not the luckiest at birth. The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst is a story about a boy who learns to walk. Doodle displayed determination and that he could work hard. Doodle is very determined to learn and be able to walk.