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<head><style>body{font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:#ffffff;color:black;}p{margin:0px;}</style></head><body><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,sans-serif">Hi Honey,<br>I've already sent my final off to Kathleen. I think it might be too confusing to make these changes you have below because I've already changed the order of some of the paragraphs. I think I'm going to apply to go to college myself. I feel like I could write an essay on any subject for any college.<br>Love,<br>Gramma<br></font></font></font><blockquote style="padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 0px; border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 255);">-----Original Message-----
<br>From: Kathleen Biden <kathleenbiden@me.com>
<br>Sent: Oct 29, 2011 2:09 PM
<br>To: Roberta Buhle <rbuhle@earthlink.net>
<br>Cc: Biden Naomi <nbiden12@sidwell.edu>, Biden Hunter <hbiden@senecaga.com>, Biden Kathleen <kathleenbiden@mac.com>
<br>Subject: Re: China Essay
<br><br><zzzhtml><zzzbody bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 18px;"><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 2.1; text-indent: 36px;"><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">#1:</span></span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 2.1; text-indent: 36px;"><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">I have two </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">cousins </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">who SPENT the school year in </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">Taiwan</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> and the summers with me in a family vacation home on </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">Lake Michigan. The moment I heard them </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">speak to</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> one another </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">in Mandarin, </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">I became CONSUMED with lear</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">ning their “secret language”. So, when Sidwell Friends school offered ME</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">the opportunity to learn Chinese in seventh grade</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">, I WAS ENTHUSIASTIC.</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> I SOON </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">realized it would be no easy feat to learn to speak the language fluently. On the first day of class,</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> WE WERE TOLD WE</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> needed to recognize at least 2,000 characters IN ORDER TO READ</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">the</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> front page of a Chinese newspaper</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">! DESPITE THE ARDUOUS AND OFTEN INTIMIDATING COURSE OF STUDY,</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> I </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">have continued with Mandarin through </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">high school. </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> I never dreamed what it would later mean to me in terms of a once-in-a-lifetime travel opportunity. But more important, I never dreamed that </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">persevering</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> to learn Chinese would help me understand what it meant to be a young woman in America.</span></span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 2.1; text-indent: 36px;"><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">My sisters and I have taken turns travelLING with our Grandfather, Vice President Joseph Biden (“Pop”). </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">This past summer, </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">he invited me</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> to trave</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">l to Beijing and Chengdu. </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">I was chosen</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> because I had studied Chinese!</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">Denying the temptation </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">to switch to an easier language and devoting all those extra hours of study had given me </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">an unexpected reward</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">.</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> NT</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">he MOST </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">important</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">gift was </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">yet</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">to unfold. However minor, this trip </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">would allow</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> me to act as a symbol</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> of the opportunities and freedoms afforded to young women in the US as compared to China a</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">nd the rest of the world. That opportunity was my real reward and the gift unfolded over the course of the trip.</span></span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 2.1; text-indent: 36px;"><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">After twenty or so hours on the plane, we arrived in Beijing. I put a nice coat over my slept-in airplane sweatshirt and stepped off the front of Air Force Two. As </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">soon as</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> walked out, my Pop</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">began to help me. He </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">whispered to look to the left and wave to the people and press taking pictures on the tarmac below. </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">I began to understand that it was not a casual decision for him to take his 17-year old granddaughter on this trip. </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">He wanted the world to see what living in American had afforded to me.</span></span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 2.1; text-indent: 36px;"><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">Shortly after arriving</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">, </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">my Pop</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">took me to a traditional restaurant freque</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">nted by working class Chinese and encouraged me to order in Chinese, even though he knew it wouldn’t be easy because of all the press and attention I would get. Even so, I</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> was surprised </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">at</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> how fascinated </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">everyone</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">was as they listened to </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">me</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> use my </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">novice </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">Chinese. </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> I didn’t realize it at the time, but</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">those pictures and videos </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">of Pop’s young granddaughter </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">would be seen</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> all across China and the world. I believe my Pop knew that would happen. I’d always known of his commitment to social equality, but it wasn’t until this trip</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> that I realized </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">how much tim</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">e and thought he puts into bringing that </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">commitment </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">to life </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">and the potential </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">he</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> has </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">to</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> impact</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> on a global scale. </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">I learned that</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> even </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">the </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">small</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">est</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> actions and gestures, such as ordering food in a restaurant </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">or waving as I get off the plane can have an </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">impact. </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">I realized I would have to put the kind of thought</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">and work</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">into </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">my decisions the way my parents and my Pop do. I would have to choose </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">the harder path </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">to</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> make a difference. </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">I </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">did that when</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">I stayed</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">with Chinese and </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">I did that when I ordered in a foreign language in front of hundreds of people</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">. I</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">was learning</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> that to make a difference in the world, I have to challenge myself, put myse</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">lf in uncomfortable positions and that m</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">aking a difference will never be easy.</span></span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 2.1; text-indent: 36px;"><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">When I got home from China I continued to reflect on the choices that I make in life and what my family has taught me about commitments—</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">from </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">the </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">grandmothers who </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">earned their d</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">octorate</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">s while they continued working</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> full time jobs as </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">teachers, </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">to </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">the u</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">ncle w</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">ho volunteered to go to war, and </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">to </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">the </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">mother who sacrifices every day on my behalf. </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">The China</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> trip </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">crystallize</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">d</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">my plans for the future. I decided on a life of public service. My family had modeled it for me and encouraged me to consider that kind of life, but this trip made</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> that decision belong to me</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">. </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-style: italic; font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">I </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">wanted to continue making a difference and </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-style: italic; font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">I</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> was willing to make whatever sacrifices necessary to make that happen.</span></span></p><p class="s6" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.8; text-indent: 36px;"><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">My decision to </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">continue studying</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> Chinese was a difficult one, but I </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">realize now</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> that it was the right one. Challenging myself led to </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">a deeper realization of the </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">pride I have for my country, </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">the rewards that come from</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">perseverance</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">, a </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">deeper respect for my family’s values, and </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">about </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">the dir</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">ection I want my life to take. But, i</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">t also let me leave a small gift behind in Chin</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">a—a visual of what a young American woman is and can do.</span></span></p><p class="s6" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.8; text-indent: 36px;"><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">I </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">will continue to put myself in challenging situations because I’</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">ve learned that’s what it takes and that the rewards can be great. </span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">All of this makes me so excited to go to college. This is the beginning of my journey and I want it to be like my journey to China</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">: a</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;"> chance to learn and grow…</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">but also a chance to give</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em;">.</span></span></p><p class="s7" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 2.1;"><span> </span></p><p class="s2" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21px;"><span> </span></p></span><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Oct 29, 2011, at 1:39 PM, Roberta Buhle <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:rbuhle@earthlink.net">rbuhle@earthlink.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Looks like people had already worked on this to join Naomi and Hunter's thoughts. I just moved a few things around and put the main thesis (that the trip impacted her in multiple ways) closer to the beginning.</span><br><span>Gramma</span></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><1a-Chinese Essay.docx></div></blockquote></zzzbody></zzzhtml></kathleenbiden@mac.com></hbiden@senecaga.com></nbiden12@sidwell.edu></rbuhle@earthlink.net></kathleenbiden@me.com></blockquote></body>
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