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One day, we came upon a crowd of uniformed school students. They were strangely silent. I pushed through the crowd. In the clearing stood a man beating two students bloody with a tree branch. After some twenty minutes, he turned and addressed the crowd in a grating voice.“You see, boys and girls,” he explained,“this is what will happen to you if you dare to fall in love with someone who does not share your ethnicity, who does not follow your religion, who does not look like you.” I stood there quietly among the other children realizing that I had learned a new lesson. I was ten years old.  \nDuring my youth, unjust lessons of racism, ethnic division, and gender roles were imposed on me everyday. But in my small world in Sri Lanka, this was all I could possibly know. I was born in a small hut, surrounded by a beautiful river, rolling hills, and endless fields of golden crops. Everyone at home was expecting a baby boy. They were sick of my mother giving birth to an endless succession of weak and unworthy daughters. I was her eighth and final child: a daughter, and thus a disappointment in everyone’s eyes. Most of my youth was spent in the fields instead of the classroom. I watched the birds and animals hunt; I would try to write the word “bird”with a broken piece of brick in the wall, coloring my writing with spinach fruits. But my village was unable to satiate my curiosity to write, read, and learn about the wonders ofthe world, all because I was a girl.  \nStill, sometimes I would dream. My sister and I would look at the dark sky and watch the shimmering constellations wink at us, naming each star. I recall the first time I saw the Milky Way. I told my sister that I would one day travel out into the sky and wave at her from the moon. She smiled melancholically with the knowledge that my dreams were futile; our society would not allow a girl to continue her education, fall in love, or marry of her own free will.  \nIn 2013 I came to the United States, bruised by the oppressive lessons of my youth and determined to keep them to myself. Everything in New York was mysterious. I saw people of different ethnicities sharing tables and women wearing hijabs associating freely with people of different faiths. I was stunned! It was a slow process, unlearning the many cruel lessons of my childhood, but through countless sleepless nights and days, I began to craft new lessons.  \nWith the help of my ESL teacher, I learned English. For the first time, I studied history: it was a turning point in my education, empowering me to understand the wrongs that occur in my village. I fell in love with science and math, which were as clear as my childhood was murky. And I discovered my talent for art. 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They burned when I wrung my wet towel to wash my face i","cbCairn6t9c3BmN5","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairn6t9c3BmN5","pdf",66078,"English","# Owning My Hands","[{\"question\":\"What problem does the narrator struggle with in the essay?\",\"answer\":\"The narrator struggles with eczema that affects their hands, causing itching, blisters, and insecurity about how others may view them.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the narrator try to improve their condition?\",\"answer\":\"They apply hand cream and ointment every day based on a dermatologist’s advice, which provides temporary relief.\"},{\"question\":\"What changes the narrator’s perspective on their hands?\",\"answer\":\"A talk with their older sister helps the narrator realize that eczema is not their fault, and that their responsibility is in how they view and use their hands.\"}]","Pratt Young Scholars - College Essay Examples - Owning My Hands | PDF",1789459617]