Shoba Sreenivasan (Author of Totally American)

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Shoba Sreenivasan

老虎机稳赢方法 Author

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Health, Mind & Body, Philosophy, Self Improvement

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My American experience begins this way: from my parents' memories of mid-western American decency and kindness towards two young people in the 1950s- a world away from their home, Bombay, India. I was born in Columbus, Ohio where my father was a scientist on a post-doctoral research fellowship at Ohio State. We then moved to Peoria, Illinois and back to India when I was three.
School started early in India. At four I revealed the core of who I was: proud to have that school bag, enthusiastic about learning, but always, serious and determined towards achieving the goal. My father's heart, however, was captivated by the United States and he yearned to return and so we did, in 1966, to Fargo, North Dakota. I remember my first day in the third g My American experience begins this way: from my parents' memories of mid-western American decency and kindness towards two young people in the 1950s- a world away from their home, Bombay, India. I was born in Columbus, Ohio where my father was a scientist on a post-doctoral research fellowship at Ohio State. We then moved to Peoria, Illinois and back to India when I was three.
School started early in India. At four I revealed the core of who I was: proud to have that school bag, enthusiastic about learning, but always, serious and determined towards achieving the goal. My father's heart, however, was captivated by the United States and he yearned to return and so we did, in 1966, to Fargo, North Dakota. I remember my first day in the third grade at McKinley Grammar School. The teacher asked the class to name the national fruit. While everyone else said "apple," I said "mango." I was not in Bombay anymore. But this was a fabulous place. I discovered the wondrous holiday of Halloween (what a great country this was- free candy!!). We then moved to northern New Jersey, when I was nine, and this is where I grew up. I was embarrassed by my long name that no one could pronounce, and wanting desperately just to be "American." I hated the question, "where are you from?" I hated it because I wanted to say, "Right here, the U. S. of A., just like you." But here again, I would be struck by the great and wonderful evolution of this country. "Roots," the TV series became a hit, and the hyphenation of American identity came into popularity. Suddenly, the "Where are you from?" question wasn't something to make me feel less American. It was an acknowledgement that we were all from somewhere else; this was a country composed of a tapestry of people.
I grew up in the seventies, but the adventurous spirit that had me hitch-hiking with abandon would be quickly nipped. I rubber-banded back to the personality of that little girl proudly clutching her school bag, and reason and rationality would once again reign supreme. I went to college, graduate school, obtained a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from U.C.L.A., and received specialized post-doctoral training in forensic psychology from U.S.C., I hold an academic position, publish papers, and work as a forensic psychologist and at the V.A. But it is my work with countless veterans that has touched me the most. I am awed by their valor, their pride, their optimism and their loud proclamations in support of our country. This country of reflection, of change, of hope, where the white, black, brown, yellow, and red skin tones are overridden by pride in Red, White, and Blue. And so I am able to co-write this book. A book about the type of fulfillment that only a country founded on the pursuit of happiness, and one that celebrates adventure and individualism can uniquely allow. It's one that's Totally American.
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	Totally American: Harnessing the Dynamic Duo of Optimism and Resilience to Achieve Success by Dan Smee (老虎机稳赢方法 Author), Shoba Sreenivasan (老虎机稳赢方法 Author) 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mattie Spyglass and the 8 Magic Stones 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mattie Spyglass and the Curse of Ashurnasirpal 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Psychological Nutrition by Shoba Sreenivasan (老虎机稳赢方法 Author), Linda E. Weinberger 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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