When I was in middle school I decided that I wanted an Ipod for listening to music in school. When I got home I asked my mom if she could go on the computer to see what the prices for an Ipod were. She looked it up on the apple store and told me they were anywhere from $200 to $400 depending on which one you got. So for the next year I saved up enough money to get it. To this day I still have that Ipod and it does not have one scratch unlike most people who have had theres given to them. I believe that we should not beg for things; if we want something get it yourself.
The house I grew up in was rather different compared to most people. For the most part we had two rules; “I want,” “means no”, and “if you want something work for it”. These rules affected both the way I thought of things and the way that I acted. The most noticeable for people was the way I act in school. For the most part, I took things a lot more seriously than most of the other kids in my grade. Additionally, my method of transportation is different compared to other people. Everyone sees getting their driver's licences as a commemorative point of their lives. Additionally, most people when they get their
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My mom grew up on a farm and did chores when she got home. Also, she did the dishes and had to feed some of the animals. Additionally, if my mom wanted something she had to get it herself. Ironically, I’m growing up just the way she did because we live in the same house she grew up in. I have to work the same way she did. While my mom grew up on a farm, my dad grew up in the city. He grew up in somewhat the same way my mom did excluding the farm. One of the most noticeable differences is the way my dad went to college because he payed for it by himself. All in all, my parents are like black and white compared to each other, but one thing that is in common is that they had to work for what they
I have worked since I was 14 and because of this I was able to provide “in style” clothes for me to wear as well as other things that give me the appearance of being wealthier than I am. Because I present myself in a certain way, people are often surprised when I can’t do something because I cannot afford it, or when I tell them that I am paying for college completely on my own. My parents are wonderful people, and they provided for me the best that they could. They understood the social expectations I faced going to public school, and after the bills were paid, they put all their extra money into making sure I had the best life possible. I am proud of my family, whether we are in a lower social class or not. This has taught me not to think differently of people based on the clothes on their back. It has also taught me from a young age that I will have to work hard for what I want. My peers often questioned why I worked two jobs, and still didn’t have enough money to go out to eat with them. They didn’t understand that I had to prioritize what I wanted to spend my money on. I would rather buy myself a dress so I could go to homecoming than try to afford going out with them whenever they wanted to do something. Growing up in an area where most of my classmates were middle and upper class, made me grateful that I didn’t have everything handed to me when I was younger. Now that I am in the real world I am much more prepared to provide for myself than many of my
The pixies leader looked at the quartz and garnets with interest. He flew closer and picked up a medium size quartz crystal and bit into to to check whether is was real or not. Once he was satisfied he agreed.
life chance that affected my parents’ parenting style was the local need for manual laborers. Both of my parents work hourly jobs. My mother has never been to school and my father went to technical school, became a mechanic, but later decided he didn’t like the profession and settled for a job at a local paper mill. In the town that I’m from people are praised for their work ethic and not their level of education. Individuals may go to college, but end up working jobs that have little to do with their education. This is mostly due to the limited amount of jobs that allow college grads to exercise their education. Since there is a greater need for laborers many families end up falling into the “working-class.” The citizen in my hometown view people especially men, who work in laboring fields as hard-workers, manly, and upstanding citizens.
From the moment I was able to tie my shoes and button my jacket, I knew I wanted to be a doctor. While all my classmates at the La Petite Academy made macaroni trees and smiley faces, I drew myself with a stethoscope curing a poor man with the cold. Every year in elementary school, we had career day. Never straying from my love to helping others I wanted to be a surgeon one year, to a dentist the next, and even an obstetrician, I changed my mind quickly once I found out what they did. Looking back on my childhood, I always had a connection with animals and always loved being around them. Early mornings I would open our nearly frozen-shut windows listening to the birds calling. Beside from the squawking of the crows, I heard a soft, pleasant yet curious bird call. It stuck out to me
As well as there is the other sentence in this article said, “They undoubtedly saw rainbow patterns in the misty spray, but were convinced they had discovered a fairy grotto.” I would like to visit South Island and Milford Sound again as last time I did not see a rainbow. I would imagine that I rotate my neck to see the rainbow, it would be as a heaven, discovered a fairy grotto. Event though, “Jessie explains that Milford Sound is actually a fiord, carved out by a glacier and then flooded by the sea, whereas a sound is a flooded river valley.” For my opinion, it seems that Milford Sound is just a fiord rather than a sound. However, it is still the most experienced traveller, which means you won’t regret to travel under the one of the most
Growing up, my parents and I always took the time to read stories together. Before bed, before school, while playing with dolls in the bathtub. Fiction and nonfiction stories alike taught me about both the physical, literal world around me, and the world I could create in my own mind when I needed to find comfort. It was through the works of fiction, however, that I learned despite the hardships of life, I could disappear into a world I could mold however I pleased.
I was convinced at one point in my life that I wouldn't graduate high school, let alone get a college degree. I grew up in a broken home, where there was physical, emotional, mental, and sexual abuse. This all had a tremendous affect on me as a young girl, well into my teenage years, and early adult hood, and significantly impacted the choices I made for myself at the time. I moved out of my home at the age of 15 after my mother remarried, I went to live with a friend which I thought at that time was a great idea. It wasn't long after that I began smoking marijuana, doing cocaine, drinking and taking rohypno. I was hanging out with all the wrong people, and I stopped going to school for over a month my junior year. One morning after I had drank
Walking the overgrown paths in the expansive woods behind my house, I tried again to escape the claustrophobia of the cul-de-sac and the boredom of a small town. The forest was my sanctuary, and I walked knowing every rock, root, and bush. Then suddenly, it was different. My eyes hit the familiar clearing ahead, and I launched into a sprint through the underbrush, leaping up and over the barbed wire-topped rock wall. Landing with a whoop of delight, I eyed the novelty, a huge, brown steer, staring back at me. Molten joy turned to icy fear, and the steer began to charge. Thirty seconds of terror later, I noticed two things as I heaved against a maple tree: my now dung-covered shoes were ruined, and my curiosity was finally piqued.
Essentially anyone with influence in the region who had a stake in security was encouraged to attend, and we know of course that the insurgency is included in anyone with influence. Of course, the type of target that presents is monumental, but naturally we would not make it easy for the enemy. It would still be nowhere near easy to target the District Center just by our application of basic techniques; blocking positions, perimeter defenses, access control, observation and vigilance. It would have been easy to feel less than confident going into such a patrol, but we were the opposite. We had left no stone unturned and our Platoon was confident.
When one envisions a house party their mind embodies the music and grasps the loving environment, but no one ever signs up for a life altering trauma. March 19, 2016 can be portrayed as the breaking point that unleashed the dangers of my fears. When a bullet is fired it is said to destroy its target, when the bullet pierced through my body it felt almost as if the world had been swept from underneath me. During this night I was rushed into an ambulance, where I was grazed slightly an inch away from my spine, which they told me I could've been paralyzed, but by the grace of God I wasn't. The incident opened up my eyes and it was a major wake up call for me. It made me into a better and stronger individual, my grades began to improve and my perspective on life changed. It taught me to live life to the fullest because you don't know when your time is going to come.
Through the rattling trees, my bloody eyes exploded, my body trembled and my lips grew dry. I felt a sudden numbness through my rushing blood and a murmur in the center of my body that made me collapse down to my knees. I hesitantly turned my head to the sight of the monstrous golden beast that was about ready to destroy and gush my intestines.It was at this moment that I realized the value of life and the aesthetic feeling I grew in my heart after this event. My mind rushed with chaos as I tried to figure out how to escape the attack of a defensive grizzly bear that stood by my side. My mind went into a temporary shock, a blank state, I thought of nothing but the dangerous predator. Her mouth bubbling, claws expanded and teeth shining in hunger, the feral beast gave me a second chance in life. My perspective on life and everything that I valued changed within a split second. I cherished every grain of sand found on the floor to every mountain that scraped the horizons of the clouds. The Sequoia National Park not only impacted me as a person but as a writer as
At the age of twenty nine, I faced an inevitable, drastic, and ultimately life changing decision. My options were limited, with no stress-free path to select. One path led down a very dark road, one that would have led to an abrupt end to my own life. The other route led to personal happiness, however, met with great sacrifice. Being that I felt strongly against the first option, I chose the second path. A reset button was pressed.
Throughout my eighteen years of life, I have experienced over ten moves, leaving behind close friends everytime, received schooling from twelve different schools, branded the “new kid” title felt shameful like Hester Prynne’s scarlet letter, and even was forced to live in a different country all while facing the already difficult years of high school, especially halfway through. However, throughout those eighteen years, I learned how to be adaptable and I know how important people are to me, I got to meet some of the most influential and inspiring people throughout every move and got to learn and travel the world to over ten countries, all before I was twenty. It is a crazy life, but identifying as a proud military brat is the only life I know. It is an identification that teaches numerous life lessons that you cannot just read about, makes a person stronger and provides one of the greatest service
At the time when everything happened during the incident, I didn't feel anything and I wasn't thinking of the consequences at the end. Now, as a matured teenager, I know not what I did was wrong. I regret what I have done by being a bystander and did not do anything. I chose the wrong group of friends to be with and chose to be at that place at the wrong time. I am deeply sorry for what had happened that day. I am very regretful towards my actions. It will not happen again. Now, I am aware of my actions and consequences and know the difference between wrong and right and I will always choose the right thing to do.
Last summer my uncle had me babysit my five year-old cousin.I was a little angry because my dad was taking my brother and sisters to the river and it was very hot that day.When I got there I was a little happier than before because I remembered that Iris,my cousin, is way easier to take care of than my other cousins are.When my uncle saw me he said that I’d have to watch her at the water park.However they said that they would help me by switching so that I would be able to go on the water rides.Although I knew that if we were going to the water park, it would be easier to watch Iris because she would be busy playing in the water.When we got there I found out that we were able to get as much ice cream, candy,and one meal because it was all