Personal Narrative: Me Tinkering With The Geek Squad

“Click, click, click,” The sound of me tinkering with the PlayStation 1 DualShock controller at just five years old. I found it intriguing yet strange how the piece of technology worked. I could hear my mother’s voice in the background “Why did you buy him a PlayStation when he’s only five years old. He’s not going to know how to use it”. Thirty minutes later I plug in the controller to the console, connect the power cord to the power outlet, and start playing Disney’s Tarzan. My parents enter the living room in awe and my mother’s previous questions were answered. From that point on, I’ve been my families low-budget version of Geek Squad. We all knew I would end up in the technological field as a future career. The Redbird has always been an image pleasing logo for me whenever I see it around television or on teacher’s banner in their classrooms. The red color schemes really blend well and just has an appeal that can’t really be explained. I want to attend a university where I am proud of representing the school colors and the red and white is not going to be an issue. Illinois State is a very recognizable school all over the country;
Soccer has taken a substantial part of my life as I live, breath, and die futbol. I play club as well as high school soccer and I have to manage my school work with soccer and it’s sometimes a pain, but I always look at the light at the end of the tunnel. One day I might be up until 12 at night doing homework, but I always think if you put in the work, you will reek the benefits later on. All those sleepless nights will make my parents proud of me for being the first college graduate of the family. They’ll look at my diploma hanging from the wall and know all their sacrifices they’ve made for me paid off and they’ll know I made it in life. They want me to be the person they could never be and I plan to achieve that by being a