When I Was Born In The Us
When I was born in the US I took on the title of being my families first generation American; something I wouldn’t realise the significance of until much later in my life. Even as I was born in the US I still feel as British as tea and crumpets. Sunday wasn’t spent watching NFL games, but was instead spent watching British Premier League games. But with sunday soccer and 4th of July parties, I have grown to embrace both sides of who I truly am.
“Wait so if you're british, why don’t you have an accent?”
Sometimes I would reply in my best impersonation of a stereotypical English boy but oftenly I would say that “It's not about how I say things, it’s how I strive to accomplish them .”
Only my father attended University between my parents but it has always important for the members of our family to attend a University. My older brother was the guinea pig in this experiment and even though he struggled, he succeeded and made his way to University. So as I am next in the line of our family to be on the brink of finishing high school, I look to achieve the same achievement of making it into college as my father and brother had. …show more content…
I would often become distracted and my mind would wander into untold places while time passed me by. I knew that it wasn’t right for me to be so unfocused and impulsive but my peers blew that off and would often tell me that “I simply wasn’t trying hard enough”. But even through this struggle, my determination and belief in myself helped others change their outlook on me. So through various tests, I found out what I had known for years; I had ADHD. But I was not going to let ADHD be a label for me. I look back at my
“Wait so if you're british, why don’t you have an accent?”
Sometimes I would reply in my best impersonation of a stereotypical English boy but oftenly I would say that “It's not about how I say things, it’s how I strive to accomplish them .”
Only my father attended University between my parents but it has always important for the members of our family to attend a University. My older brother was the guinea pig in this experiment and even though he struggled, he succeeded and made his way to University. So as I am next in the line of our family to be on the brink of finishing high school, I look to achieve the same achievement of making it into college as my father and brother had. …show more content…
I would often become distracted and my mind would wander into untold places while time passed me by. I knew that it wasn’t right for me to be so unfocused and impulsive but my peers blew that off and would often tell me that “I simply wasn’t trying hard enough”. But even through this struggle, my determination and belief in myself helped others change their outlook on me. So through various tests, I found out what I had known for years; I had ADHD. But I was not going to let ADHD be a label for me. I look back at my