The first person I interviewed was my mom. Her first job ever was at a bank‚ and got the job a week after she graduated high school. My mom’s original plan was to work for a year‚ and then go to college. She ended up not going to college and her employer offered her a full time position. She got promoted in different important positions throughout her 13 years at the bank. She worked in mortgage lending and ended up being an escrow officer. After my mom left her job at the bank she was a stay at
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I was diagnosed with depression when I was thirteen years old. I didn’t tell my parents until one year after I discovered my affliction. I often wallowed in self pity‚ For the next three years‚ I thought I was never good enough. I finally realised the road I was going on‚ was not where I wanted to be on. I would put such little effort into the things I would do‚ I felt useless. Despite not knowing who I was at the time‚ I knew I wasn’t going to let depression define me. I’m not saying that I now
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lots of commotion‚ its downfalls are the many criminal gang activity the streets of L.A are known to have. Growing up in a hostile environment everything I knew and was used to was the gang street life in L.A. Education did not become a priority the possibility of improvement for a better life never crossed my mind. I am the first generation child it was hard to adapt to the American way of living‚ despite been born here. I only gathered with Hispanic kids who were also the first generation of parents
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I started my first year of college with my life prearranged. I had a ridiculous notion that everything was going to be a piece of cake. I was going to join different clubs‚ do lots of research‚ make the dean’s list‚ make my parents proud and attend as many parties as I could. However‚ now when I look back‚ I realized that I was too comfortable in my life. I thought I was ready to overcome every obstacle that was thrust upon me but I was sadly mistaken. College was a culture shock. I concluded that
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I struggled to come up with a time in my life where I could not be myself. I have had the same job for fourteen years‚ have been with the same person for more than fourteen years‚ and have had my friends for longer still. Trying to find a time that I can distinctly remember not being myself I have to go back a long time‚ probably around eighteen years. The more I thought about it‚ the more I could only recall freshmen year in high school as being a time where I was living two lives. I attended a
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My dad was the person that named me Brian. Knowing him‚ I was pretty lucky to get a normal name. I’m surprised that it wasn’t something strange or funny-sounding. My siblings have pretty normal names too. My brother is William and my sister is Jennifer. My middle name is Robert. It was given to me because it is my father’s name‚ and his middle name is his father’s name‚ and so on. I guess my parents wanted to keep the tradition. My last name is Guedes. It has run in the family for as long as I can
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understand what I mean. When I was in Africa‚ I thought that everybody in America is rich‚ educated and has a happier life‚ and when I got here I found out it was different. Eight years ago‚ I was wishing to come to America. I was born and I grew up in Africa‚ a country known as Tanzania. Everybody in Africa wishes they could be born in America. Life in Africa is totally different with life in America in term of socially‚ economically‚ politically and culturally. Talking about United States you talk about
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adapt to in my life. An adaptation is something that helps you get used to things. I’ve had to adapt to multiple things and these are just 3 of them. I’d like to tell you more ‚ but I don’t have the time. One thing that I’ve had to adapt to is switching between houses since my parents are divorced. At first it was really annoying since I didn’t have all the things that I needed since some of my stuff went to one house then the rest to the other and I was just super confused. After my parents were
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I went with my cousins and went to the border fest‚ we did have so much fun‚ when got back from the border fest I did not see my dad at home‚ the next day I ask my brother and they told me that they were arguing last night‚ so In my mind I was thinking my dad went to another place but then I knew he was in jail because my mom call the police. It did hurt a lot not having my dad on my side‚ I did really miss him so much it was his fault‚ My special day when he got out of jail‚ my dad will always
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My freshman year at Spelman wasn’t one for the books‚ it wasn’t the definition of #goals‚ it wasn’t full of memories‚ in fact it was probably one of the hardest years of my life. For as long as I can remember‚ I was always a well-known member of my school’s student body. I was the girl teachers requested‚ I made everything I ever tried out for‚ and in every leadership position in almost every club. I can confidently say high school was great and I thought college would be even better. It was December
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