Returning to school at this time in my life has been a great challenge‚ I’m 29 years old and I know I have a long ways to go but I’ve had so many dreams ans aspiration that I wanted to complete before I turn 29. I plan to be done with college at 23 years old but ended up becoming pregnant at 22 years old and a mother at 23 years old so that shifted things for me with returning to school fully committed to my studies. During that time I just stayed working and making me and my son’s life a little easier.
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My family is extremely poor‚ living paycheck to paycheck and off of food stamps. My father is a construction worker/contractor who emigrated from Communist Bulgaria after the fall of the Iron Curtain‚ while my mother is a stay-at-home housewife with no higher education. As I grew older and more capable‚ naturally I was expected to help contribute in some way. This led to me having to constantly work and seek jobs from as early as 13 years old (typically babysitting or paper-route type jobs at this
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GS2520: Professional Communications Project Part 1: My Personal Commercial Ever since the age of ten‚ I have been interested in computers. My Uncle started us in computers as a means of introducing a new technology that would be useful in our futures. Since that time‚ I have owned and used a vast variety of computers in educational‚ work‚ and personal environments over the course of my life; I have always been intrigued by their function much to the point that after graduating high
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During more than half of my seventh grade year I caught a virus.Which made me weak and sent me to the hospital for a month I did not go back to school right away. During that time I fell behind in school and because my grades dropped significantly. This was not going to make me end the year off with bad grades because I studied hard to end the year off with good grades. After I came out of the hospital. This motivated me to work twice as hard and to catch up with my classmates. The second time
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was aware of the fact that I would encounter alcohol at some point. I always told myself that drinking was not something I ever wanted to do. My grandfather was an alcoholic and I had seen what it had done to him and his family. However‚ I got around a group of people whom I called my friends. Before I knew it I was pressured to drink and ended up giving in my second semester of freshman year. I only drank casually that second semester. But when the fall came around that was a whole different story
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for me. I had been diagnosed with a life altering disease‚ which is closely related to diabetes. I found out that my body creates over twice the amount of insulin I need‚ working my pancreas too hard creating an abundance of problems. I have had to learn so much‚ and change so many aspects of my life because of this disease and the problems it creates. A lot of things lead up to my diagnosis‚ but it wasn’t an easy road to take. At first I experienced an array of things like being tired all the time
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I would call my coach when rain canceled practice because I didn’t think the water would hurt anyone. Shin guards were like another layer of skin to me‚ and my cleats seemed to remain attached to my feet more times than not. It was the one thing in my life I felt sure I was decent at. I had the speed‚ and the muscle to kick the ball across the field; I felt unstoppable. Eventually‚ a bunch of girls in my age group and I converted to a club team‚ and life seemed to flip upside down. My speed no longer
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“You ready buddy?” I heard my uncle call. I nodded in response “Yes sir!” “Well let’s get to it then” he replied. He wheeled the cherry red bicycle from the side of the house into the empty driveway. “Hop on” he said. I did as I was told. I was a nervous wreck as I climbed onto the two wheeled wonder that stood before me. The leather from the seat was of course extremely hot from the heat of the sun and scorched my leg as I sat down. I guess my anxiety showed because my uncle said “Don’t worry bud
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surgery‚ and all I hear is nothing. They put some sort of mask over my mouth. “Just close your eyes and try to sleep‚” the doctor said. I can feel my eyelids finding it hard to stay open. Next thing I knew I was out. I wake up with a lot of questions flowing through my head. I looked around the room only to find a bunch of doctors running around in their greens scrubs. I’m a little confused‚ but I manage to figure out things. My appendix ruptured; I’m in a hospital. Wow. Those are all the things
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After completing my first week on externship‚ I have learned and experienced so much already. I have experienced things that I enjoyed and experienced things that I have not enjoyed. Since this was my first week‚ the externship instructor only had me job shadow. To work with my schedule‚ I’m going to externship (which is at Mercy Wound Clinic) two times a week. The very first day of externship for me was on Wednesday‚ August 10th. That day I was so nervous walking through those doors. Luckily for
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