It’s funny what happens when everything changes so fast; one forgets about who really cares about them and who’s been there for them since day one. I made that mistake and was with new people every weekend. While it’s nothing I regret, it’s something I wish I had managed differently, and I felt bad about how I had treated my friends. When I apologized to them they forgave me, but it was never the same when I was with them. Going through this experience taught me to never take anything for granted because when everything is given to somebody at the same time, it’s easy to forget who’s
Barry was getting ready to start Junior High School and it was going to happen anyway. (Barry 47). For the longest time I wasn’t grateful for the knowledge that Scott shared with me that day. Just like Barry, I became very insecure about the things I had and worried they weren’t enough. I honestly don’t know if was pride or ignorance that kept the veil over my eyes for so long.
Getting older I went thru a phase where I always wanted to cover up (jacket, big clothes ect), but after that phase I became comfortable in my own skin. Embraced who I was and begin loving me. Learning about the Transtheoretical model of behavior change helped me to clearly understand the many changes I been thru and are currently going thru today. The first stage is pre contemplation where I was in denial that a problem existed; I did not intend to start a healthy behavior in the near future and was very unaware of
From that moment on I knew that the decision he made was going to change my life forever. It was hard to deal with the thought that in only two months I would have to leave everything I ever knew. The life I had was all I have ever asked for. I had amazing friends, did well in school, had a great relationship with my family and was always involved in
The place where I know I’m most welcome Throughout my life I have faced a lot in school and it was not only academy wise there were more to it, I used to be blamed for things I don’t know about. However I learned how to make all bad things good things and make the best out of it all. I realize that difficulties can make you accomplish a lot in your life without you fighting back. I move to America three years ago and came to the country with no idea of how the school system works and I did not have any idea of how they teach students differently. Trying to achieve what I want in life is really hard all I know is that I have support all the way to the end.
My favorite aspect of college is being on my own. I have depended on my parents my entire life always having them check up on me making sure I complete work and maintain a schedule etc. This always scared me because I always would worry about what I would do when I was on my own at. How would I handle the stress, workload and time management? So four years later here I am a senior with two majors under my built closing out my last semester here.
And while I had my toys and my friends around I still had to be responsible about doing my homework and wake up every morning and wear my clothes to go to school. I learned to do everything by myself and. Finally after one year my dad decided that we can go to see my mom. At the first time, I did not feel anything when I saw her because I could not remember her as a mom. This really hurt me as
Moreover, I did not say a word to anybody my entire first year. I could not read any of the work giving to me much less understand it. Consequently, I was held back one grade. Times where difficult for me the first few years here in America.This new life I now live in America transformed me completely to a different person. Today, I realize how important and significant that change was.
For the first time in my life I had my legs taken from underneath me. My first initial thought was hey maybe this will be fun, everyone seems nicer to disabled people, you get to ride everywhere instead of walking, and I remembered kids in class that got to leave early to get to the next. But the first time it hit me of how hard the next few months were gonna be didn't take long. Right when I got back from the hospital and was coherent I quickly realized I really could not use my legs. I was in shock, I had plans to go places and all those dreams came to a halt.
Michayla Goyette Professor Evers Narrative Essay- Rough Draft 24 September, 2012 If I had to choose one thing that I’ve learned throughout my nineteen years here, I would point out how precious things are taken for granted every day. It could be as simple as figuring out something to do for the day or night; we don’t ever think that the plans we have could be gone before we know it. This never occurred to me until I had to face reality and deal with the fact that my amazing older brother had passed away in November of last year. I never really faced a real, what we call ‘tragedy’ until I heard what had happened on that day. I had been having a great couple of months, feeling like nothing could ever