Average Life Essay

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My Average Life People have different views on what being average is. Average in America is basically what the media portrays it to be. My life has been somewhat average. There are some things that have happened in my life that aren’t considered average in the American sense. There are some things I will discuss about my life that are and are not considered average. I was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to a Lebanese father and an American mother. When I was a year old, my parents divorced. A year later, I moved to Lebanon to live with my grandparents. I returned to the states a year and a half later. When I came back I was going back and forth from my parent’s homes due to parent molestation. Since I came from a Lebanese background I had to deal with culture issues. I was in the states but I lived in a Lebanese household and my family wanted to keep the Lebanese culture. It was tough sometimes but I am glad I know my culture and where I come from. There are a lot of people that come from a different country in the U.S., so there are a lot of people who are the same way. Other than the face that I came from a Lebanese household, I tried living a normal American life until I was sixteen. When I was sixteen I was going to fail my sophomore year and my dad’s side of the family had already moved to Lebanon. I was living with my mom at the time. At the end of my sophomore year I moved to Lebanon. I graduated from High School there and stayed for two years. I met a lot of different people while I was there. Moving to a different country isn’t really considered average since most people will try to move to the States and not move out. The first year I was there I didn’t know anybody so I had to make new friends and get to know places. The second year I had a best friend and we toured all of Lebanon together. We would be just sitting around bored and then we would think of

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