I made mistakes with my parents, who were always there for me, and even made a lot mistakes with the legal system; which resulted in a domino effect of problems concerning Child Protective Services. Despite how painful and difficult the process, I survived, and am able to reflect now on the lessons learned. The major starting point in the rough road I chose can easily be seen first with my parents, for as a teenager I wasn’t an angel by any means. In fact, I was spoiled, rude, arrogant, and a very defiant little brat, talking back to my parents every chance I could. I even cursed at them several times showing my lack of respect.
Still living with parents, no job, and no education, she didn’t know what she was going to do. How would her parents react to the news? She had many things running through her mind at that time. She was scared. What if my dad didn’t stick with her?
I never had a chance to meet him, I always wonder what he looked like, I have never seen a picture of him, not grown anyways. There are some picture of him when he was younger but that’s it. I wish I could have had a chance to meet him and talk to him. His absence from my life really affected me. I never had a father figure and being a young boy at the reservation I really needed his advice.
It took me twice the time to read an assignment or to do homework than my classmates took. Everything was a new start to me. Thanks to my diverse background, I received the honor of the diversity scholarship. My parents cried on the day that I was awarded the scholarship because I was the first child go to college. It was a really big surprise for me and my family.
I visit them on holidays… I still call them mom and dad. They’re always there to support me.” Nai advises potential and current foster parents to encourage teens in their care to be the best that they can be and to do things that will affect their lives positively. “Every kid is different, so try to support them in what they want to do. [My foster parents] really tried to help me out as much as they could. I’m really thankful that I got placed in foster care as I might have otherwise been in a much worse situation with my education and in terms of becoming a successful
I had a reason to do my best and she brought that characteristic out of me. Even better than being rewarded for memory was when I learned to have fun while learning. The most prevalent experince of this for me was in my tenth grade year of high school in America. I moved to America and thought I would not fit in with society. However, when I started school I integrated well with the other students and found that many were interested in my Hatian culture.
While growing up, I felt confused, lonely and hated by my mother. I was confused in my younger years, living with my mother. At times, she was happy, and then her mood changed so drastically, she became sad or angry. She never took me to see any of my family members, and when I asked why, she said,” They don’t love us “. I wanted to ask her “Why didn’t they love us?” but the look on her face, changed my mind immediately.
The “American Dream” always existed. It also was attainable. The post war America offering VA benefits like the GI Bill, to pay for an education, and lower interest home loans made a better life the norm. The struggle was over, and the Boomers of today are finally retiring from the work force. The benefits they took advantage of were also passed down through the years allowing the “American Dream” to continue.
Dumas and her family experienced many difficulties when they first time came to United States. It is something that is very common to most families that are newcomers to America. Dumas had trouble with the language that was spoken in America, “Since my mother and I did not speak English, the meeting consisted of a dialogue between my father and Mrs. Sandberg” (Dumas, 4). There were difficulties during Dumas' school years. The problem of not being able to speak English was one of the biggest obstacles.
My family were religious and I got a bit of stick for this at school which I must admit didn't help but it wasn't the religions fault it was the cruel bigoted kids. But I decided at the age of 16 I wanted to venture into the world without religion and although it caused my family much heartache I left to do the things I wanted to. I want to make clear from the start that I wasn't trying to run away from anything or escape, I was just a teenager who thought he knew what was best. I was extremely fit as a young teenager and I was into weight training and bodybuilding and loved most sport. I managed to get a job straight out of