Consequently, I remembered surrendering to the peer pressure of my friends and my community, I was then involved in criminal and illegal activities. I recalled an event which occurred in the corner street of my hood, I let my excitement take over my mind during a fist fight and hit a guy numerous times with a wooden baseball bat. After the altercation that occurred in which I involve myself, I notice in me that this person was not what I wanted to be for the rest of my life. I knew that I had to make some changes. Most importantly I needed to make the changes for my younger brothers and since I was the older brother (father figure) I was the role model. Furthermore, I had a responsibility and that responsibility was to show my mother that was not like all my peers. I put my mother through hell and back, she never gave up on me. This strong woman did everything in her power to keep me of the streets grimy streets; she enrolled me in after school programs. She even got me involved in sports; I began playing basketball on a day-to-day basis, I became pretty good in
Consequently, I remembered surrendering to the peer pressure of my friends and my community, I was then involved in criminal and illegal activities. I recalled an event which occurred in the corner street of my hood, I let my excitement take over my mind during a fist fight and hit a guy numerous times with a wooden baseball bat. After the altercation that occurred in which I involve myself, I notice in me that this person was not what I wanted to be for the rest of my life. I knew that I had to make some changes. Most importantly I needed to make the changes for my younger brothers and since I was the older brother (father figure) I was the role model. Furthermore, I had a responsibility and that responsibility was to show my mother that was not like all my peers. I put my mother through hell and back, she never gave up on me. This strong woman did everything in her power to keep me of the streets grimy streets; she enrolled me in after school programs. She even got me involved in sports; I began playing basketball on a day-to-day basis, I became pretty good in