Ansley Seymour: A Case Study

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“When I was born all the doctor's gasped and scared my mom, because of my alien like head.” Ansley Seymour was an unusual child from the moment she was born on November 7, 2000. She lives in a zoo of four brothers, one sister, and two sets of parents. She has very problematic siblings. Her six-year-old sister, Lynn was adopted from physico parents who were addicted to drugs and was born with drugs in her system. Her brothers’ problems include tubing in their ears, heart surgery, and asperger’s syndrome. When Ansley was a child she was very mischievous. Her troublesome adventures began when her younger brother would annoy her. Because her did this, she would put him in a trash can and even shot him with a paintball gun once. Her second adventure was when she would go grocery shopping she would open a box of candy, eat the candy, and they put the box of candy back on the shelf …show more content…
She maintains As and Bs and marches in the school band. She also has danced for fourteen years and is a girl scout. She no longer is troublesome and is a model student. Her plans for the future are to attend LSU and become a veterinarian. She dreams of getting married and having many children and pets. “When things get tough you can always eat macaroni.” Ansley is a very strong person who has overcome many problems. When she was younger her parents would fight violently and eventually the divorced. This caused her to have two sets of parents and travel from house to house. She has been through the death of six of her dog. She also overcame her anger issues over the past few years. Ansley has been through many problems that have made her a better person. Ansley Seymour has had a rough childhood. Additionally, she began her childhood as a troublemaker, but is now a model student. She proves that no matter how many steps you take backwards it only takes one steps forward to turn things

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