Chrissy Jackson Research Paper

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The Life of Chrissy Jackson
November 20th 1998, a very intelligent, quiet, shy girl was born. She entered the world not knowing that life would be a confusing mist for her. She would witness changes in her life that she didn’t quite understand. Changes that made her into the woman she is today. A woman of God, courage, determination and faith. Most importantly, a woman who learned to love herself.

One night me and my mother was arguing over something and from that moment everything went left. She was fussing, I was fussing and we didn’t even bother to listen to each other. Next thing I know, my mom had her hands around my throat and she was choking me. Literally choking me with her hands, I was trying to move her hands and breathe because
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Constantly having to watch your back because you don’t know when he’s going to strike is stressful. One day were in the car riding and he automatically started acting like a crazed lunatic. He was hitting my younger siblings and I reacted fast. We were fighting back and forth and for a quick second I turned around to get something and he stabbed me in my back. I was in excruciating pain. Crying and holding my back, I didn’t know what was happening. From that point, I wanted to kill him. My mom was hitting him and as she was hitting, I was bleeding and holding my sisters behind me. From that moment on, I never wanted to see him again, It made me into a very protective and harmful …show more content…
I’ve made my parents proud and I stayed in school. Most importantly, I didn’t become another statics. I graduated not only on time, but over the top ten percent. From my freshman year to my senior year I’ve made extreme progress. Excited and upset I was happy to leave North Pitt. I would miss most of my teachers, but it was an experience here. I entered high school with plenty of friends and ended it with only four. After attending college for four years, I graduated with my Bachelor 's degree in Counseling Psychology. Secondly, I went back to school where I earned my PhD in Counseling Psychology, you 're now looking at Doctor

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