Diversity In My Life

From the outside, I resemble the kind of person who has had an easy go at life, strolling through, not having to endure frequent hardships. Of course, many have this look painted on them, but not often is it the truth, and not often does it represent any significant part of their life story.

Although I look like I might have lived in Oregon my whole life, I have actually moved seven times, beginning in the valleys and suburbs of Los Angeles. The first eight years of my life were relatively peaceful, living in a large home only an hours drive away from Hollywood. After years of this relatively easy life, the building tensions between my parents reached their climax when the divorce came. This brought many coming changes, including my first move to a rented home, and my first year in a public elementary school. …show more content…
Luckily, I found some people who were nice enough to associate themselves with me, and I began my long line of creating and losing friendships. Soon came the second move in California, along with my second public school, and my first large group of friends. At this point I had been shown a variety of Californian and foreign bred cultural groups which I would have never experienced otherwise. However, following the same pattern of my previous two years of school, I was bound to move again. This time was not the same as the others, though, as I would be moving over 6,000 miles south, to the wine province of Mendoza,