I was born in Chicago, IL in November of 1997. My father, who was 20, and my mother, who was 18, faced many struggles having a child at a young age. While in Chicago I moved around a lot and had trouble adjusting to one place at a time. At the age of three, my life restarted in Miami, FL. Once I moved to Florida, my family moved into my great grandmother’s house. After a few years, I again moved to a new house that my family no longer shared. I lived in this house for six years. The summer before I was turning eleven, I had found out my parents were getting a divorce. I had also had found out, the next year I would be moving back to Chicago. The following year, I was in Chicago with my mother and litter brother and was beginning a new
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I spent my freshman trying to become the best I could be. At first I had no rank but, at the end of the year with only three detentions and a 3.4GPA I became the Commanding Officer in my class. I was now the freshman leader and lead the example. That summer I went to ROTC camp, that only three people in my class were allowed to attend. On the last day of summer, I heard news that would affect my life next year. After my sophomore year, the ROTC program would no longer be in the school. I spent the next year still trying to do my best, my GPA went up to a 3.8, I had made the varsity drill team and I was still at the top of my ROTC class. Even though I knew what was coming at the end, I still tried to make the best of what I had. At the end of the year, I got a job that was best fit for my schedule with school. Once the last day of school came I knew the program that changed my life was no longer going to be here. At the beginning my junior year of school, I had to worry about one thing, the ACT. I maintained a GPA of 3.6 the entire school year, but my Pre-ACT score was still only at a 18. In the months prior to the real ACT I had bought a car. I had my own TV, my own cable TV, my own Xbox. While my ACT was not the best I was still enjoying my life. Then had came the news that would change my life
I spent my freshman trying to become the best I could be. At first I had no rank but, at the end of the year with only three detentions and a 3.4GPA I became the Commanding Officer in my class. I was now the freshman leader and lead the example. That summer I went to ROTC camp, that only three people in my class were allowed to attend. On the last day of summer, I heard news that would affect my life next year. After my sophomore year, the ROTC program would no longer be in the school. I spent the next year still trying to do my best, my GPA went up to a 3.8, I had made the varsity drill team and I was still at the top of my ROTC class. Even though I knew what was coming at the end, I still tried to make the best of what I had. At the end of the year, I got a job that was best fit for my schedule with school. Once the last day of school came I knew the program that changed my life was no longer going to be here. At the beginning my junior year of school, I had to worry about one thing, the ACT. I maintained a GPA of 3.6 the entire school year, but my Pre-ACT score was still only at a 18. In the months prior to the real ACT I had bought a car. I had my own TV, my own cable TV, my own Xbox. While my ACT was not the best I was still enjoying my life. Then had came the news that would change my life