I was born and raised in San Antonio. I joined the Air Force 09 October, 2007. My parents worked hard, my mother cleaned commercial buildings for a living, and my father worked at Union Pacific repairing rail road tracks. His work day would consist of 14-16 hours a day six days a week and he did this for over 35 years. In my neighborhood I looked up to the people around me, because my parents were always working and if they weren 't working they were exhausted to do anything else. Growing up on the west side I witnessed drugs, violence, and a police presence that was normal to me, I felt this mature me at an early age and taught me a lot. I grew up in a house located near Callaghan and Culebra. My neighborhood is low class
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I never caused any trouble at school nor did I have any problems. While attending school in Edgewood I noticed students smoking and using profanity I never heard at home and being insubordinate to authority. My friends and I loved playing basketball and we used to always play at my friend Jacob 's house because; his parents were cool and he had the best court in the neighborhood, it was similar to the professional courts you would see on TV. While playing basketball the older teenagers would always offer us drugs or give us money when the ice cream truck came around, it was their kindness that attracted me to hang out with them. I was never into drugs and the money they offered me I would usually hide it from my parents I didn?t want them to know I had money or have them suspect …show more content…
While working at a Chinese buffet as a server an Air Force recruiter approached me and asked if I was happy working at a Chinese restaurant serving food and drinks, he gave me his card and told me to call him if I 'm ready to change my life. The next day I called him, he setup an appointment with me, and told me to come in take a practice ASVAB test. I was skeptical about taking the test I barely graduated high school and dropped out of college, the pressure of failing again was terrifying. My recruiter SSgt Caro inspired me to do my best and if I don 't do well to keep trying until I reach my goal. I took a practice test and scored a 35, the passing score at the time was a 36. SSgt Caro encouraged me to take an entire month and devote my time to studying to get the best score possible. I took his advice bought an ASVAB book for dummies and studied day and night, everywhere I went the ASVAB book would come with me anytime I had a few minutes at work I would study my word knowledge and my math skills. After 30 days I contacted SSgt Caro and told him I 'm ready to test, he scheduled me to test a week later the only thing I could think about was failing again in life and not accomplishing my goal. Before taking test my test anxiety was something I never experienced before I knew if I failed it was taking another step
I never caused any trouble at school nor did I have any problems. While attending school in Edgewood I noticed students smoking and using profanity I never heard at home and being insubordinate to authority. My friends and I loved playing basketball and we used to always play at my friend Jacob 's house because; his parents were cool and he had the best court in the neighborhood, it was similar to the professional courts you would see on TV. While playing basketball the older teenagers would always offer us drugs or give us money when the ice cream truck came around, it was their kindness that attracted me to hang out with them. I was never into drugs and the money they offered me I would usually hide it from my parents I didn?t want them to know I had money or have them suspect …show more content…
While working at a Chinese buffet as a server an Air Force recruiter approached me and asked if I was happy working at a Chinese restaurant serving food and drinks, he gave me his card and told me to call him if I 'm ready to change my life. The next day I called him, he setup an appointment with me, and told me to come in take a practice ASVAB test. I was skeptical about taking the test I barely graduated high school and dropped out of college, the pressure of failing again was terrifying. My recruiter SSgt Caro inspired me to do my best and if I don 't do well to keep trying until I reach my goal. I took a practice test and scored a 35, the passing score at the time was a 36. SSgt Caro encouraged me to take an entire month and devote my time to studying to get the best score possible. I took his advice bought an ASVAB book for dummies and studied day and night, everywhere I went the ASVAB book would come with me anytime I had a few minutes at work I would study my word knowledge and my math skills. After 30 days I contacted SSgt Caro and told him I 'm ready to test, he scheduled me to test a week later the only thing I could think about was failing again in life and not accomplishing my goal. Before taking test my test anxiety was something I never experienced before I knew if I failed it was taking another step