Reflective Essay: My Ethnography Of My Life

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My own personal theme is about resilience. Throughout my life I have shown evidence of resilience by overcoming challenges such as being on poverty and not being able to pay bills for a while, sometimes needing to borrow money from others. To overcome the obstacles I gave my family hope inspiration because of how hard I was working in school so I made them think that if I can get decent grades in school and still have lots of free time to do my chores, rest and do things that I like. I have seen lots of people in poverty in my neighborhood because they aren’t always able to get new clothes or shoes when they need it the most. They also have to help their family make money by helping them at their job or getting another full time
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Also I have grew up in a neighborhood where most people are in poverty. The times that I have felt more successful is when I got good grades at school and when I found out that I suck at gaming, especially at Call of Duty, Clash Royale, and Geometry Dash. I usually am excited, relieved, and/or happy when I beat a new lever usually like a demon because I never beat any demons. My most difficult times trying to beat demons are when I beat Cataclysm, then Bloodbath shortly after, then The Janus Miracle that is now rated easier than it originally was, Then Sonic Wave, Infernal Abyss, Ice Carbon Diablo X, Erebus, Yatagarasu, Artificial Ascent, Sakupen Hell, Subsonic, Black Blizzard, Hatred, Phobos, Athanatos, Conical Depression, Betrayal of Fate, A Bizarre Phantasm, Blade of Justice, Audio Extraction, Aftermath, Red World Rebirth, The Flawless, Cataclysm, Heartbeat, The Ultimate Phase, Duelo Mastro, Hypersonic, Quest for Perfection, Falling Up, and lots more levels. So this means that you can learn that I suck at video games and have had lots of hard times that I recovered from to be where I am

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