Personal Narrative: The Fourth Chapter Of My Life

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The fourth chapter of my life that made me who I am today is when I entered college to today. People say college is a time of self-discovery and it has been no different for me. Entering college, I was nervous about making friends, as I did not want to be one of the people who makes no friends. During orientation, I met two people who I got decently along with, and I stuck around them. I was a little disappointed because I didn’t really expand outside of them and I thought they were going to be my college friend group. At the beginning of school, there is an event called block party, and I was supposed to go to it with my new friends. One friend did not go since he lived in Stockton and did not want to drive back to the school, so it …show more content…
Starting from elementary school, I have been immersed in Japanese culture, and it has shaped the pride that I have today for the Japanese culture, as well as my desire to visit Japan. In middle school, I was traumatized into feeling smaller than other people, making me have a very low tolerance for belittlement. This is mixed with my mother’s influence of not letting people push you around, but I go a little too far still, meaning I need to practice my father’s patience and understanding. In Boy Scouts I learned about survival, and learned about my desire to help people. I was also given the opportunity to grow into a better leader, and someone who can speak in public is necessary. In high school I learned about friendship and social cues. I treasure my good friends just as much as I treasure my family, and I feel like I developed this value in high school. In college I learned about love, and how I have absolutely no understanding of it. I also was given a better set of critical thinking skills from Tumblr as well as classes. Although I have gone through so much, I am still developing into who I will become. The person I am today is not the person that I will be tomorrow because I understand that I am highly inexperience in many aspects of life. Looking to the future, my hope is to become a Pharmacy supervisor like my father, and be respected by my colleagues. Currently I am in the dark about love, and I even question whether I can actually love a person. But I hope that in the future, I can get a better understanding of who I am so that I know exactly how to take care of myself. One thing I am proud of is that I have not wasted a single relationship. Although breaking up is sad, I a proud that I took that opportunity and learned about myself. I know that my story is far from over, and on this path, I will definitely get a better grasp of who I am, who I want to be, and who I

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