My Pursuit Of Ignorance

Ignorance was never allowed in my household. My parents told their children every thing that was happening in both our personal events and the world's intrinsic aspects. The harsh reality of living in a poor city in upstate New York and a father who could only support his family if he left for weeks while my mom stayed home and tried to pick up the shattered pieces-never flew under a veil for my siblings and I. Even as our world got separated they never gave false words of “vacation” or “break”, instead they told us the truth and early on established the thick line between fiction and reality. This brutal honesty gave me a unique view of the world early on, Instead of picturing innocent princesses and brutal dragons as the black and white I realized that simple nuances or gray existed and complicated things. Of course for a 6 year old it is impossible to truly understand why certain things had to happen and even without the childish white lies it was all too vast. The world has always been too big for a single person to understand and taking it one step …show more content…
The simple human act of changing that which is wrong became deeply rooted in my brain and by the time I was in middle school I realized my passion lied within the animals that struggle in our human based world. With this realization I started to take things seriously and worried about my performance and the way I use the small amount of time I have left to get ready for this lifestyle I chose. So, While my peers preach about their “maturity” and their need for “responsibility, I try not to rush the coming of adulthood and instead spend my vital teen years trying to become the best I can be before I am forced to brave the world my parents told me about. I use my years to focus on the future and how each tiny decision I make now will impact me later, so I do not end up in a hole I could have easily