I can remember the day I received my first car, It was six months after my sixteenth birthday, and I had already managed to somehow acquire my drivers license. It was April, the flowers were blooming, the weather had changed from bitter cold, to a warm and inviting temperature. I had just gotten home from school and my dad shouts, “Micaiah, let’s go check out some cars.” My heart was exploding with excitement, the thought of me actually being able to have a car of my own was the best news so far. I ran down the stairs and out to the car. Click, the sound of seat belt being buckled, and the sound of me ready to set foot into my new car. The moment the keys of my 2007 Mazda 3 were placed into the palm of my hand, I knew from that point on my
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With a car comes Responsibility. I knew that my parents were going to hold me accountable on how I manage my car in relation to school, work, and free time. I also knew that with a car comes independence. Receiving my first car is the first step to becoming an adult, and sooner or later I will find myself out of the house surviving on my own. From responsibilities, to gaining independence, leads to learning self-control. I had to learn the hard way that driving is not all fun and games. Driving is a very serious matter and having self-control is a major part. Responsibility, Webster defines responsibility as “A duty or task that you are required or expected to do.” Receiving my car I now had duties that were required of me. These duties included managing time, working, and keeping up with grades. When it came to managing time in the past, I was never on my own time. Anywhere I went, or wanted to do was always on someone else 's time, but not mine. Sometimes when I knew that I was going to hear the wrath of my parents for arriving late to …show more content…
I remember asking my mom or dad to drive me to the movies, and how annoyed they were having to drive me to a nine o 'clock showing that ended at eleven thirty. I recall telling my friends, or sometimes myself, “If I had a car they wouldn’t have to drive me around everywhere, I don’t understand why they won’t give me one. It’ll be easier on them.” Now that I have a car I do not depend on my parents to take me places at all. If I would like to wake up and go shopping on Saturday morning, there is no more waiting till mom or dad is done with what they are doing. I simply get my keys and drive to where I please. That is how independence works at hand now that I have a vehicle, and it all ties back to being responsible. I am responsible for being in the right places at the right time. When my parents were the ones to take me places they knew where I was because they were the ones that took me there. Now that I am independent it is up to me to do the right thing. Independence is just another step into adulthood. I am detached from the leach that kept me as a child bound to where my parents wanted me to go, or took me. My car symbolizes adulthood, I am independent and moving along the road into a future of my own. As I make my journey towards adulthood I know it will not be easy, but I will still have my parents to be there, just maybe
With a car comes Responsibility. I knew that my parents were going to hold me accountable on how I manage my car in relation to school, work, and free time. I also knew that with a car comes independence. Receiving my first car is the first step to becoming an adult, and sooner or later I will find myself out of the house surviving on my own. From responsibilities, to gaining independence, leads to learning self-control. I had to learn the hard way that driving is not all fun and games. Driving is a very serious matter and having self-control is a major part. Responsibility, Webster defines responsibility as “A duty or task that you are required or expected to do.” Receiving my car I now had duties that were required of me. These duties included managing time, working, and keeping up with grades. When it came to managing time in the past, I was never on my own time. Anywhere I went, or wanted to do was always on someone else 's time, but not mine. Sometimes when I knew that I was going to hear the wrath of my parents for arriving late to …show more content…
I remember asking my mom or dad to drive me to the movies, and how annoyed they were having to drive me to a nine o 'clock showing that ended at eleven thirty. I recall telling my friends, or sometimes myself, “If I had a car they wouldn’t have to drive me around everywhere, I don’t understand why they won’t give me one. It’ll be easier on them.” Now that I have a car I do not depend on my parents to take me places at all. If I would like to wake up and go shopping on Saturday morning, there is no more waiting till mom or dad is done with what they are doing. I simply get my keys and drive to where I please. That is how independence works at hand now that I have a vehicle, and it all ties back to being responsible. I am responsible for being in the right places at the right time. When my parents were the ones to take me places they knew where I was because they were the ones that took me there. Now that I am independent it is up to me to do the right thing. Independence is just another step into adulthood. I am detached from the leach that kept me as a child bound to where my parents wanted me to go, or took me. My car symbolizes adulthood, I am independent and moving along the road into a future of my own. As I make my journey towards adulthood I know it will not be easy, but I will still have my parents to be there, just maybe