Biographical Essay 'It's Tough'

The day was Febuary the 23rd and it was a glum and rainy day at Toronto prep school on the corner of Davisville and mount pleasant. I was sitting with a boy my age, 17 and we were getting into conversation as country music sung in the background. He’s a jewish boy how loves his family dearly, and comes off as a kind man. it was around 2:00 and felt like it was 6:00, he sat with a slump and twiddled a pen spring, in-between his thumbs hesitantly as I collected my papers to begin the interview.

I am an Introverted person, someone who keeps to themselves but has a lot to say… It’s Tough. Always being in the background can feel ruff sometimes and its something that I’ve been dealing with for a wile. At the same time i love being an outsider, as my mom always said "its boring being normal” and i tend to live by this as much as i …show more content…
I love the architecture and the culture of Europe its always amazed me. I Love History, and Europe is full of rich history the buildings are decked with art work from many hundreds of years ago. There are beautiful cassles, art work and you can even visit were the pope sat, there was a 100 day period of time were the pop sat in France. The feeling that if you look out side its the same view as an accent frenchman would see. Its mainly my love for history that pushes me to explore my boundaries and it a really exiting idea to think one day i might live in Europe and that something I’m going to strive to do.

During The prep for my Barmitsva was one of the best bonding moments for my family I’ve really ever had. I had to read from the Tora which meant i had to learn some Hebrew. My family all shared there own Tora portions and helped me finish mine to become a man. This was a moment ill remember for as long as I live. I can still speak some of the portion i had to memorize. My dad remembers his portion from 40 years ago, which still amazes me. It’s a true bonding