Coming to a city that you are unfamiliar with comes with the opportunity to meet new people. When I first came to Chicago in the second grade there was a different culture than in Joliet. With me living on the Southside of Chicago in the Chatham neighborhood, I knew how limited my resources to education were, even at a young age. It wasn’t until the seventh grade that I started helping the student in my school with their education. There were always students in my class that were slower learners and needed somebody other than a teacher to help them get the concept of a lesson. In the classroom, I learned faster than others and my work was always finished early. I was always so eager and would always offer my teacher my assistance because it
