Who am I? That is a very deep question. I think the only way I can answer that truthfully is by saying, I do not know exactly who I am, but I know who I want to become. I want to become a well rounded individual, someone who everyone likes and looks up too. I want to be someone my family can be proud of.…
I am Nisha Purayil and live in St. Augustine, Florida. I moved to Florida about a year back from Connecticut. I am presently working for a health insurance company in their Medicare department. I enrolled for MBA in Healthcare to gain more knowledge and skills necessary for taking on opportunities in various health services organizations. I am married and have two wonderful girls.…
I have not been thinking differently but I am surely endeavoring. I have an arduous time changing things about myself so at this point I am just gradually endeavoring. After reading these two chapters I endeavor to disunite my emotions from my thinking due to the fact that they incline to get me into an abundance of trouble. Prior to making decisions, I stop and notice first if I am allowing my emotions to get in the way. I ascertain no emotions are tied to my decisions just so at the end I get a good outcome.…
I'm Kayla Donlin a 14 year old freshman at Medomak valley high school. I come from a small town of warren Maine with Andrea and Chris Donlin who are my parents and my four brothers Kevin, Kyle, Kory, and Kollin. I'm proud of everything I accomplished because I did and I'm proud of myself, I like to look and see all the obstacles I have overcome. I'm also proud of how people see me as a human I'm always happy when someone says to me how respectful I am. My favorite place by far on earth is my house on a Sunday night when all seven of us are watching football and having something for dinner.…
College Essay Growing up in New Haven, Connecticut there weren’t big mansions, people with expensive cars, nor any sign of wealth .It ’s a small city filled with homeless people, violence and poor neighborhoods that made me into the person I am today. A city so small you see the same people everyday.…
I believe that my personal background, and my success despite the adversity that I have faced is an essential part of who I am. The first of my struggles came from being born to two teenage parents without at least a high school education, and although my mother went on to get a GED and to college my father did not. Many people in my family had issues with substance abuse and addictions including my father. Although, I was raised by my mother and grandmother, my father’s actions and behaviors negatively impacted my life. My father was verbally and mentally abusive to the people around him, especially when he used alcohol.…
Who am I? For some people the answer to this question is simple. They are able to answer this question without much thought. However, while some find solace and pride in answering this thought provoking question, it has always stirred in me a feeling of angst and confusion. These uncomfortable feelings emerged because of my interracial background and upbringing.…
I am Kierra Strickland. I am 22 years old. I was born in Laurel, Ms but raised in Moselle, Ms. I am the eldest of 3 and I am a new mom to a beautiful princess “Kyla McKenzie.” My 22 years of life has been wonderful but I must say that this past year has been a blast.…
Today was the day, I had just turned 16. Not only that, but I had just passed my driver’s test on my first try. I filled out the form enthusiastically, ready to finally be able to drive without adult supervision. As I finish I hear my number being called, I walked over to the counter and handed the papers to the lady working there. She looks it over then pauses for a second and says “You can only pick one race sir”.…
Fetsch ! 6seemed to understand why my mother wasn’t Asian like me. I began to now wish that I had just not been adopted. It’s awful and wrong but I just couldn’t apologize for it.…
I am very determined, I would not have arrived to this point in my education if I was not. My determination has definately recieved far more attention, it is seen in everything I do. When I've been faced with a challenge that others, or even I, have deemed impossible it does not stop me. I have spent many nights working a project to perfection, I did it not to just get an A, but to ensure the work I put out is the best I have to offer. I had once taken a test seven times online for my college algebra course just so I could get a hundred, in all honesty it was a bit maddening…
My identity has been shaped by three things my friends, my sisters, and my dog they have all helped me be who i am today. My friends have helped me be more talkative, i used to be really shy and quiet until i met my best friend. We met each other by our parents and we were really quiet when we met so we didn’t talk to each other much. After a while our parents made us start talking and once we started we couldn’t stop it was really fun to be with her, then we started to go to the same kindergarten.…
There have been many events in my life that have shaped me into the person that I am today, but there is one event in particular that has shaped me into who I am today. This took place when I was 12 years old in 6th grade. It all started when one day I was sitting in class and suddenly I was told that my Mom was here to pick me up, I was so confused because there was nothing going on that day that required me to go home early. When I got to the office I didn’t want to ask her what was going on but when we reached the car I saw that there were a whole bunch of trash bags with our belongings in them. I also saw my siblings…
I am a mixture. A mixture of the habits I have developed from those closest to me, the cultures of my ancestors and my parents, along with interests that are ever growing. Among these there are a few that were instrumental in the discovery of both myself and what my future held in store. For the past 17 years I have grown up in a household that was much larger than one roof could cover.…
Perhaps it is because I am an archaeologist, but I find it easy to see the correlation between my youth and where I am now. My past was primarily filled with day dreams, forests, travel, and unfortunately the deaths of many family members. Each event greatly shaped me into the person I am today. Someone who I like to believe is kind hearted, adventurous, greatly interested in the lives of other people, and pursuing a perception of the world that makes me happy to be alive. As a child, I remember being enveloped by my own imagination.…