1. I grew up in San Francisco in an area where the majority of residents had lives there for generations. In my building all of my neighbors were older than my parents and a few were even older than my grandparents. Mrs. Garcia was a woman who lived in the apartment under us. She was in her 90s and had lost most of her hearing by the time I was eight…
When we moved back to Los Fresnos, my mom would take my brother and I to the library in the summer at the beginning of my sixth grade year. I remember the first time my mother took my brother and I to the library. The long rows of bookshelves were a true sight to behold. In that instant, it was as if my mom read my mind. “Now, let’s go get you two your first library card.”…
In the summer we would play on our large patio, jump rope, house and 4-square. I lived there with my mom and sister, but we moved because my mom was selling narcotics and the police raided the house. My mom became incarcerated and that forced us to move to Alabama and live with my grandma’s family. I was very unhappy. I hated every minute…
The five hours drive in Pensacola was the longest five hours drive in all the traveling I’ve done. When my dad was driving to Pensacola I felt nervous doing to much thinking but my dad gave me encouragement saying just do me. My games in Pensacola were bad to me because I didn’t have any points, I think I’m the only one on my team who had zero points the whole weekend. I barely had any playing time even when I did a good job on both ends of the court. Most people say it’s not all about points but it is about points because how can you win with zero points it’s impossible.…
I've lived in the Rio Grande Valley my whole life. Ever since I could remember, I had never been outside these valley roads. I had always dreamed about what a vacation would be like. I ustheir ed to have friends all the time tell me about their trips to San Antonio, Houston, and Florida , just to name a few. I came from a lower class family of five so a vacation was never an option for us.…
A universal theme for me moving from Texas to California is overcoming. I was 8 years old when my family moved, and had to overcome knowing no one, a new school, and being out of my comfort zone. At this age you tend to start making good friends, all hang out in groups, and be less adventurous. My parents kept saying, “Find people who like the same things as you, and everything else will be easy”. The next week I did just that.…
I am Azure Kennedy. I am eighteen years old and I am an only child. I grew up in a really small-town Ukiah, California and have lived there with my parents my entire life. I am so thankful to have grown up in without a doubt one of the most beautiful states in America. I lived an hour from the beach and an hour from the city.…
I grew up in Sacramento, California in a neighborhood more specifically called East Sac. My neighborhood is known for the houses in the Fab 40s which I lived in. The Fab 40s is known for big beautiful houses out of a movie and being an extremely safe neighborhood. One of my favorite places in East Sac is my grandma’s house.…
People everywhere go through various experiences in their lives. Whether these experiences are big or small, they affect us in some way. The results of these experiences can be good or bad, or a little bit of both, but either way they shape our lives. The biggest life experience I’ve ever gone through is my move to California. Although this only happened about a year ago, it was a huge change for me because I left so much behind for an unknown future.…
About two years before moving to California, my grandpa had passed from an illness I still can’t comprehend today. His death really changed my grandma, my mom, and my uncle. I moved to California after that. I only distinctly remember my middle school. I had went to this school called Cooper, and I met my best friend there.…
This autobiography is about me a thirteen year old girl named Kelia Portis. I grew up in Alameda, California(the bay area). All of my family on my mom's side had lived there my grandma, aunts, uncles, and lots of cousins. The sad thing though is that I had to move out of California and go to Colorado. My birthday was even the day that my family and I were moving so I had a sixth birthday party before we left all of my family was there.…
When I was younger, my parents always bragged how I was a quiet and obedient child. Growing up in a small town of Tennessee and Illinois, where there were more trees than people, you knew everyone. Everyone knew you. Life was simple back then. Everything changed after moving to California, with massive schools, more people, and bigger houses.…
LONG ASS DAY The ride to Austin seemed to last a lifetime. I was sprawled in the backseat sleeping the hours away until we finally arrived into the hot city. My mom, sister and I unsure of what to do, decided to just park the car and walk around. I suggested going to a botanical garden even though the heat was almost unbearable and we were all pretty tired. The first thing we did was go to the gift shop to get a map to explore the garden.…
For this paper I went to Disneyland in Anaheim, California. I went to the park with my dad on November 9th. We came straight from the airport and arrived at around 10am. The entrance to the park was relatively empty, this was probably due to the fact that the front is really large and it only gets noticeably crowded during the morning while guests are waiting for the park to open. Despite being pretty empty at the entrance, there was a line to get through security.…
My Trip to California It was an early June morning and I was packing for a trip that we were leaving for in five hours. I was very excited because I was going to California for the first time. The reason I was going to California was because I really wanted to go there, and my sister wanted me to visit her.…