Growing up as a child of West African Immigrants came with what it seemed like as a lot of heavy baggage surrounding many things, but most importantly with this baggage came along the emphasis of education being first throughout my childhood which till this day has forever been implemented within me. As a result, growing up with this presented ideology I have conveyed an eager commitment to my academic career, achieved top tier grades, and have excelled greatly among my academic counterparts. Furthermore, the behavior that I exhibit is not simply me being a product of my environment but contends something much more broad than that. In a sociological perspective, my behavior, which is micro in a sense, has been vastly impacted by two evident
