March 15, 2001, the day that changed my families life, and forced me to grow up faster than usual. I was no longer the youngest child, no longer the baby of the family, I was now the middle sister, the older sister, a sister that my baby brother, Kevin now had to look up to for support, guidance, and maturity. I am the middle child of 5 children between my mom and dad. My dad has 5 kids including myself, but my mom only has three. Two older sisters, and two younger brothers, places my right in the middle of my family. My family is spread out all over Western New York, I have a sister who lived in Albion, and I didn’t meet until my little brother was born, and my youngest brother, who is 5 years younger than me, I don’t see except on holidays.
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Ask anyone in Batavia about the worst place to live, you will get one simple answer, State Street. Ask any child living on State Street, the worst part of living there, and they will tell you: labels. I really can’t tell you a single memory of myself from State Street, that involved anyone that lived there having problems. All of the problems were caused by people, who already had an ill perspective of the area, causing problems within the community. I can’t even lie, when we moved from State Street, to a bigger house, I was upset. State street is the place that matured me into who I am today. The things that happened over there, for better and for worse, shaped me into me. If I didn’t move over near all of those people, I wouldn’t have the same goals …show more content…
People say things like, “It won’t matter what happened between you and your ‘friends’ in high school” or “ your perspectives will change so your friend group will change”, but that’s not true for me, The people that I grew up with in the “worst part” or “ghetto” of batavia have taught me things beyond the grasps any teachers can or will. Those “people” have taught me morals, matured me, and shaped me into someone that wants to get out. State Street may create hard hearts, but it also creates matured minds.Everyone acts like Batavia sucks the life out of you if you live here, through the drama and they act like there isn’t any hope for the youth out here.If you live in the “ghetto”, you’ll die in the ghetto. The things that people did over there, including my family, and myself at some point, may not have been the right choices, but they were the choices that basically forced me to grow up, and realize there is more for me to do than to live in Batavia my whole
Ask anyone in Batavia about the worst place to live, you will get one simple answer, State Street. Ask any child living on State Street, the worst part of living there, and they will tell you: labels. I really can’t tell you a single memory of myself from State Street, that involved anyone that lived there having problems. All of the problems were caused by people, who already had an ill perspective of the area, causing problems within the community. I can’t even lie, when we moved from State Street, to a bigger house, I was upset. State street is the place that matured me into who I am today. The things that happened over there, for better and for worse, shaped me into me. If I didn’t move over near all of those people, I wouldn’t have the same goals …show more content…
People say things like, “It won’t matter what happened between you and your ‘friends’ in high school” or “ your perspectives will change so your friend group will change”, but that’s not true for me, The people that I grew up with in the “worst part” or “ghetto” of batavia have taught me things beyond the grasps any teachers can or will. Those “people” have taught me morals, matured me, and shaped me into someone that wants to get out. State Street may create hard hearts, but it also creates matured minds.Everyone acts like Batavia sucks the life out of you if you live here, through the drama and they act like there isn’t any hope for the youth out here.If you live in the “ghetto”, you’ll die in the ghetto. The things that people did over there, including my family, and myself at some point, may not have been the right choices, but they were the choices that basically forced me to grow up, and realize there is more for me to do than to live in Batavia my whole