The Influence Of Cartoons

Have you ever tried learning English by reading a dictionary? I was a four-year-old immigrant that knew nothing about the English language and culture and it was all I could do. I knew nothing and could not do anything. English was not the only thing I struggled with during this time. When my mother gave birth to my little brother, a new family member was added to an already cramped apartment. The apartment was similar to a ten by ten cubicle, with the bathtub in the middle of the living room. Therefore, when guests were over, I could easily say hello while taking a shower.
As a kid, cartoons about futuristic technologies captivated and impacted me immensely. Cartoons like MegaMan had many gadgets that were not available at the time. However, over the years, I have grown alongside technology and noticed that these said cartoons heavily foretold society’s technological advances such as …show more content…
Now, to just pay the land tax and mortgage, my mom works in two jobs, often going over-time from 5pm to 4am and then 7 am to 3 pm. And so the cycle continues. I feel pitiful when I know that the me now is powerless and unable to provide any meaningful income. I tried working at a farm in summer of my sophomore year of high school but that money meant nothing once we added in electricity, gas and water fees. Understanding these circumstances, I had to figure out ways to climb up the social ladder without spending unnecessary money. Over the summer of my junior year in high school I noticed that there was a MIT edX Facebook page for Introduction to Computer Science using Python. Of course, I signed up and completed the course with a 95 overall. I feel like that is not that enough, so by taking advantage of the numerous free courses in edX, I started to learn more about programming than I did before, with courses like HTML and