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When i first came to Baltimore I was thirteen and didn't have a care in the world about anything except for the fact that I'm leaving all my friends in South Carolina. Once I got to Baltimore and got settled in things were still really difficult getting use too. I had an extremely strict mother who I bumped heads with all the time and on the other hand I had to deal with the kids from school teasing me because I had a really strong southern accent.

As I got older and started high school I became familiar with the wrong crowd of friends, I started skipping school and things got worse at home with me and my mother. Eventually, I ended up being placed in foster care and still found it really hard to adjust too because of all the rumors that I …show more content…
Now, three months after my son was born I was placed in a beautiful living program with wonderful mentors, I started my first semester in college February 1st, I am great with budging and time management, and have a lot of support from my biological mother and peers. Because of these reasons, right now is the perfect time for me to attend classes for my major of Business Administration. I am currently attending classes and do find it a little challenging with buying necessities like books and other school items as well as assistance with child care so that I can successfully attend class in the right state of mind, I am currently taking that needed steps for applying for day care vouchers to help with assistance; but, there is a waiting list of at least three months which is extremely irritating, and, very challenging to deal with. I am very confident that in one way or another I will be successful in order to make living for me and my children better and

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