How I Spent My Summer Vacation Essay

I was born in Yuma, Arizona but I was raised in San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora because of my parents. I was studying there, until my parents took the decision of sending my 3 siblings and me to study in the United States. This is my 5th year in this country and although it has been a little bit challenging, I have faced all kind of barriers such as learning the second language, here I am studying my first year of college. In my family we are 7 members: 2 older brothers, 2 younger sisters, both of…

The middle class. It’s exactly how it sounds. The middle of the socio economic ladder and what a majority of the United States working class is located. This class is what shaped me into the man I have become and continuing to grow as today. The middle class lifestyle affected me in ways such as I wasn’t able to be with my mom and dad as much, we had just enough to get what we needed, and it laid the ground work for the work ethic that I have now and continue to build on today. Growing up with…

something I had never put much thought into until October of my junior year in high school. For sixteen years, I lived in the same town, went to the same school, and was around the same people. I was never exposed to different languages. The farthest I had ever traveled from my hometown was twelve hours to Orlando, Florida for family vacation. I learned about language, reading, and writing in school. English was never my favorite subject but I normally excelled in it. I remember around the end…

I spent the summer of 2016 at a summer camp. It had been the longest time I had spent away from home. I met a guy there. He felt like home. He was very judgemental and persuasive. He didn't let me think on my own and he gave me an opinion of everything I did. He was just like my parents. I ended up dating him within a few days. He rushed into a relationship way too quickly, but he was exactly what my parents wanted. After all, isnt that what matters most, to please my parents? He lived in…

beginning of my 8th-grade summer vacation. Hooray! No more waking up early, and no more late nights doing homework. As the days went by, I knew I couldn’t sleep in until noon, or stay up very late, I needed to go to as many volleyball activities the school offered so I could make it on a good team. I was determined to do anything to become a 10x better athlete than I was last year because it was high school ball, not middle school ball. I went to the Summer Marathon Leagues every Monday, I…

It was fall when my grandfather died. Sitting in the kitchen one afternoon after school, my mother walked over to me with stained cheeks and delivered the bad news. Sitting there shocked as any child who received this type of news would have. See my grandfather had a long history of alcohol addiction and had been in and out of hospitals before so while shocking, his passing was not out of nowhere. One failed liver, and a few days later I sat on my bed thinking, not sad anymore just at odds.…

Never Forget My happiness comes from something I hold dear to me. I have carried this with me my entire life, even when I did not know I had it. Sometimes I might misplace it, but with a little help from others I am able to find it. On occasion it makes me sad, angry, or frustrated but more than often it makes me excited, cheerful, and happy. Any guesses? No, it is not the blanket I was wrapped in at birth. In fact, it is not something that can be held. It is something inside of myself: my…

station, I impatiently wait for my mother to finish her morning rounds at the nursing home. It is summertime, and I am eager to be dropped off at my Vacation Bible School church camp. A resident parked in her wheelchair down the hallway begins yelling, “Help me! I’m dying! Help!” over and over again. Worried, I begin frantically looking for a nurse to come help. One suddenly appears at the patient’s side, and asks what the problem was. Their response: they had a hangnail that needed clipped.…

day of school. Most of the time I enjoyed the first day of school. I loved seeing who would be in my classes, I loved that I wasn’t going to receive any homework, and I loved getting a sense of what each of my teachers were going to be like. These feelings were especially multiplied on the first day of senior year. After twelve years of schooling I had finally made it to the top of standard education. It was my turn to be in the front row at football games, it was my turn to have a locker that…

has shaped me, built my personality, and has been a part of my life ever since I can remember. Soccer has effected me all throughout my life and there is no better way for me to tell you about myself other than explaining the role soccer has played in my life. I have been around soccer for as long as I can remember. Soccer to me is more than just a game or sport. Soccer has shaped me and is a major part of the person I am today. I have played since I was four years old and I have never stopped…