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I Love Video Games

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My mother tucked me into bed as she gives me a warm motherly goodnight kiss and telling me "Buenas noches mijo.". At 6 in the morning, I remember my mother with her towel on screaming at me to get ready as she braids my other sisters ' hair. Got my backpack. utensils, and everything that a scholar needed. We left the house at 7, I arrived at my school for the 1st day of Kindergarten, and I was excited yet nervous because I was shy to meet new people. When the bell rang, I ran into my class as fast as I could so I can be in front--like my mother told me. As the last one rang, I saw students from all backgrounds--Asians, Caucasians, African Americans, and mixed--talking to each other as if they knew each already...except no one was talking to …show more content…

There has been a backlash for video games not allowing people to be social outdoors--that 's not necessarily true. You see, video games are designed to bring imagination to life, to creating an adventure in your head and outputting that idea through a video game-- I find that artistic. However, this realization didn 't come until my 12th grade of high school. Before, I was very unsure of what I wanted to do, but I had many interests on certain subjects such as Military History, Chemistry, and other sorts. Despite all curiosity, I mainly focused on just getting my classes done and passing, remembering what I learned. When I entered high school, I saw how students in the mathematics departments were not doing so well. So, I decided to become "self-employed" and helping kids with their math homework from 5PM to 1AM since that 's how late they stay up. At this time, I realized that I wanted to do something in mathematics since it was so fun to solve mathematical concepts. But, specifically, what did I want to be? I still didn 't know. Towards my last spring semester of high school, I remember an assignment that my teacher gave us. It was to find out what we wanted as a dream job. For some reason, making video games came up in mind, so when I got home, started to look for positions that required mathematics. After some intense research, I finally summed up to one degree. Computer Science. Now, I plan to pursue this dream and aim for a Master 's Degree. On top of that, I want to create a source website solely for helping students with

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