Personal Narrative: My Defining Moment

So that is the story of that event in my life. It was a hard event that took place in my life but what is life without the struggle right? You always have to be prepared for what 's to come in life whether that may be your mom dying or your pets dying (bad things). To your first ATV or your first visit to a state fair or a world fair in that matter (good things). What about your first job or your first car or for instance your first marriage. (also good things). These are all very important things in life and I hope if these ever occur to me I hope they will be challenging and be very interesting all at the same time. Even though many of this stuff has already occurred to me. These are the events that make your life just a little bit more interesting and will shape my life for the future to come someday

People come to America for new opportunities, for a better life, after all it is the land of the free and the home of the brave. However I never envisioned I would ever come to America. At the age of 8 my life changed forever. My mother wanted to leave our life behind and move to an unfamiliar country. I was shocked when my mom told me we be would coming here I remember feeling helpless and confused. I wanted to see my dad and my siblings but I didn’t want to leave my friends behind and I really liked the school I was attending I had just gotten into the 3rd grade which I was very excited for. I didn’t have another option, I had to come here and looking back I’ve never appreciated anything more.

Going to college has always been a dream of mine, I never knew what I wanted to major in or any clue of what career I wanted to go into. It all started with my love of finding out more about the world around me I thought is was just my curiosity like everyone else but it was something different. That’s when I found my love for science. At first I really didn’t see my love for until sophomore year of high school when we would get on a subject and wanted to learn more about the particular subject not just what was in the book.

I have grown as a person not only for myself, but for my younger brother along with my older sister. I was always the one to hold the family together. I wanted to give my younger brother something to look up to and I wanted to give my older sister some motivation. My older sister chose not to go to college, making me the first person to go to college out of our family. This is when I realized that I have grown as a person. I use to be very angry as a consequence I would try to sabotage the good things that were coming my way. However I chose to change the way I looked at what happened. If it was not for this situation I would not be where I am today. I am thankful for the reason that I came from a negative situation and I chose to turn it into a positive outcome. I can relate to many different people because I have experienced the both sides of life. I have been in many different family dynamics. I can relate to the people who have both parents in their life and I can relate to the people who don’t have any parents. This period of my life is where I grew the most. It is the period when I realized I get to choose my outcome. I can choose to be angry for the rest of my life or I can choose to be happy and look at the past

I don’t recall having a hard time learning how to read. It was one of those things that just came easily to me for some reason. For the most part I enjoyed reading as well. The only time I didn’t enjoy reading was when I didn’t understand a certain word or a certain phrase. One of the strongest memories I have from learning to read was when I was unable to pronounce the word “the”.

Lani: I was helping for someone’s project for COMM 245; I was in the video lab, in the studio. I was on campus and decided to contact everyone I knew who comes to the school. I remember I sent out a snap saying guys I think there is a shooting, be careful and then I started sending out individual texts to people making sure they were okay, like hey are you good? Stay out of an area. I didn’t know how many people were getting shot. I just knew it’s not good and that we have to be careful. At first, the campus was like we are unsure, just be careful, and then it took some time till I finally got an email that said stay on campus and were held there for about two hours, I just kept recording.

My hero is Katricia Robinson. Katricia Robinson is my mother, as a mother she plays a huge roll in my life she’s more than a mother she’s my best friend, she’s my hero. My mother is a hard worker, strong, loving, caring , independent woman. She’s the greatest woman ever, my mother is a walking miracle, she’s a woman with a lot of strength and faith.

I should be selected to participate in the Pathway Program because it’s a great opportunity to me and for my career. I want to go to nearest college and save my money. Our family went through hardship. It impacted my success in high school. Everything happened so big and I couldn’t forget the past that went through. We were basically well living family as other family. I never knew this would happen to me and to our family. We had finical difficulties. We didn’t have money to pay our moorage which was pass due 2 months and got several foreclosure notice. We also, had been in hunger for 2days because we didn’t have food in our house and didn’t had money to buy grocery. We went to Food Pantry to get free food. The food that we got taste really good. In order

“Set,” Bang! The gun goes off and I quickly shoot ahead of the rest of the field. My strides long and quick as I sprint for the track. I can’t hear anyone behind me, I must be a good 10 meters in front of everyone else. I run around the track and continue to sprint across the field back to the crowd of parents, friends, and girls soccer players who were forced to attend this last cross country meet of the season. As I continue to approach the group, my mind and body turn numb, Everyone is cheering for me, and I realize that I’ll never experience this again. I’m practically floating through the course, still no other runners are near me. That was the way it would stay, all the way through the 3.1 miles as I crossed the finish line in first place, capturing my team’s second league championship and undefeated season.

It was a cold November morning in the valley of Cowan, when I fired my first shot. It was a smooth and clean feeling after I pulled the trigger. I than saw the deer hunker as the slug hit its side, and it began to run away from us. Dad, knowing I had made a good shot, still decided to jump out of the blind window to end the animals suffering. Unfortunately, when his foot caught, it was all over from then. Once, I was inside the blind and the next I was in the cold crisp air. I then saw Dad on the ground cursing himself for jumping through the window.

Since the young age of 7, my parents have been separated. We were a family of 4 now in a new town. Tarkington a small town in the middle of nowhere was where we decided to settle down and start over on our new life in the middle of the school year I must add. But growing up in predicament made me mature a bit faster than expected and has shaped me into the person I have become today.

In our lives, we have experiences that can change the way we look at things. In the past 20 years my mom had been an independent woman. Finding her way to come to America with just me and also finding a job. Working really hard for me to have a better education and providing for me and also herself. Traveling to Belgium and Sierra Leone was a good experience, and I’m glad my mom took me. Learn who I am as a person and what I want to do in my life. This inspiring me a lot because my mom was able to do things on her own with not much too even care for herself and also never giving up. Learn if you put your mind to it, it will surely happen. Was tough for my mom to bring us both to American. Form Sierra Leone, Belgium, London and coming back to Belgium and finally ending up in

Today is the big day. The cross country meet. It’s finally wrap up and i heard the all call for all the Cross Country kids to go and get ready. Me and couple of other kids get out of our seats and leave the classroom. We quickly get ready and head for the buses.

87). It was during this stage; my parents met each other, and got married. My mom was 22 years old when she got married which sound so young. She was very busy during this time in her life. She had two children by the time she was 24, and was primarily a homemaker. One of the biggest difficulties during this time was my brother was very sick when he was born, and he needed surgery to fix a problem with his stomach, and she was taking him back and forth from the doctor frequently plus my sister was only 18 months old. My mom stated, “I don’t know how I got through it, “while discussing this stage of her life but never felt isolated in any way. I was born later which a five year age gap between me and my brother. My mom told me, “After Eileen and John were born, I felt like I was going to be pregnant very year because they were born so close together. It was my biggest fear I would have all these kids, and get lost, but thankfully this did not happen.” My parents always seemed to have a good relationship and worked together to raise a family even at their young

A sense of accomplishment is invaluable to a person. Not only does a sense of accomplishment build confidence and faith in oneself, but it also allows one to reflect on how wonderful the journey to the accomplishment was, and how every little struggle and triumph was worth it. In the middle of summer, where time seems endless and the stress of the previous school year has been shed by students, I never expected to find out that I scored a five on both of the advanced placement exams I took. Nor did I have one-hundred percent confidence the goals we set as section leaders of the marching band would actually be met. Yet to my surprise, I had the good fortune of accomplishing challenging things in both aspects of my life. Both accomplishments, especially my scores on the Advanced Placement exams, gave me a sense of self-confidence and faith in my ability to accomplish my goals that I had