Personal Narrative: Southern Girl

What more could my siblings and I ask for? “When you take things for granted, the things you are granted gets taken” is a quote that began to play a substantial part in my life. Never would I have ever thought my family would be cleaved apart. The separation brought me problems emotionally, financially, and also socially. Furthermore, around the time of me finding out my parents were divorcing, I was informed the amazing news of me becoming captain of the Selma High School Cheerleading Squad.

In the novel, Keyshia goes through several problems such as not seeing eye to eye with her mother, being abandoned by her mom throughout her whole 15 years and not knowing her dad until the age 16, and her younger brother Mike being with a dangerous girl. Keysha, the protagonist of Lesson Learned by Earl Sewell and I are alike in many ways . We both share the same views of the world, are viewed by the world in similar ways and I would respond in a comparable way to the central conflict of the novel. Therefore, I believe given the chance, we could be friends. Keysha views the world as if everybody is against her and there's nobody there to help besides her dad and stepmom.

Middle of Nowhere In the film Middle of Nowhere Ruby, which is the main character, is transformed significantly throughout the movie. She left medical school to stay close to her husband, Derrick, which had an 8-year term in prison. She kept sacrificing and struggling to get him out of prison until she discovered that he had sexually engaged with one of the officers. This was a shocking point for her and it caused the shift in her perspective and character. She realized that she was stubborn and gave undeserved loyalty to her husband.

She started crawling, walking, and talking at an earlier age. When she was the age of three, she was sent to live with her grandmother because her parents were very busy. Her mother, Amy Earhart was very busy taking care of Amelia’s new baby sister and Edwin Earhart , was a lawyer which prevented him from being home often. Although, they cared very much for Amelia, they didn’t have time to take care of her. Since her grandmother had suffered from many family death’s she needed something to keep it off her mind so taking care of Amelia would be a good distraction.

Johnny Cash explained this with the lyrics, “My daddy left home when I was three and he didn’t leave much to ma and me”. In the Ghetto doesn’t exactly say that the boy grows up not having a dad but it can be inferred

Regardless of how ones feels for another, the line between immaturity and love driving decisions, should always be clear. Romeo and Juliet were young teenagers who mistook lust for love, and killed themselves over someone they had known for less than a week. Romeo and Juliet shows the immaturity in teenagers, as well as the fact that

How Trauma Gave Me Strength People are shaped into the people they are and their personality based on their childhood, how they were raised, and taught as a child. It not only creates a person and changes their attitude towards life, but it also helps people decide what they want to accomplish later in life. The first few years of my childhood were not easy, both my parents were in an accident and passed away in the first 3 years of my life. Shortly after, me and my twin sister were moved to multiple Foster homes for six months before being adopted into a loving family in Prosper Texas. The next couple of years I struggled with having and accepting trust from my new family, as well as creating a bond and new relationship with them, but

I managed to grasp the basic concepts of learning in grammar school only to succumb to the same people and pressures in high school. I achieved honor roll status in my freshman year of high school. Regardless, I fell off track puberty, peer pressure, and hardheadedness were my worst enemy. I conclude, moving out of my first foster home where I stayed for 13 years would satisfy my curiosities and mysteries of the street. Dr. Moorer states, "Like many of us, I thought I could fix my own problems."

Years later it went bad and I lost a friend. Tucker and I met in kindergarten and became friends instantly. A couple years later tucker had a little brother named colton but me and tucker didn’t start hanging out at eachothers houses until third grade so by then colton was grown up more. Tucker and Colton lived in a white trailer house that was heated by a wood stove behind the house. In the front

He feels like he has to go through a lot to get something he wants. To get closer to Julia, he joined Student council, The school’s newspaper articles, and student council. He didn’t want to but he did anyways for her. He feels like his parents is unfair for having another child and I felt the same when I found out my mom was having another baby a few years ago. Scott said that him and his older brother Bobby, was enough.

This school is a tradition is my family. My great grandpa, grandpa, father, and now my brother attends as a very successful student and athlete. This school has changed my life drastically. I do not live with my brother, Will. Which is hard for all my family.

I am David Leon, I am 16, I grew up in Portland, Oregon I have a older brother and a younger sister. I live with my step-dad and my mom here in Charlotte, North Carolina I lived here pretty much all my life. During my life I went through terrible decision causing sadness toward my family. When I began middle school I was interested in gangs I knew people that are into those kind of things I began hanging out with them. About a few months I was with them trouble making and everything drugs, fights, and vandalism.

It then was passed down through generations eventually becoming my grandmothers. I attended Martin Luther King Jr. School there in the Lower Ninth Ward. That part of city basically was on own little city inside of one, it multiple schools, grocery stores, doctor offices etc., basically all of human being necessities in order to survive and live comfortably. It wasn’t till the year of 2005 when everything drastically changed for me. Hurricane Katrina hit and caused my family to have to relocate to Houston, Texas where we spent almost 2 years being classified as a refugee.

In May two-thousand fifteen i completed my seventh grade year at my new school Watkins Memorial Middle school, it was my first time ever moving schools . Before i came to Watkins Memorial Middle school i went to Hamilton Township . I went there my whole life until i moved , i went to Hamilton Elementary for four years from kindergarten through third grade , then i went to Hamilton Intermediate School for three years from fourth grade through sixth grade . After sixth grade over summer break my mom enrolled me into the Southwest Licking School District at Watkins Memorial Middle School . I was nervous to move schools for the first time because i was worried about not being able to make any friends and also not liking the school .

I have worked very hard to excel to this level. My journey has not been easy to accomplish. I returned to school at the age of 48, I successful graduated from Tidewater Community college and received my associates in Human services. When I returned to school In Aug 2010 I was homeless, the first year with three older children, I eventual moved into my friends converted garage, where I lived with my sons. In Jan 2013, I moved into my own place until with the help of my youngest