My First Expectation My Family

Now throughout my life, being the oldest son, and brother I have always felt that I needed to set the example for the rest of my family. I’ve felt that I needed to be the pillar of strength to carry my family, my parents always made me believe that if I was strong then everyone else around me would benefit. Emotionally as a child I felt shut off from the world because I would be struck/scowled for crying, or even if I’d show the slightest bit of what my parent’s called “overconfidence”, which is basically any type of trying to feel good about my accomplishments in any form. But of course I was always expected to perform at the peak and be above everyone. For this type of upbringing I was “isolated” from the rest of my peers, emotionally detached, and felt as if I was an unwanted enigma. As it says in “Mirrorings” on page 729, “I felt that I was the only one walking about in the world who understood what was really important.”

Throughout my educational experience I noticed the discrepancies with regard to the advantages my peers possessed. In high school as I began exploring what career I wished to pursue, I experienced inferiority as my classmates who’ve taken the ACT three times, visited college campuses, and have had resumes ready since the 6th grade unintentionally mocked my lack of college-readiness. However, my ignorance wasn’t intentional, my parents never reached a high school education in Mexico, they couldn’t pass down SAT tips or acquire internship opportunities for me. I realized it's vital to pick up the pace to avoid being left in the dust akin to countless others in my situation. Henceforth, this statement resonates with my experience, I interpreted

Ever since I was a young child, my parents always told me to try my best in school, they always told me this for the reason that they never had the opportunity to have a good job because they never finished school. This event is shaping me to care a lot regarding my education. In addition to that, another event that has shaped me to become the person I am today is that since my parents don’t have good paying jobs they have to work hard to take care of me and my siblings this event has caused me to become a hard working person and to seize all opportunities to live a good life because I don’t want to struggle like my parents.

As a young girl growing up in Haiti, I experienced first hand that the path my parents chose for themselves was not the life that I wanted for myself. I was able to relate closely to Richard Rodriguez in “The Achievement Desire” because he faced many struggles that I too faced as a young girl. My parents always pressured me to work hard at school, I was always suppose to have my homework for Monday done by Friday night, which made

During Sharon M. Drapers childhood years, they were very successful because of her parents. Her parents encouraged her and her siblings to study, work hard, and as a result they could reach any goal they set for themselves. As encouraging as her parent were, they would set standards for each child and push them to be the best they could be. Her parents taught her that every opportunity you get you take because you never know what the future holds for many cases. In the educational aspects “For her parents education was precious commodity”. (SharonDraper1) Ever since the time

The author asks if the environment they grew up in altered how their lives turned out to be. The incarcerated Moore replies with the notion that expectations may have lead to their lives now. He goes on to add that as humans “”We will do what others expect of us”” (Moore 126) whether it is to graduate, to get a job or to go to jail. What he is trying to convey is that expectations make people want to live up to what others think they are capable of.

They discuss being products of low expectations and share insight toward how expectations shape ourselves."The expectations that others place on us help us form our expectations of ourselves" (Wes Moore, 126). I believe regardless of environment and others expectations we all have opportunities to be successful. However, that being said those who say they can and those who say they can not are both usually correct. In conclusion you should not allow others expectations of you to become your own. I can relate to this just by being a high school student. For nearly 3 years I have been exposed to peer pressure and bad opportunities: after all of it I gained positive expectations of myself regardless of others

“Expectation” was the word I endured throughout my high school life. The AVID organization expected a young man named Louries Attieh Gordon, Jr was to be achieved greatness with his academic advantage; the head coach of the Northwood High School Chargers- expected 110% from the new six-foot freshman; however, I expected myself to grow more social than my past being. My early grade school consisted of my filling very little participation and only being active with familiar faces outside of school. My potential to grow as a person starts with me being able to find a path I, followed by myself, and it all started with an omen that will stop my potential.

No one can control what family they are born into nor what struggles are destined for them in the future. By the age of nine, my parents could no longer help me with my homework, rather they could only offer a few words of encouragement. The language barrier and cultural clash we experienced as a family put me at a disadvantage compared to other children my age.

These events in the short story can connect to our lives. Students often put way to much pressure on themselves and set expectations that they cannot reach. On top of that teachers and parents are putting expectations on top of our own which causes us to be stressed trying to reach an expectation that is too high. Some student’s put regular expectations on themselves but there parents and teachers put other expectations that make it too hard to live up to. Other students don't have any expectations for themselves which shows how setting expectations can also be really great. If people didn't have some type of expectation no one would learn or care to learn and no one would get anywhere in life. Although expectations can be high and unreachable if we didn't have them we

My mother and my aunts made sure that I graduated high school, completed college in four years, and finished graduate school. My mother believes that getting an education is the most important requirement to being successful. Some people, looking in from the outside, may feel that my family pushes me to hard; and when I was younger I thought the same thing. However, now that I am older I appreciate the push and constant motivation. If it was not for my family, I would not be where I am today. I have always wanted to follow in my aunts footsteps and become the second doctor in the family. Between her and my mother, they have support me financially and provided me with other necessities to continue to move forward. I have set my focus on many short term goals in order to reach my long term goals. There are days that I want to give up, but I know the hard work will pay off

See growing up in a large family like mines education was very important. Despite we didn’t have many to graduate from college put a lot of pressure on me. See my grandparents didn’t go to high school or college. So, they were real hard on their kids about go to school and graduate. So, made my parents hard on my brother and me about our education. My brother and me will be the first in our large family to graduate from college. My mom was real hard on me because she didn’t want me to go to in be like her. She had

His skilled laboring values influenced my father to work with his hands as a hobby, not as a vocation. My father seems to possess both the values of education and skilled work. On the other hand, my mother’s parents did not encourage higher education. My mother stated, “In the 1950’s and 60’s, women were not expected to attend college”. Although this was a strong value for society at that time, my mother encouraged education on her children. My mother’s talent in sewing and entrepreneurship from the family-owned hardware store influenced her to start a wedding apparel business.

To begin, in the third grade my parents got a divorce and everything I knew was torn into two. I understand this divorce was a decade ago, but I never understood the rippling effect of it. We kids had to commute back and forth between two parents who were barely keeping their heads above water financially. I was a little person who had to deal with multiple occasions in a house with no heat, no power, and no source of food. Times were tough, but my internal drive to become something, trumped everything else. As a result of my parents’ finances, college funds were never a possibility. This impossibility hit home for me, which allowed a little third grader to fight tooth and nail for a simple honor roll or distinguish honor roll in hopes of becoming something one day. As the years went on I kept this status because I wanted to make myself proud, but most of all, I wanted to make my mother proud. For my mom, colleges was never an option, she had too many setbacks to even make it through high

I chose Urie Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological model of child development to reflect on my stages of development. In the microsystem of Bronfenbrenner’s model, my early childhood family structure included my uncle, his wife and their five children. I went to live with my uncle after my mother passed away. By middle childhood, my uncle and his wife migrated to the United Sates and I went to live with one of his daughters( Erica) and her two children. They became my construct of what a family represent. Although I was welcomed in Erica’s family, I felt as if I did not belong in their family. The only place I felt accepted was at school. The classroom represented a place where I expressed my feelings without being ignored or judged by my peers. Also, I had very observant and understanding teachers who had the best of my interest. I had one teacher , Mr. Francis, who believed that I was capable of improving academically. At the end of his class, he noted in my report card that I had potential to be academically competent, however, I needed to settle down and apply myself to learning. His comments motivated me to do my best throughout elementary school. During elementary school, I maintained healthy relationships with my peers. There were never any reports of misconduct of any misunderstanding amongst my peers. In fact, interactions with them thought me how to engage in fair play, wait my turn, build trust and explore my environment. In exploring my environment, I