Personal Narrative: I Have My Own Sub-Cultures

Going through Florida and Alabama, the landscape can change drastically. Florida has mostly flat land, especially while driving. Alabama on the other hand, has quite a few hill like roads to go through. Both of the states have amazing nature trails and state parks to visit though Alabama has a bigger tick problem than Florida does. Due to the landscape, which consists of a lot of wooded area, Alabama has more hunting as a major pass time unlike Florida. Both states have beaches, but with Florida being a peninsula, there are more beaches to choose from. Both states can have a muddy terrain and can have swamps like the Everglades in Florida or the Bear Creek Swamp in Alabama.

I have come to realize that diversity allows students to polish one another, leading to the depolarization of students and thus more rounded individuals. I have traveled a rather non-traditional path, and feel strongly that I can benefit others and feel just as strongly that I can benefit from them. The challenges I have faced, the community where I grew up, and my work experience all contribute to my individuality.

I would say I am not very different then most of the students that sit before you everyday. I have hobbies I enjoy and favorite places to eat, but unlike them I have some traits that make me standout from the rest. Allow me to elaborate, I was born in Sebastian, Florida where I was exposed to a lot of different cultures and people. Going through elementary school I got to learn quite a bit about the wildlife in our area, and that is where I gained my love for animals. However, as I grew up I began to take interest in many different subjects like video games or soccer. These activities made me the person I am today, but also take up a majority of my free time. During high school I was a straight “A” student who joined several clubs and committed to several volunteer opportunities. I graduated top ten percent of my class, and applied at several colleges, but laid eyes on F.I.T the most due to my major of Computer Science. In all this short summary of my life may help you better understand the reason behind why I chose the following proposal.

I have 1 younger brother, and I live with my dad. I was born in Maryland and lived there until I was about 10 years old. I moved to Florida towards the last quarter of my 5th grade year and we lived in Florida for almost 3 years. My dad, brother, and I decided it was best to move back up north due to the fact that we found it hard

Furthermore, traveling one of the two popular states in the United States, California, and Florida, have astounding weather. California has more of a frigid/cooler weather making it feel like it is always falling. On the other hand, Florida is more of a tropical/warm weather making it feel like it is always summer during the seasons. Both California and Florida have beautiful beaches because their water looks more crystal blue than in any other states; However, Florida has white sandy beaches with warm

the most humid states strong southern accent, and are very respectful. This state was known for

Michigan has a pretty unique shape compared to other states, and it has a very large water supply with the Great Lakes surrounding it. Michigan’s Lower Peninsula is shaped like a mitten, and its Upper Peninsula is shaped like your hand being held out to shake someone else’s hand with your thumb and pinky extended outward. These shapes are the reason people will reference their hands if you as a Michigander where they’re from. To clarify what Michigan looks like here is a picture.

I have lived in Michigan for 4 years now and I like it here. It is very different from Kentucky. Kentucky usually got about 18 inches of snow a year! I lived in Northern Kentucky. My favorite thing about Michigan is all of the summer activites on the lake. What I miss most about Kentucky is the scenery. I loved the rolling hills, the horses, white fences and being so close to downtown Cincinnati. We would go

can understand that feeling regardless of where they live. Those who live in the Southern

Snow, jello and bees. Three words that mostly describe the place I was raised. However Scarlet and Gray run in my blood. I was born in Utah as anyone might describe me as a real Utahan. My Dad born a true Buckeye (the State Tree of Ohio) known for their naturally born dislike of “The State Up North” (Michigan). Yet my dad decided to move away and find my mom at Ricks college now BYU-Idaho. My family may seem very close knit and organized, going everywhere and doing everything together. We have traditions and tend to seek to know things that nobody has discovered. As a child I would always pester my parents to take me to the library to read in the upstairs section. Reserved for Teens and Adults was plastered on the Elevator to the 2nd floor.

you shoveled it in, and you shoveled it out. You spread it with your fork, and you'd go up this and back this. Up that, and back this and up that, and back this until you get the ground covered. Now, they take a tractor with four or five plows on the back, and plowed it ten miles an hour. At that time, you would have one plow to lay the ground over and plow it. It took three horses. You'd make two rounds and then the rest the horses for five minutes. Then you'd make two more rounds. That would only move you over about ten inches each round. Now, they do 20 acres a day, easy. It's a different world.

I have learned that different places in the US has so many different environments. I have lived in two, but travelled to so many more. I have also learned that in Texas, people tend to be more loud and obnoxious than people in Minnesota. But people who are from Minnesota tend to be more introverted. Both states can be alike because in both places, they all can cause a lot of drama.

The Big Easy— New Orleans, Louisiana is where I am indigenous to. I was blessed in my upbringing and what the Lord has provided for me. I was torn in the middle, a bridge separated me from hoods and suburbs. On one side air was toxic and stunned my growth, and the other side was the antithesis of that. The bridge separated me from drinking water from the sink, and ice water from a fridge. So I was double dipping and my life wasn’t measured in lifespans, but in moments. My reclusive life personified one of Shakespeare lines, for the sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds; lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds.

As someone who has lived here all of my life, I feel I can confidently say, Florida is a strange place. No, not because extended family in other states think we visit Disney World every weekend or wrestle alligators in our spare time, but for other reasons. For the record, I have not been to Disney since I was about twelve and could not be paid enough to even touch an alligator, but I have seen firsthand just how many strange people are here. Thankfully, there are hundreds of other brilliant people such as famed author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, actor Wesley Snipes, and physicist George Smoot, just to name a few, call Florida home to balance out many of the crazies. You don’t believe me though when I say that there are some strange people who live here? Take a visit to the South Florida Sun Sentinel Newspaper’s “FloriDUH” blog on their website, and see for yourself. Here are two recent noteworthy cases:

To this day, I get odd looks when I tell people I moved here from Florida, usually emphasizing the need for a change of scenery and weather. In reality, I chose Seattle for a clean slate and to immerse myself in a technology rich environment.