Personal Narrative: My Childhood Blocks

The average kid goes to your average traditional school and learns as the average kid does. I look like your everyday average kid but I am not average. The average kid starts out in life meeting all the milestones, going to school, making friends, and moving on with their life in their average world. I, on the other hand, started out on day one not being average. I was born with a simple and common medical condition but because I was meeting all the milestones, like babies do, the doctor ignored my mom when she told them something was wrong. I was meeting all the milestones, except for one. I didn’t start talking when I was supposed to start talking. The doctor assured my mom repeatedly this was common in a fourth child because there were

Throughout the boundaries that we observed, it was easy to conclude that this area could use some tender loving care. The streets are littered, the roads are bumpy and the architecture is broken down and the crime rates are excessive. This is a neighborhood that has not been taken care of, and it definitely/ shows in its presentation. When

Today I’m going to write about a piece of the Manistee River that’s near and dear to me. It’s a small plot of land just south of the 45th parallel. The area is Springfield Township in Fife Lake Michigan. This is now my father’s final resting place, which is fitting because it was his favorite place to sit and ponder life. The beauty and tranquility are breathtaking, however, due to human interaction, it’s begun to lack what it once had. In 1977 the graduating class of high schoolers decided to alter the area forever. They

In this study I looked into the physical locations surrounding the home I grew up in. I analyzed the tree growth, pattern and conditions of the roads, and observed the formation of houses in my area. This research is important because it shows how people in rural central Maine live. While studying these locations, I was able to practice and hone my observation skills that will become useful when completing my ethnographic study later in the semester. As an ethnography is described, it is a study into particular ways of human life. While we are not directly studying human nature or human past, we are able to observe different ways of life in a specific human society in this assignment, training us to look at what they see as normal as something they have never seen before. Using Google Earth to locate and describe an area each person knows very well, but from a different view, allows the young researchers to look at the area in a unique perspective. All of the buildings, fields and forests I describe in this study I have seen before from a different view. Forgetting what is known and purely describing what you see causes the familiar to become unfamiliar and the researcher can discover new things they knew existed.

Writing for me is plain and simple, I rush forward through any ideas or questions that may cross my mind. The item that matches a description like this is a tank, and this is because I have a tendency to run through things and crush walls. An example of this would be that whenever I have any form of writer's block, I am able to push straight forward without hesitation. Other barriers such as questions, or my need to possibly rethink my writing is not considered until it has been finished. The cannon of the tank is something I relate to particularly well. I have also formed the habit of thinking ahead as to destroy future barriers like a missile being fired into opposing objects. It also has the use destroying any enemies, or when it comes to

It was a distinguished neighborhood, stately houses with sprawling porches made for sipping cold drinks and entertaining guests. Fourteen thirty-seven Twain Street was nestled at the far end the street. The house actually looked out of place when compared to the neighborhood, if it could even be considered a part of the neighborhood. The house was located roughly a quarter mile up the street from the closest neighbor, undiscernible from the woods that surrounded it. I stopped at the gate and regarded the worn house. It was made in the same style as the others in the neighborhood, but something about it made it different. It had character. The paint wasn’t peeling, but it had weathered the long hot sun for many a day and it had begun to form lines, giving the house the impression of a wrinkled and withered old

I am drawn to this segment due to the descriptive quality given to the street itself and the visual impressions I am able to produce as a result of them. The street had been given the ability to imitate various aspects of what would normally be found inside a home. For example, the phrase the empty hat-stand trees, brings a specific image of a trees with long branches that are absent of leaves, reaching towards the sky and awaiting for an item to be hung on them. As well as the snow resembling carpet in the dead of winter. While the houses and apartments were enabled the capacity to have the feeling of being nervous.

Relationship among neighbors is difficult to have due to the fact that everyone is moving at a faster pace. People in this neighborhood built a tolerance to millions of people moving in and out of the neighborhood that they don’t bother to see who their neighbor is. For example, I have been working in the same building for the past two years and there are people I see on an everyday basis that I have no form of communication whatsoever with. This celebrates the fact that the Upper East Side as being a neighborhood

At three years old most toddlers have nothing to worry about, but for me – I had some big shoes to fill, so big that I struggle today to amount to all that is expected of me. Most children in my town are raised with the typical two parent figures, but for me all I have is my mother. My dad took it upon himself to leave her with the difficult task of raising three kids under five years old on her own. Although some may look at this as a sad, dysfunctional childhood, I wouldn't change it even if I had the choice to, and here are my reasons why:

I have always been the chunky one of my two sisters Alexandra and Maria. Alexandra was my oldest sister, she was as tall as a giraffe and ate whatever her heart desire without putting on some extra pounds. Maria on the other hand was the complete opposite, she only ate because my parents forced her. Then there was me, I was the pig of the family and all I would do was eat. If my sisters didn’t finished their food I will ask if I could have it. I ate so much that I could fit in my sister cloths even if they were five years older than me. My parents always called me their “goridita” which means chunky in Spanish. It didn’t bother me when I was young but once I reached high school it began to be all I ever thought about. I knew I had to change who I was because I didn’t want to be the “gordita” anymore.

The neighborhood people live in during their prime development stages is crucial to the type of person they will become in the future. The impact is so exceptional that it has created stereotypes and social innuendos for the people that live in these communities. My philosophy about these two neighborhoods is that they are extremely similar in the fact that they both raise up children with different values and mindsets. However, despite what the majority of people believe, this is actually a beneficial circumstance. To outline both sides of the information, what similarities and differences are, two uniquely different neighborhoods were chosen to observe and compare. The two different neighborhoods, Scenic Hill in DeWitt, Iowa and Mt. Joy Mobile

As of 6th Avenue it resembles the acts of Manor drive. Children playing outside at the St. Joseph 's park, families get along well with other families in the neighborhood, and parents outside watching in case of emergency. For the school aspect, busses are provided or they ride with friends or family. The comparable aspects between these two neighborhoods are limited but what is there, is something you don’t see often. Both communities encourage kids to go outside for fun activities and the parents or guardians are actively involved. By doing so it is creating a trusting bond between households and engaging in the child 's development. Children with involved guardians feel comforted and understand keeping a cheerful environment while growing up(Bayer, Hanming, McMillian). Even though these two neighborhoods have some similarities between them, there are also major difference that separates these two small communities.

Tila Tequila, an actress, once said, “I think every person has their own identity and beauty. Everyone being different is what is really beautiful. If we were all the same, it would be boring.”. This quote can genuinely relate to neighborhoods all round the world, which is the neat aspect. A couple of friends and I observed a few neighborhoods on a Tuesday afternoon in the Quad Cities. These two neighborhoods were Gains Street, which is located in downtown Davenport, Iowa, along with Crow Creek, which is located in Bettendorf, Iowa. If you don’t know, Gains Street is known for its crime and gang activity which happens daily. On the other hand, Crow Creek is this new and improved neighborhood which is continually being added on to. For

When I was little, one of my favorite things to draw was my house. I don’t know why I loved it so much, but I loved drawing my yard and how big my house was. Something about drawing my home was special to me. As I looked through the website, there were many well drawn and colored pictures but two stuck out the most to me. These two students that drew these pictures where asked to draw a picture of where they live. The pictures are similar in many ways as well as different in many ways.

Having experience of living in a neighborhood like Little Village has its advantages and disadvantages but I love living here and getting to know down town Loop gives me more of an idea how different the two are. I don’t know everything there is or every single routine that happens in the Loop but I know a bit and knowing a lot living here I can talk about the differences between the neighborhoods and I have been living here my whole life which is eighteen years. The contrast will show how the neighborhoods are different on good and bad things they have. despite you probably not know or know about little village or the loop you will get to know a bit more about the neighborhoods.