Personal Narrative: My Name's Elton

In the 90’s life consisted of watching tv shows like Saved By the Bell, Full House, Seinfeld, and Boy Meets World. All of which still play on tv today. Everyone was listening to Backstreet Boys, Alice in Chains, and who wouldn’t listen to Nirvana. The shoe style was weird and the clothes were different. Then in the late, late 90’s (so like ‘99) I was born. But there was something very different about how I was born as well as how I got my name.

The world is divided on many issues, but one, seemingly trivial, served as an immediate date deal breaker for me and threatened my romantic future. It wasn't a question about political position, religion or about a stance on global warming. It was about a small, flexible mischievous animal that meant the world to me. How can anyone dislike it?

What is identity? The definition as a person’s own sense of whom they are, which their past define them. Identity is very important in our society, no matter your social status. I can attach identity to belonging to something or place. As human race, we feel the need to belong to a group or place. Because belonging to a group or place, give us the sense of identity.

What is in a name? Writer Milan Kundera says, “We don’t know when our name came into being or how some distant ancestor acquired it. We don’t understand our name at all, we don’t know its history and yet we bear it with exalted fidelity, we merge with it, we like it, we are ridiculously proud of it as if we had thought it up ourselves in a moment of brilliant inspiration.” (goodreads) Before I began my research, I already knew why my mother named me Sarah, but I did not know anything about my middle and surname. I always desired to find out when it comes to my family, why although my surname is Hampton I am not related to anybody else with that same surname besides my Father’s sisters and brothers. To proceed in the research of my first name, I had to look for information on the (Behind the Name) site, (Biography) site, The Name Book, and administer an interview with my Mother. Next, I searched the (seven reflections) site, and held another interview with my

Thanks for forwarding the paintings from Tante Nel, they are not bad at all and good for her to be still so active and take up different activities. I Painted quite a bit when I was young but I haven’t done it in years. I do have a nice painting of a marine scene painted in 1909 with some damage I like to restore that someday.

What do you want me to say? (Throws hands up in the air) That I am so excited to be moving to another foster home? That my parents didn’t want me to begin with in the first place? How can “parents” do that to someone? To be excited to be treated the same as I have been in every other home before? No. These people are going to be just like every other set of parents that I’ve always had, not excepting and judgmental. They will be excited at first to meet me, get to know me, and then a few years down the road, they will say that they can’t connect with me, and can’t do this anymore. If you’re wondering if I care, I don’t and I am not excited. (She turns her body to look at Mike) But you know what? All of this won’t even matter in a couple years, I’m going to be eighteen in a few days, I am not a baby

“ When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. (Paulo Coelho).” Hi! I am Daniel Arciniega. I was born in Mexico, Veracruz. At the age of fourteen, I moved to the United States with my mother, a single mother who struggled her way up to raised me and prepare me the man I am today. At the age of fifteen, I attended Glencliff Comp High School in Nashville, TN from 2000-2005. After graduation, I moved to Tulsa, OK in search of a new change and hoping to possibly be accepted at any college in Oklahoma. Unfortunately, due to my citizenship status I was unable to enroll and continue my higher education. Eight years later, I was granted DACA with new possibilities to pursuit a career; however, the possibilities

Hi, Im Laura but I had you as a teacher last year so you already know that. To Start, my family has 3 people in it and 1 very cute dog Buddy. I'm an only child and my family consists of my dog, my mom, dad, and me. Something I enjoy outside of school is dance. I have dance on Mondays, Wednesdays Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays so I don't have a lot of time for other things. I do competitions for dance and my team and I recently went to New Jersey for the world dance competition and we won in 2 categories. When I'm not at dance I like to do a lot of different things with my friends like going tubing and seeing movies. Plus I like to jump on my trampoline. Finishing up, these are some facts about me and what I like to do.

Well hello, my name’s Baxter. I’m an older guy, but don’t let that discourage you, I have the spirit and energy of a young pup. I’m a very people friendly and social little guy, and I enjoy being around and interacting with men, women, and older children. In fact, since I love being around people so much, and am an attention hog, I would really love to find a home where someone could be home with pretty much all day. Even though, I love attention, I’m not an overly affectionate guy at first, and will come up to you when I want attention and affection. In addition, I don’t like being picked up and held and will struggle until you put me back down, though I will jump up and set next you on the couch when I want to be scratched or petted. In my

Well hi ya’ll the names tomboy. I’m a very friendly cat, In fact, I haven’t met a man, women, or child that I haven’t liked yet. In fact, when you come into the room I’m in, I’ll meet you at the front of the cage. I especially love when people give me affection, and will move this way and that so you can hit all of the right places. However, I don’t like my rear end touched or messed with, and will turn around really fast and may even swat at you if you do so. Though don’t worry if you don’t always have the time to pet me as much as I would like you to, because I will find something to rub against that will do the trick. When offered a toy here at the shelter, I don’t seem to have much interest in them, but that might start to change a little

My father named me after the Laurel flower that grows on the mountains. I was almost named Alexandra, but it’s my middle name instead. My mom didn’t let my father name me Alexandra because she didn’t want people calling me Alex, and so my father chose Laurel. My mom’s name is Christine, and she always hated when people called her Chris. My last name, Kirby, is well known in our tiny town. I grew up in one of the smallest towns in Maine, Arundel, which is so small in fact that it’s not featured on maps of Maine, and doesn’t even qualify as a town large enough to get its own zip code. So, in this tiny town I grew up in, everyone knew

My first name is actually Anderson and not Andy. However, the system does not recognize "Anderson" as a first name, thus the following message keeps appearing on the top of the page, "There were some errors with the values you entered. Double-check the highlighted fields, ensuring that you've filled in all of the required information." I apologize for any inconvenience.

My name is Daniel Li, and my favorite things to do are playing tennis and doing math. Again, my favorite sport is tennis. My fitness goal this year is to maintain my mile time around seven minutes. For fitness, push-ups and the mile-run challenge me the most. Out of the sports, football challenges me the most, especially

I am Iris, and I am sometimes judged because people only know one side of my story.

Born and raised in Manhattan, New York; I consider myself to be a proud, purebred and “real” New Yorker. Living in a household of two New Yorkers as well, my familial background comes from 45 minutes away, as both my parents come from Long Island, New York. Being a New York girl is what I consider the norm and an integral part of what makes the person I am today. I have been in New York my whole life, and according to peers and family have developed a “New York” and “Long Island” accent, but mostly when it comes to words I say. Even when I branched out and went to college upsetate, my peers could pinpoint where I was from due to my so called distingusishable “Mid-Atlantic” accent (Dialects, 2006).