Personal Narrative : My Virtual Child

Growing up with a father in the military, you move around a lot more than you would like to. I was born just east of St. Louis in a city called Shiloh in Illinois. When I was two years old my dad got the assignment to move to Hawaii. We spent seven great years in Hawaii, we had one of the greatest churches I have ever been to name New Hope. New Hope was a lot like Olivet's atmosphere, the people were always friendly and there always something to keep someone busy. I used to dance at church, I did hip-hop and interpretive dance, but you could never tell that from the way I look now.

My virtual family consists my partner and a daughter, Nameste Denell (Manis, 2014). The transition from being a couple to being a triad was a bumpy one (Manis, 2014). My partner and I have had some obstacles most of which had to do with money (Manis, 2014). We even contemplated divorce shortly after Nameste Denell was born (Manis, 2014). My partner worked full-time outside the home and I was a stay-at-home mom (Manis, 2014). Nameste Denell was three when Jasmine Leann came along (Manis, 2014). She looked forward to helping and playing with her baby sister (Manis, 2014). Soon after Jasmine Leann was born my partner and I saved enough money to move from our neighborhood, which was becoming overrun by crime (Manis, 2014). We bought

Maybe I was too little, or maybe I was too short, but either way I did not make the jump. In the second grade I was your average eight year old, who always wore her hair in ponytails, and enjoyed playing tag at recess. One day I saw the fifth graders on the monkey bars at recess doing something I had never seen before, they were jumping to the fourth bar. I waited untill Kids Inc. that day to try the jump, but it was no use I was acting like a scared baby.

On Friday, March 4 around 2:15pm my friend Iris and I decided to drive around to look for a park with children interacting to start our observations. We visited around six parks that varied on their components and locations but had no luck of three children interacting with each other. Most of the them were empty and the few other ones had a few children interacting more with parents or by themselves than with other children. At this point we reasoned that children must be in school causing the parks to be empty.

Currently, in my virtual teen world I have a husband, a ten year old son, Eli, and a daughter who is 3 years younger than Eli. Occasionally my husband and I fight; the children overhear and show some concern. We have expressed to them that even though we fight we love each and them very much. Even though Eli is virtual, at this point, he is just like me. Overall, he is very average in: sports, school work, and socially he takes a while to warm up to a new situation, but has a few very good friends.

It was a cool summer morning when my dad, Alfonso, and I were driving out to Marion, ND listening to my favorite Aerosmith CD. It was a quaint little town overshadowed by the looming grain elevator and bins in the center of town. My dad is a sub-contractor which means companies contract him to do jobs for their clients. For this job we would be atop a one hundred and twenty foot tower with no harnesses. When I found that out i was definitely a little worried.I was only fourteen and didn’t have too much experience high heights. However, I was with my father so I knew nothing would go wrong.

Just as the elevator door started to close, several young girls wearing black leotards and sporting bright pink jackets jumped in. The bedazzled dance logo on the back of their jackets with the emblazed word Middletown Dance caught our attention. Before we could ask them a question, the elevator had reached the ground floor.

During my first week of high school, I had a sign on my back that said, “New kid, look at me!” At least, it seemed that way from the glances that came my way. I knew a couple of girls from previous soccer team I had been on, but none of them were in the classes I was attending. At that moment, I had no desire but to open my mouth and introduce myself. I was in eighth grade, and it was Farmington Public School systems that turned my life around, for the best.

Imagine going to the moon without oxygen, that’s how I felt when I moved to a new country during my teenage years, with little to no English, no idea of how the society functions, and clueless about how to speak the native tongue. When I moved to the United States from India, I faced many hardships along the way. One of my biggest roadblocks was making new friends. Being accepted into the classroom by my classmates was a great comparison to how the real world worked, and the real world was a hard place to be accepted in.

Finally, we had raised enough money for The Envision program, and the date was set. We left for Boston the 21st of June, it took us 13 hours to get to Boston! Shortly after we arrived in Boston; I had my first day of the medical conference. It was scary at first, I was all alone with thousands of people. However, I found a seat and introduced myself to the people around me, and made some new friends. When I got back to my hotel room around 11:00 pm, I told my mom all about my experience while we ate donuts for dinner.

When did doing something “like a girl” mean being weak? When did it become something that even as women, we portray in a negative way?

I remember when I was young and eager to explore the meaning and importance of being a Jew. I too was wondering why does this all matter to me and how does this have to do with my life? My child, don’t worry about not being able understand the Hebrew Bible just yet for it is extremely difficult to comprehend and interpret. Even adults still have trouble understanding the entirety of it. It is completely normal to have trouble grasping, or even questioning the meaning and teaching’s that the Bible contains. Now, you ask what is relevant to you today and why you should care about them. Although many teachings, almost all of them, are relevant to your life and the

My son is a software professional with a master's degree in USA (computer Science 2010 to 2012) and he has been working in private sector Texas from last 4+ years. currently he is in Hyderabad for project work for four months and We come from an upper middle class, nuclear family background with traditional values.

A few days ago my mom told me I was supposed to be a December baby, but I am a October baby. I was born two months early. When I was born my skin was yellow. I had to be wrapped in a blue blanket that made me light up blue. Its called a Bilirubin blanket.The doctors said I was Jaundice. My mom and I had to stay in the Hospital for a few days to recover. Even though I was born very early I was still very healthy. I still am.

I was homeschooled ever since I was just seven years old, up until about twelve years old, where I finally attended a public school. I attended Robertsdale Elementary School for 6th grade, and then as time progressed, I attended Central Baldwin Middle School, and now, at the age of fifteen, I am a ninth grader in Robertsdale High School. The reasons why I am interested in your virtual schooling program is because I feel that I am more than able to go back to independently working. In the classroom settings I am in now and have been in the past, I feel that my ability to acquire new knowledge has been disrupted by individuals who are not seeking the same academic achievements that I am seeking. That being said, I want to succeed, and I believe