Risks When Moving To College

My family consists of my mom, dad, two sisters, and one brother. I am the youngest child of the family. With my siblings being a good deal older than me, I tended to feel left out when they got to do things that I didn’t. The age gap left me feeling like an outsider sometimes. As we grew older, the bond between us grew much, much stronger. I think of my siblings more like friends now. They are people that I can tell

My family is anything but ordinary, but it is this uniqueness that has shaped me into the person I am today.  I grew up in an Indian family of 9...yes 9! It’s not that I have 6 other siblings; alongside my parents and older brother Jaineel, I also live with my aunt, uncle, two cousins, and grandfather. Indian tradition calls for the sons of the family to care after their parents when married, so my dad and and his brother deemed the best way to fulfill this role is to have a joint family with their father, wives, and children. My cousins, Annika and Zuri, have been by my side since day one and are truly considered my sisters.  Living with so many people had changed me for the better; I have learned to greatly appreciate the love, support, and

identity. This opportunity to live on campus will empower me to make my own choices and enable me to have

I come from a big extended family compared to your typical family. I have 14 aunts and uncles. In my immediate family, I am the middle child. I have an older sister who is is 21 and is a junior in college. My brother is 15 and a freshman in high school at Global Leadership Academy. I am currently a junior at the same high school.

Me and my family are very close. We go on trips and vacations together. Every night we eat dinner together. My family helps me get through everything from the best to the worst times. We like going on bike rides together at Shoreline or just around the neighborhood.

Growing up, English speaking, oldest child from California, my definition of family has changed a lot over the years, but no matter the changes my family has always had a strong impact on my life. When I was growing up, I was always around family. Christmas Eve was always spent with my mom’s

It has always just been my mom, dad, and older sister at home. My mom was a secretary for many years and my dad is an industrial engineer and was the manager of the Tyson chicken company for many years. My sister graduated at the top quarter of her university and is now working for a software development company. I have always been surrounded by close friends and lived in a neighborhood where everybody knew each

Lately, it seems, parents are getting more and more involved in their children's daily lives. A parents constant involvement in their child's lives can be a good thing, when their child is still a child and not so much after they have grown up. A new trend has sprung where parents feel it necessary to ,not only, take their child to college but to stay there with them.

Family? I have a pretty small family. I am the oldest of my siblings, my younger brother and I are two years apart. There is an eleven years gap between me and my younger sister.

Have you ever had a dream where you would do anything to follow it no matter the sacrifices? Going from being surrounded by all the people who love us in a place we are familiar with to walking into a new “home” all alone is a difficult change to adapt to. Moving to college has been a very hard leaving my childhood neighborhood and family but I’m willing to do anything to chase this dream of becoming a professional footballer. I’ve been chasing this dream most of my life, around age 7, and this dream still persists in my mind to this day.

Transitioning from a home of which most people spent 18 years of their lives with their parents, to moving to a completely new environment can have many effects on a person. For one, having a parent to cook or feed you most of the time can be very convenient. Personally, I have a mother who loves to cook. The refrigerator would always be stocked with healthy foods. However, as I moved to college, I must rely on myself to maintain a healthy diet as I would at home. This Is challenging because most of us college students are too focused on classes and school work, and don’t know how to cook or simply don’t have the time for it. This leads to easy mac, ramen noodles, and microwavable ravioli. Nutrition is a big health factor when it comes to college

While student teaching I learned the importance of energizing a class about school after the weekend, which allows me to gage the students mental status. In my cooperating teacher's classroom we did something called, the weekend wrap up. This was asking the students to raise their hands if they had an awesome weekend, a middle of the road weekend, or could not have been worse weekend. By having them raise their hands, I was able to visually see where my students mentally are standing. But the next part is equally as important; calling on some of the more shy students to tell us in 2 sentences about their weekends. This gives these students a chance to practice their communication skills as well as giving me the opportunity to hear where they are at mentally, which can come in very handy.

I come from a four-person family. My mom and dad have always been in my life therefore they are the people who raised me. After seeing my parents have a successful marriage, it has influenced me to want the same thing in life and having my first marriage be my last. I have an older sister who is 23. While growing up, me and my sister had a very close relationship. As we grew up, we started to drift apart. I learned a lot from being the youngest child. While being 3 years younger than my sister Taylor, watching her grow up and deal with situations taught me many personal life lessons. Watching her grow up taught me the good and bad things in life and helped me follow the right path. While going through school, I already knew what to expect when it came to the class description and the teacher just by having my sister go through it just a couple years before me. Even though being the younger sister, my whole life is all I know, I couldn’t imagine

The significant caretakers and siblings that a person grows up with, or the first social group a person belongs to is one’s family of origin. This is often a person’s biological family or an adoptive family. My family of origin consists of my father, Jamie, my mother, Lori, and my brother, Morgan. In the past year, I have also gained a sister-in-law, Katie. These people have had an influence on how I see myself, others, and society.

No one can’t meet a family like mine’s. My family is well diversified. Every family member plays an important role in all my family’s lives. In my family, there are four people: my father, my mother, my little brother and me. My father is one who brings money home and is also responsible for organizing and planning family trips. My mother is the one who is in charge for making meals and makes sure everyone eats at the appropriate times. My little brother is the pet of the family. He actually doesn’t have any responsibilities, for he’s the pet. I am the rock of support in my family. I always go beyond my parents’ expectations. I also support my younger cousins and little brother, by being a role model that they can look up to. Another