Tyranny-Personal Narrative

During my high school days and the last few semesters when I was at Sandhill Community College I was way too comfortable. I slacked off and all I was thinking about was just getting doing the minimum to just be finished already. Recently, I was pushed by the looks of my grades that I just needed to get things done; I wanted to be free, not to do my best, just to finish so I could say I passed all my classes. Now I realize life isn’t about just getting by, but about bringing all you have to be able to become successful in what needs to be done. In the next paragraphs I will explain what I expected to happen, what actually happened, what I learned, and how I will apply what I learned to future plan.

I spent endless days and nights thinking about my future. What was I going to do? Where was I going to go? How was I going to do it? I didn’t know why I was stressing about it since I knew that I really didn’t have to make any permanent decisions until the end of Junior year. I guess the fact that I am a first born in the United States has always influenced me to try and surpass my peers when it came to academics. My goal in life was to make sure I would live the ‘American Dream’, but what I wasn’t aware of was that I was already living that dream thanks to my parents. As I’ve said in this article, I wouldn’t even be here writing this article if it wasn’t for them. I would’ve not had the infinite amount of perseverance, courage, and bravery to be writing this article. At some point in every teenager’s life, including mine, there’s that moment where you just want your parents to leave you alone. Trust me, I’ve been there, but in the end, your parents are always going to be there for you. This year for me involves many college visits and tours, stressing about AP classes, extracurriculars, and finding that one college (but let’s be real here, more like a list of ten), that is perfect for me before applying next fall. I know for a fact that every step of the way there my parents will be with me leading all the way to when I receive my diploma, to dropping me off at my dream

Freedom: the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or resistance, that is what we don’t have right now. Our lives have been hard,we are often tempted to give up and not press forward, but we are not quitters, all of us together are going to fight until we have moved on.My poor family will be Britain’s slaves if our American troops do not try. All of our colonies sleep together snuggled in a little cabin like hut , it is not the perfect little dreamhouse, all snuggled up together in a warm, comfortable bed, no, we did it the harder way.

After witnessing countless people not graduate from high school, I was convinced as a young woman that I would not attend college. I’ve watched my mother work day and night, and my father work three jobs. As a child of parents who lacked college education, I knew that was going to be me.

“Wemonade for sale,” a small, tan kid chirped with a big ol’ boxy grin stretched across his face. Taehyung liked to set up his lemonade stand in front of the flower shop; it always smelled nice and the owners of the flower shop were his friends. His stand was a square, fold-up table with a poster taped-up and drawn in crayon saying “LEMONADE for 5 cents,” and underneath that had been scribbled in, “with umbrellas :).” Despite the fact many people ignored him, Taehyung still was full of cheer.

Growing up in Canada, I have been able to witness both Canadian and American cultures, and have developed a good understanding of what it means to be an American. Being American means freedom. This is what leads many immigrants to American soil. The freedom of religion, of speech, and the right for each person in America to pursue happiness. These three concepts are demonstrated through some of the texts we have studied so far this year. The freedom in America allows people to pursue their happiness, and decide how they want to live.

In my family education was not really available do to poverty and lack of resources. My mother couldn’t even finish elementary, well my father only manage to finish middle school. They came to this country chasing the American dream of having a better life. They came with hope of giving my sibling and I a better life, a chance to become something more. I had failed to realize this at first; I was more caught up in trying to fit in with the crowd and getting in trouble. It wasn’t until late second semester of sophomore year did I realize my mistake. I was failing my common core 2-math class (which I passed with a low D) and I saw my high school transcript. I felt such disappointment and selfishness’; I had not only failed my parents but also failed myself. I was denying myself what billons of people such as my parents wish they had, a chance to prosper. Education is key to prospering in this world, that’s what I learn from my

I could have distanced myself from my friends and let my grades drop due to having a hopeless outlook on life; however, I wanted a solution, not sympathy. Therefore, I channeled my frustrations into working harder than ever before in my academics, which I recognized as the only pathway to ever changing my circumstances for not only myself but for my future family. I graduated in the top 5% of my class with a 4.1 GPA, automatic admission to every public university in Texas, and over $200,000 in scholarships to my top choices. I achieved so much and I had so little but something that I did have was drive. My work ethic flourished and I learned perseverance, an invaluable trait as an aspiring doctor and

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Immigrants made this country and without them, we wouldn’t be where we are today. We must look at them positively and respectfully because they are the foundation to our success. In the short amount of time, we have been the grand country known as the United States of America, we have accomplished more than our European counterparts who have been in existence for far longer than us. We are a nation that can attribute its conception to the settlement of colonies that broke the chains held by oppressive Great Britain. Our very spirit commenced from the thirst for freedom and opportunity and that is the symbol of our country as the - land of the free and the home of the brave. So individuals that migrate to the United States seek

I am disappointed in the number of convicted political leaders. Why? They abuse power. Most of the convictions listed in the Wall Street Journal article, such as extortion, conspiracy, money laundering are words you hear from an FBI investigation on mobsters, not a politician. Tax invasion? The ones whose to be model citizens, yet they are not performing a simple civic duty. But I am fooled because the convictions say it all. The politician use power to benefit their needs, rather than committing to the people of their constituency. These leaders and politician, elected because of some form of value, moral and good judgment, and for them to assume power and neglect the people and also their own morals is disappointing. My expectations of the

“I'm fine here,” she answers, her brown hair shining red in the sunlight, as she places both hands on her hips. She raises a questioning towards me as I continue to stretch.

Melissa is a 16-year-old, with a desire to have children, get a good education and to just be a successful individual. She had this image that one day she would have a beautiful child in a huge gorgeous home living as a modern housewife. She had just met her boyfriend Johnny in high school and they decided they would move in together. Johnny was two years older than her. She enjoyed her days with Johnny and a casual drink with him at night. Even though; she wanted children, she knew it was almost impossible for her to have children. She suffered from an overactive thyroid gland which drastically restricted her chances of conceiving. Nevertheless, the idea of a cute and chubby baby was something she just couldn’t ignore. Despite the fact she couldn’t have children, she still had hope that one day she would be capable of fulfilling her desire to create the family she had desired.

Shackled feet drag across a cold tile floor reluctantly, moving one after another. Tired eyes open to look widely upon the small door window, while the body they belong to nearly lose fingernails to the scratching of thick glass; its hands carelessly leaving streaks and turning red. To whom does this maddened mind let roam about...

I walked down the stairs in front of my 749 other classmates, and hundreds of people in the audience, with my diploma in hand. I saw familiar faces among the other seniors I passed on my sides, of course, but at one point I didn’t look at anybody. I stared straight ahead and towards the sun for a second and I thought, “This. This is why I never did it.” The phrase may seem vague to an outsider, but, to me, it meant everything. There was obviously always something that held me back from following through with any of my attempts, and this was it. It was because I am meant to be someone, I am meant to mean something to another person, I am meant to inspire, to achieve my dreams, and to live out the rest of my life. If I would’ve followed through back in seventh grade when I made my first meek attempt, or even if I followed through the May before graduation when I drove to my second high school’s baseball field at midnight with a bottle of pills in hand, I would have missed out on so much. I would never have been able to see my sister crying in the stands as I turned my tassel from right to left, or my mother making fun of her. I would never have had one last gathering with all of my friends before we went our separate ways to make something of ourselves. I would have missed out on so, so much just because of some temporary problems in my life. We all go through hell at one point or another, but how you conquer it and grow is what makes that hell worth