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My Identity What is my identity? I think my identity at the moment is Mexican, 15 years old, a student, and more. I am still trying to figure out more things of my identity at the moment. For right now these are some of my identity and things that mean a lot to me. As I said before I am mexican. Most of my family was born and raised in Sinaloa, Mexico. They were born in a ranch called “La Quebrada de Los Sandovales”. Last year I got to go there for the first time. It looks really old but the river

My Mother Is My Greatest Influence in My Life I’ve learned through the eyes of my mother that life isn’t easy. My mother has come a long way after losing her mother at a very young age and growing up with her father and grandmother and five siblings, one being a twin. My mom’s dad had to make sacrifices while raising my mom and her siblings; it wasn’t easy growing up without her mother, my mom put herself through college with the help of her dad. My mom has a successful career and is married and

Parasailing Have you ever gone parasailing? Well, I have it was honestly the scariest most thrilling thing I have ever done. I got onto the boat to get to the bigger bout and I thought a shark was going to attack me, or I was going to drown. My heart was beating at least 200 beats per second. To start off this great story, I got up in the morning of a sunny and bright day at the beach. I was at my Aunt Lorraine's and she was like "Shadee, do you want to do something crazy." So,

If I had the chance to hear what my friends say about me behind my back and had to be a “Fly on the Wall“ I would want to be invisible. I invite all of my friends to a coffee shop because all of my friends either like tea or coffee, on a day where all of them could go and be there. A few minutes before the time that we were suppose to meet I show up. I go up to order a coffee and tell the waiter that he should give it to the table that has all the teenage girls sitting at it, but don’t give it to

threatened to singe the hair of anyone who got too close, made it worse. To her dismay, she realized the smell was coming from the crowd around her. “Not what you expected?” Taylor asked as she took a step back, shaking her head in disgust. He bellowed in laughter, throwing his arm over her shoulder, “I warned you this wasn’t going to be like

Life can change in the blink of an eye. One moment it is smiles and laughter and the next moment it is tears and feelings of hopelessness. I never fully comprehended the reality of this life idea until I was coming to the end of my freshman year of high school. Just like any other day at school, he was radiating with joy and happiness. However, that night many lives changed. It was apparent to me and many others that the radiating joy and happiness was fake. That specific night, May 2, 2017, his

It was starting from one month ago. I played basketball with my best friend and I also know he is better than me. Yeah, I’m jealous of him so I pushed him to think he hurts his ankle, I know I did wrong but I just felt that he was so cocky, I didn’t say sorry. I didn’t want to say sorry. Well after that I feel awkward but I thought he could just think joke or will be fine but I could feel he doesn’t like me anymore he treat me like trash, I didn’t know what did I do I just pushed him but I really

Parasailing        Sailing over a hundred feet above blue waters sounds incredible, right? Well, I have it was honestly the most terrifying and thrilling thing I have ever done. I got onto the ship to get to the bigger bout and thoughts started to creep into my head like a shark was going to attack me, or I was going to drown.  My heart was beating at least 200 beats per second.            Too start off this great story, I got up in the morning of a sunny and bright day at the beach. I was at my

It was my first day at work and I thought to myself, Is my hair straight? Are these the right clothes? Are the people going to be mean? I walked in with confidence in my face as the sliding doors opened for me. It was busy and every register was full of people. At least ten customers were at each one.. I walked in and walked to the supervisor. “I’m ready to work,” I said with a big smile. He looked at me as welcoming as ever and walked me over to behind the counter. He gave me an old, plastic bag

Parasailing Have you ever gone parasailing? Well, I have it was honestly the scariest most thrilling thing I have ever done. I got onto the boat to get to the bigger bout and I thought a shark was going to attack me, or I was going to drown. My heart was beating at least 200 beats per second. Too start off this great story, I got up in the morning of a sunny and bright day at the beach. I was at my Aunt Lorraine's and she was like "Shadee, do you want to do something crazy."