Independence
Growing up I never had a dream college, dream job, or knew what I wanted to do after grade school. I just figured that time and others would tell me sooner or later what my plans were for the future. I was the middle child, which meant that whatever my older brother dealt with I was next. It was sort of like a chain reaction, from my older brother to me, than to my younger brother.
Soon, before I knew it I was a high schooler. I was now a sophomore and my brother being two years older than me was a senior. With the same mind set in place as in freshmen year and middle and elementary school, I thought that even though I was a sophomore in high school that I had plenty time to still decide about my future. But with my brother being a senior, my mom was all over him, because he hadn’t sent any college applications or even thought about his future. I always heard my mom telling my older brother “stop playing games and watching movies, you still need to make a list of colleges that you want to apply to,” and my brother would reply “I will I will, don’t worry I still have time.” As weeks went by my brother had still not sent out any applications, and my mom continued to remind him. Gradually I began hearing my mom reminding him more often than not. At first I just tuned out because my mom hadn’t been talking directly to me. But, after constantly hearing the same thing over and over again I couldn’t help but listen in every so often, and slowly I picked up on what my mom was saying.
She wanted my brother to be responsible for his own future, and not be so dependent on our parents and time to dictate what he would do later in life. . . she wanted him to be independent.
Something that I picked up on, before it hit me head on. Now I know what to expect in the fast approaching future and have already been thinking about college and what I really am interested in. In life you aren’t always going to be surrounded by others who you can get help off of, even though it would be nice too. You need to be able to make decisions independently, because in the end it’s your life that is impacted good or bad.
I like the fact that you learned something from your family and they have taught you values that you can use forever. One suggestion though is to tell us a little more about the descions you made based on what you learned. Such as what you want to do in the future or what college you want to go to.
ReplyDeleteIt's good that you can learn things that happened to others, not just from personal experience. I feel that you should include how it affected your decisions after that experience. Like how it made you focus more on knowing what college to go to etc.
ReplyDeleteIt's good that you can learn things that happened to others, not just from personal experience. I feel that you should include how it affected your decisions after that experience. Like how it made you focus more on knowing what college to go to etc.
ReplyDeleteIt's good that you can learn things that happened to others, not just from personal experience. I feel that you should include how it affected your decisions after that experience. Like how it made you focus more on knowing what college to go to etc.
ReplyDeleteYOU NEED TO EXPLAIN MORE AND TELL US EXACTLY HOW YOU REALIZED/LEARNED FROM THE EVENT. ELABORATE MORE ON LIFE AS A MIDDLE CHILD MAYBE INCLUDE A FEW EXAMPLE AS WELL AND THEN DISCUSS GETTING OLDER AND LEARNING ABOUT COLLEGE. AND THEN EXPLAIN WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO CHANGE AND WHAT CHANGES YOU ACTUALLY MADE. AS(2)
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