Sophomore year was a strenuous year for me. Everything was just going off track. It was my first year in a new school, and my mom lost her job a couple months prior. Being at a new school made it suitable to have the same clothes from last year. Trying to make new friends when everyone already knew each other was a laborious task. I was the ultimate outcast. Plus, my face wasn’t the happiest so no one really approached me. The first day was really lonely. I remember texting my best friend from my last school and just wanted to start crying because I missed her so much. First and second passed by quickly than came lunch. The lunch line was so long; I didn’t get my lunch until 1:07. Mind you lunch ends at 1:09. Rushing to English and didn’t even …show more content…
The rest of the year was okay until February. My mom and I were practically homeless and had to move in with my grandma. Getting to school was a challenge since I didn’t get a bus anymore. Studying was a challenge also since my grandma’s is so loud. Now I live in a 2-bedroom apartment with 6 other people. There’s a mess everywhere you can’t invite friends to your place because it’s just embarrassing. But I manage to live and just thank God that my mom and I are not on the street. My family history of being Haitian really made me strong and able to deal with what life throws at me. Haitians are known for making the best out of a bad situation and just using it to get stronger. “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger,” they always say. Here I will stand with my head held high and just conquering my battles step by step. I live by one motto which is, “all goals will be reached if you beat the challenges in between.” My mom always said, “if your kid doesn’t surpass your accomplishments you didn’t do your job.” So I am going to make her proud, and when I get there I will give her all she wanted for me and raise my kids to be humble and never make fun of someone struggling to make it because back then that was their