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Personal Narrative: Growing Up, Ohio

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Beep, beep, beep, “boys get up it is time for schools” words spoken every single school day i have ever experienced by the mother of all my brothers and I. Toledo a city ranked 54th on top 100 most dangerous cities, and a 26.3% poverty rating. Growing up in Toledo, and the city of Bowling Green, Ohio can be difficult and very stressful. A single mother, in a very low income household. Where everything is earned and nothing is given, lessons taught by my father at a young age. Growing up in two different cities my family and I had to grow up fast. Every day my parents who were separated, traveled to work with the ways they could everyday. They both are going job to job or trying to go back to school to improve themselves even knowing it was …show more content…

Growing up in Toledo for a little bit of time and going back and forth because my father lived there and my mom lived in Bowling Green was a big change. Moving to Bowling Green was harder on us all, a city with more money and with less poverty, this city gave me a chance to realise that a lot of people are not born with nothing and that everyone does not have to work as hard as us. Growing up it hurt a lot and really had a big impact on me and my personal mindset and growth. This was because I had to see lots of upper level income kids getting everything they wanted and seeing how my environment and circumstances held me back from never getting the same things as others or even just because of my mixed race of black and mexican which also caused problems of not getting a fair shot at lots of things. A city where 84.6% of the community was white. Being the only one of color was common during my educational career. Me as a person had to take these struggles and accept them all, whether it was getting evicted due to lack of money or money fights between family …show more content…

I realise a lot of people do not know what i am chasing, which is because they are unaware of my upcoming and my personal obstacles that my family and I have had to overcome to get where we are at today. I want to own my own businesses including franchises and properties in real estate around the world and retire my family early. I have witnessed my family working hard on injured backs for 17 years, It is time for me to change their lives so they can stop worrying and just live. Why should I settle for less when I have never had anything? Being limitless is key because it relates to everything in my life. Overall my struggles have changed my thought process from i can do this to i must do this and I will. It has overall effected my personal growth and I am ready to achieve success and that is why I have chose your college to apply to. “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” - Milton Berle. My start opportunity was absent and it is time to build the

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