Me

   Well I was born in a small town called Durham, in North Carolina. Me and my family move around a lot, we had probably moved about seven times, seven different homes my whole lifetime. To some that's a lot, to others that's small. Not that my mom works, it's just that trouble always seems to follow us. And being that my mom doesn't work, I'm always curious on how she gets money. She says it's not my place to worry about that, but I think it is. My father left out of the house, when i was 3. So that makes me the man of the house. So that's why I want a job, so that I can support my family. We have been limited so much because my mother didn't have enough, because she had to pay bills. I want that to change. But I just need help being able to handle the responsibility of having a job, and mixing it with school. I want to finish High School, but my goal isn't to finish, it's to excel. I wanted to finish high school with honors. Even valedictorian, in my mind that's a really bold expectation, but that's what t expect from myself. My whole life ever since kindergarten I've excelled, Student of the Month, A Honor Roll, various Character Awards, National Awards and all. I feel as though I'm bound for success only, and when I go to college I expect the same there, nothing but the best. Harvard, Princeton, Stanford. Nothing but the best. All because when I was young, I received lectures from every adult I knew, principles, teachers, my family, because they all saw potential in me. One day I even got a lecture from Will Smith!!, well it wasn't to just me, but I was apart of the crowd. Ever since then he was my role model, and strived for greatness. So, where do I see myself in twenty years? Sipping lemonade in a chair, behind a table full of people who work for me. I have great potential, and I plan to let it thrive. However, I wasn't always a brainiac, charming, kind guy. Also when I was younger, there was period where I was searching for myself, a period where I wanted to fit in, so I did what everyone else did. And at the time, they were bullying this one girl because she used to pick her nose and eat the buggers. I know what we did wasn't right. i understand you treat others the way you want to be treated. Treat others with respect no matter what disgusting habits they may have. I guess during that period I was just stuck under peer pressure. I felt good about it, because I finally felt like I was apart of a group, because I was bullied just like she was. And it wasn't until the girl's best friend stepped up and told me what I was doing was mean and just wrong, and not in a nice way. That's what opened my eyes. That's why to this day I get super mad when I see someone getting bullied. That's just a really bad thing to me now. There was one incident where these big kids took this smaller kids' ball from him, and when he tried to get it back, they played monkey in the middle with him. I walked over there to help...I grabbed the ball in mid-air, and gave it to the little kid. He ran off with it, but then I turn around to find a 17-year-old fist coming straight towards my face. After that I was hesitant to step up against bullying. But really I should have seen it coming, because in my old neighborhoods....don't try and be a hero, because you will end up in a hospital, guaranteed. I had to learn the hard way. Recently with those same guys, I was juggling my soccer ball alone in the park....Those guys snuck up on me and almost burned half my face off. Using some can of hair spray, and a lighter. This is why I vowed to do well in school, so I can finally leave these neighborhoods. And help other less fortunate leave too. Life isn't as hard as your mind makes it up to be, you have to think more often, you have to meditate. Stop and breath, and just think about things, and you will learn everything isn't that bad, it could always be worse then it is. Life is what you want it to be, if you want it to be sad and heart-breaking, you will focus on only the negatives, so that your soul will become sad and depressing. If you want to live a life of happiness, Joy, and success, you will push through the hard time, stay moving forward, and don't let things get you down. The more you think, the more wisdom you gain on various things. People say I'm very intelligent, I say thanks but I know that already....not being snobby or anything, but I don't need people to tell me about myself.