Personal Statement
Going through pain at a very young age is the worst thing that can ever happen to you. I consider my family the most important thing even though we had our really rough times. School was a refuge for me because I use to get hit a lot by my parents. I hated school but it was the only place that I would feel happy and loved. I feel that the whole fact that we struggled to survive and bring food to the table was what always had them in a bad mood but how would I know I was just a kid. I would always hear them argue and I just wish I could tell them to stop but I was just a little kid I didn’t have a say in anything. I feel that it damaged our relationship because I lost a lot of respect towards them. I would get hit sometimes and Id understand if I would do something really bad but sometimes I just felt I was there punching bag. I never wanted to say anything because I didn’t want to get them in trouble both regardless they were my parents and I loved them.
As I grew up my relationship started growing with both of them because they wouldn’t hit me or anything we would always discuss if we were doing something bad and that’s when everything changed I didn’t feel any hatred towards them. I think that I have helped them grow up as people as they have helped me become the person I’ve become. Now I feel like they can be my friends and I can talk to them about anything. I think our life changed when my little sister came to life, I was only 8 years old but I remember telling both of them not to be the same with her as they were with me. I believe that when I told them that our lives completely changed they realized and reflected in what they had done. They actually apologized to me in the way they treated me and I found it amazing because they really didn’t have to but that’s when they gained my respect once again.
It felt like a family for the first time, now I felt that I could concentrate on school and actually try to give it my all. It was a big change for me in a positive way because everything was coming together perfectly I had a “family”, doing alright in school, and felt loved something I didn’t have for a very long time. Growing up was probably not the best of times for me but I wouldn’t be the person I am now and I really wouldn’t change anything about myself besides knowing when to have fun and be serious but I will in time. I’ve always had people pushing me to do good when I was going through this that now that I need to push myself to do things to make me succeed in life I feel lost. Failing without trying is something that I know will hurt a lot more than knowing that I gave it my all and failed.
Going through pain at a very young age is the worst thing that can ever happen to you. I consider my family the most important thing even though we had our really rough times. School was a refuge for me because I use to get hit a lot by my parents. I hated school but it was the only place that I would feel happy and loved. I feel that the whole fact that we struggled to survive and bring food to the table was what always had them in a bad mood but how would I know I was just a kid. I would always hear them argue and I just wish I could tell them to stop but I was just a little kid I didn’t have a say in anything. I feel that it damaged our relationship because I lost a lot of respect towards them. I would get hit sometimes and Id understand if I would do something really bad but sometimes I just felt I was there punching bag. I never wanted to say anything because I didn’t want to get them in trouble both regardless they were my parents and I loved them.
As I grew up my relationship started growing with both of them because they wouldn’t hit me or anything we would always discuss if we were doing something bad and that’s when everything changed I didn’t feel any hatred towards them. I think that I have helped them grow up as people as they have helped me become the person I’ve become. Now I feel like they can be my friends and I can talk to them about anything. I think our life changed when my little sister came to life, I was only 8 years old but I remember telling both of them not to be the same with her as they were with me. I believe that when I told them that our lives completely changed they realized and reflected in what they had done. They actually apologized to me in the way they treated me and I found it amazing because they really didn’t have to but that’s when they gained my respect once again.
It felt like a family for the first time, now I felt that I could concentrate on school and actually try to give it my all. It was a big change for me in a positive way because everything was coming together perfectly I had a “family”, doing alright in school, and felt loved something I didn’t have for a very long time. Growing up was probably not the best of times for me but I wouldn’t be the person I am now and I really wouldn’t change anything about myself besides knowing when to have fun and be serious but I will in time. I’ve always had people pushing me to do good when I was going through this that now that I need to push myself to do things to make me succeed in life I feel lost. Failing without trying is something that I know will hurt a lot more than knowing that I gave it my all and failed.