What Was The Environment In Which You Were Raised?
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What was the environment in which you were raised? Describe your family, home, neighborhood, or community, and explain how it has shaped you as a person. My family consists of me, my mother and father, and my three sisters, two older and one younger. Growing up, our house was always bustling with friends and family as me and my sisters attended private school and later public school. Constantly being surrounded by people and animals created a hectic lifestyle for my family and me which has encouraged us to manage our time better as we got older. After we left private school for public school, I experienced the most difficult year of my life. In addition to being “the new kid,” I was bullied. At the time, I did not realize what it was because the bullies acted like my friends, but after they attacked me during lunch—pouring milk all over my hair—the janitor told a teacher who intervened. The principal interrogated me, making it appear as though it was my fault for being bullied, …show more content…
She used to fight my parents and sneak out at night—more so once she began attending high school—which caused immense strain on our family. During this, I held the responsibility of raising my little sister. I helped her get ready in the mornings and comforted her when the arguments got heated among the rest of the family. After much encouragement and bickering, we convinced my eldest sister to go to college which she dropped out of after a year and a half. I had to be a parental figure for my little sister; I had to “grow up” and move out of my childhood faster than most to support and protect her. I developed protective instincts at a very young age because of this. I am also determined not to follow in my sister’s footsteps, and instead successfully graduate college where she had given
What was the environment in which you were raised? Describe your family, home, neighborhood, or community, and explain how it has shaped you as a person. My family consists of me, my mother and father, and my three sisters, two older and one younger. Growing up, our house was always bustling with friends and family as me and my sisters attended private school and later public school. Constantly being surrounded by people and animals created a hectic lifestyle for my family and me which has encouraged us to manage our time better as we got older. After we left private school for public school, I experienced the most difficult year of my life. In addition to being “the new kid,” I was bullied. At the time, I did not realize what it was because the bullies acted like my friends, but after they attacked me during lunch—pouring milk all over my hair—the janitor told a teacher who intervened. The principal interrogated me, making it appear as though it was my fault for being bullied, …show more content…
She used to fight my parents and sneak out at night—more so once she began attending high school—which caused immense strain on our family. During this, I held the responsibility of raising my little sister. I helped her get ready in the mornings and comforted her when the arguments got heated among the rest of the family. After much encouragement and bickering, we convinced my eldest sister to go to college which she dropped out of after a year and a half. I had to be a parental figure for my little sister; I had to “grow up” and move out of my childhood faster than most to support and protect her. I developed protective instincts at a very young age because of this. I am also determined not to follow in my sister’s footsteps, and instead successfully graduate college where she had given