Week 2 History of me

I sit at my desk working on an english assignment then all of a sudden an announcement comes onto the intercom. Its my Principle, "please stop what you are doing and have your teacher turn it on channel 6 news "My teacher gets up and turns the tv on. What I see I will never forget. The Twin towers have been attacked! At my young age I thought ~what is the concern to this?~ As my teacher begins to explain the importance my heart falls and my stomic turns upside down. How could this happen with all the security in all the airports. I remember it taking so long to just reach the plan. Then the building falls, and the screaming is like nails on a chalkboard. I then begin to wonder, wasnt my aunt coming home for vacation to see everyone? then I begin to tear up. The thought that my aunt could of died and been one of those planes is something so devastating. The rest of the day was silent, I could hear a pin drop....I then go home get off the bus, run inside and see my mom at the table crying. i ask her what has happened? what has caused her to be so upset...Then it hits me...My aunt was one of the passengers of the plane...I sit there and cry with my mom. She has lost her sister and i lost my aunt due to a terrorist attack. It took me a long time to recover and still that day will be unforgettable to me, as well to others, but especially to me....9/11 the day the world stood still...

Then came high school. They say that high school are the best years of your life, but I beg to differ, my freshman year was terrible. Didnt make a lot of friends, wasnt much of a people person, and was always getting into trouble. One of the days I will never forget (11/23/05) that is the day I went to jail. I had gone because one of my friends had gotten hurt from someone and I cared for her like she was my own sister. I took matters into my own hands and it wasnt the brightest choice of mine. I was sentenced to 5 years, but I got out on good behavior after a year. I am still on paroll till this day. Jail is a life changing experience, i dont suggest it, but if it wasnt for me going at the time I did, i wouldnt be who i am now. 

Its the end of my senior year in high school and I applied to many schools, the wait for the responses were unbearable at times. Then I hear my name called to the office. I receive a stack of letters, they are all from the school I had applied. I open them one by one, and each were denial letters, by the time I got to the 5th denial letter I thought I would never be going to college, I thought I would be stuck with a dead weight job for the rest of my life. Then comes the envelope from Eastern Maine Community College, which was my last hope for a successful career. I open it, and jump for joy, I have been accepted to EMCC for Computer Aided Drafting and Design! That was the happiest day of my life!

I stand, waiting in my gown, knees weak, my pams are sweaty, and I feel sick. Then the music comes, I tell myself it is time. Time to graduate! High school will be over! I sit on the bleachers, then my name is called...I stand, and smile, then all my awards and scholarships are listed....I didnt know i received so many, it felt like I was standing there for an hour! Then the ceremony is over. We all rise and walk off...I did it, I finally graduated! Class of 2007!!

Its the end of the summer and now its time to start my future. The ride to EMCC felt like an eternity and my stomic wouldnt stop turning....I get all my stuff and move into my room. Living on my own was never something I had done before, hell i just learned how to do laundry for myself!! I kissed my family goodbye and looked at the door as they left. That was a hard sight to see and I could feel a tear run down my face....It was now time for me to become a man! My first semester seemed to go by so fast, i made a lot of friends. Then came my second semester, as did that go by fast! then third semester. Then I realized, wow I am on my last semester for my degree. I thought that high school went by fast, but college is a blur!

Im now on my last semester of school and I cant be happier. I thought I would never make it to where I am now. Who would of thought it, I would make it to where I am now. A person who was such a trouble maker, and people thought I would amount to nothing. But here I am! on my own and my life has changed! A lot has happened to me in my past, that at the time I thought was hell, and wouldnt be good for me. But I look back and realize that everything happens for a reason, and although i would change a few things, I dont regret what happened to me. Because if it wasnt for my past. I wouldnt be who i am today......