I am a first generation college student that has made it to a higher education. And of course my twin sister. I see myself as the first twin brother that has come out of the land of pride and production. I am from Staten Island, New York, but thatās just where I geographically from, when in reality I came from a strong family of immigrants. My parents both came to the United States as young 28, and 30-year-old parents of Five children. I did not come until Four years later that I came with my sister by my side, I came into the world, and was already marked with the name of an anchor baby. As I grow up I did not really know what I was, what I did was always question myself, am I just a reason to keep my parents here longer? Why am I called an anchor baby? I felt that I did not fit in but my schools I went to school always had a mixture of students. I did not know what I was or who I was, I had not direct connection to any ethnicity. When I was in elementary school there where a mixture of Whites, Asians, Latinos, and African Americans ethnicities, grow up in a multicultural area I didnāt think about raceĀ or class as much as late in life. Race was a topic that I did not really think and talked about until I was a teenager. And I know that in this world race is everything and I could not understand what the world was trying to say to me. And we all see other races as dominant then others. And people do not know that we are all the same and human.One time my sister and I went to the mall. A racist woman in her 50s came to us and told us to go back to your country. because you steal our jobs and other things that are very inappropriate. We just avoided it and I was upsetĀ because she only listened to one resource which was fake news. We all need to listen to people’s point of view to understand them. However I do not care what she says and I keep pursuing my dreams. Most ImportantlyĀ I have pride in where I came from. I want to see my parents happy that I love them and thank you for bringing me here. There are going to be people that are going to let you down but just avoid them and never ever stop pursuing your dream.
Category: Unit 1 (Page 4 of 9)
Movies that people love are often silly
Comedies that take place in a tropical island like Jumanji
Where they have to fight animals while making Jokes
A perfect balance
But for people like me money runs out kind of fast
You sometimes have to eat small portions like a mouse
Sometimes if you save enough you get to go to your favorite chicken spot
Who doesn’t like that
Or you can go to a place you never been before
and eat something you never had whole watching the star
What makes me feel confined is the present state we are in right now. Ā Not being able to see my family makes me confined. I grew up in the twin islands of Trinidad and Tobago and lived there for twelve years and every year or two I go back to spend time with my family. Ā At the moment I’m incapable of doing so as a result of covid. Ā Encountering covid have really been tenacious Ā for me. Ā I can’t experience going out and talking to people with out the fear of contracting covid same as doing activities without wearing your mask. I wish I could leave this situation to enjoy life at its fullest and feel comfortable around my famliy but this is somthing that I need to get use to.
