Plan Your Life Don't Let Others Plan It For You

Everything I do, I do it for myself; not for others. Some people thoughts matter but mines matter the most. I live to impress my parents and myself. If you ever ask me why I chose to do something, it’s because it’s my life and I make my own decisions. Either you respect it or you don't.  I'm still going to be happy and have fun every day. Nothing or no one can bring me down; I'm a self motivated young man. I never had a role model; I always looked up to myself. Yes I was raised in the ghetto, but who said a black young man like me can't make a change and go to college. I could of been a no good brother and ran the streets all day, sell drugs, have a dozen kids and baby mamas but I made the choice on my own to go down a different path. I graduated third of my high school class, graduated with a honors diploma, finished my freshman year of college with all A's at Salem International University. I attend Kent State University now, I made the dean’s list my sophomore year at Kent. I am currently a junior working security again and I'm looking forward to a great year.  I never looked up to anyone. Yes I hung with the wrong crowd but it never stopped me from doing great in school and planning my future. I party a lot and maybe even drink, but it still haven't stopped me from trying to be successful. That's just the life of a college kid who has a goal and who likes to have fun all the time. The Lessons here is to live your life how you want it planned, don’t let people plan it for you; you can do anything if you can just believe in yourself, and try to make a difference for yourself, don't fall in the same trap as others. Meel

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

First Generation College Graduates and The Entry Level Job Market

Image
Many of us have applied to many job positions using our High School Diploma and GED. We have found out that the job market was very difficult to get in with just a High School Diploma and GED. Many employers have skipped over our resumes and letters of interest after seeing that our highest level of education is High School and having no job related experiences. So we ask our parents, teachers, employers and various other individuals, what we have to do in order to secure the interested positions in the future? They tell us to further our education, “Go to college and get a degree”. We then say, “we can’t afford college, we don’t have any money”. Then they say, “Financial Aid, you can take out loans to cover your cost and you can pay them back after you graduate college.”   Now we believe a college degree is the way to securing a job position and a way to get out of poverty. “If I graduate from college, I can get the job I want and live comfortably… “If I gradua...
Read more

CAMILIA TERRY

Image
          After doing my research on Camilia Terry, I came up with an opinion of my own. First thing, for those of you who say you would have beaten her behind and what not, you would have been in jail as well. I understand you all have hurt inside, but murder is the same sin as beating her up, lying and stealing. Negativity gets you nowhere in life. Do your research before judging someone. I’m sure many of you with these negative feedback's are young minded, uneducated, and have no connection with Jesus Christ.           Yes, it’s wrong to take someone else’s life, but picture yourself growing up in a foster home and the reason you were there in the first place is because your parents were dysfunctional and you were physically, mentally, sexually and emotional abused. Picture yourself as a single14year old mother in foster care. You think you found love and you didn’t because you don...
Read more