The Journey of PA
I grew up a Christain. I would go to church every Sunday and pray every day. When I was in fourth grade I transferred to a Christain middle school. I think this school did something to me. Every 2 days out of the week the whole school would go to “worship”. We began the school day with worship and the whole school would sing songs for about an hour. My church became as boring as school. When I went to church on Sunday, I would start to relate it to school and I wouldn't like it.
Another problem I was facing was being not as capable as the other students. The school my brother, sister, and I transferred to was rich, and people were smart. My family didn't pay full tuition or even close to full tuition. I felt like a fish out of water. I would be embarrassed about not being a rich kid at that school. I also struggled in school and need extra help, so I would get pulled out of fun classes to go to tutoring. I got bad grades every year, it didn't bother me because I didn't feel like it was my fault.
By the end of 8th grade, applying to high school was very difficult. Because of my grades and my test score, I didn't get it to any CPS schools. So I had to look into other schools. My Middle school had a connection with GCE. I applied and got a full scholarship to attend.
Playing basketball daily taught me dedication. I met people along the way that helped me get through school. They taught me how to work hard to get what I wanted from life.
When I first started GCE, everything was new. The school felt different and
I didn't want to feel different so I wanted to transfer. The school was as small as an ant. My two sisters went to CPS school and I wanted to go to a bigger school to feel like a normal kid. My whole first year I struggled with accepting that I don't have other options for schools to pick from. This was a big challenge I had to overcome to achieve my mission. I was not used to learning about the world. I was used to learning about God and the basic classes. I did not want to learn this new way because I was not used to it.
In my first year at GCE, I liked basketball but didn't spend too much time playing. In my second year, I Used basketball to get away from everything. I would go to the gym next to the old school building to practice before and after school. It put me in a different state of mind. I could think clearer. My stress melted away like a snowball in the sun, and I would just focus on shooting or the movements I would make. Playing basketball daily taught me dedication. I met people along the way that helped me get through school. They taught me how to work hard to get what I wanted from life. By going there every day, I got closer and closer to the people that worked there. The school's gym teacher that also worked at the gym taught me how to think bigger and to focus on what's important. Which were school and my couple years left in school.
In my junior year, I started to appreciate the school more and the opportunities it gives me. The experiences I had with the different classes and field trip experiences made me think about how the world works and how this school was teaching me about the real world and giving me opportunities that I would not have if I was at a CPS school. Taking the class design and engineer made me more interested in business and product design. We went to many places around Chicago to learn more about the Design and Engineer Process.
In my two final years at GCE, I grew to like the school, and also my faith had grown like a tree. I applied the dedication I learned from basketball to school and my school work. This helped get more work done and get better grades. I used to be as angry as a bull. I started to also be less angry and let go of things so I was a little nicer. I started to pray and read my bible more to build a better relationship with God. When I first came to GCE my relationship with God wasn’t strong but now it's as strong as a lion. After these three years, I understood myself and the world around me better.
Being Mexican I feel like I am not looked at as capable as other people. I think something I have to work on is not worrying about what I am looked at and start to do the best I can do even if people tell me I can’t. I want to improve myself in all ways. I started realizing this at the end of junior year. I don't know why but something inside me was telling me I have to take life seriously because I only get one chance. People say life is not like a video game because you only have 1 shot in life but I would disagree, Life is like a video game. You get to pick who you are in life and making your playing better and better by doing things in life to better yourself. Even Though you don't get to literally pick how you look or some traits you have in life you can make yourself stronger, smarter, a hard worker, and anything you choose to do in life. My mission is to better myself as a person in all aspects. I accomplished this by pushing myself daily.
Someone I think has endured similar challenges and struggles is Kanye West. I think of him because of his transformation becoming closer to God. He was not close to Jesus until something inside of him told him there is more to life and a bigger meaning. He is a big believer in God which I can relate to.
The mental challenges I had to face during my life are believing that I am capable to get good grades and becoming successful. I think Something in my head was telling me that I was not smart enough or capable so I have to grow my confidence which I was never taught. A physical challenge I had to go through was first dedicating so much time to things like basketball, working out, and my school work. I stopped playing basketball because of Corona but putting a lot of time and effort into working and homework is difficult. I believe I am very hard working and these were big challenges that I'm going to still face but I'm working through them.
Many experiences from my childhood have made me into the person I am today. I grew up Christain so going to church every Sunday grew my faith. Even though I didn't like going to church and learning about stories from the bible it changed me. My personality as a kid has always been playful. I think this made me into the person I am today because I think I am still playful from time to time. I hope it sticks with me when I get older. Life is like a dream that I'm making come true. I think now I have grown to be a passionate, hardworking person and I think both of these are good skills to have. These skills will allow me to achieve my goals and mission in life and help me to achieve a successful life and a strong relationship with God which are both important to me.
-The school was as small as an ant.
-Church became as boring as school.
-I used to be as angry as a bull.
-Life is like a video game.
-My faith has grown like a tree.
-Life was like a dream.
-I felt like a fish out of water.
-My stress melted away like a snowball in the sun.
-When I first came to GCE my relationship with God wasn’t strong but now it's as strong as a lion.
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