A Place That Has Shaped Me

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Out of all the places that have shaped me and impacted me, I feel that there is one that has impacted me greater than any of the others. This place is the first home that I ever lived in. This house is a meaningful place that has helped to shape my life and also helped to impact my life as it allowed me to learn about my heritage, shaped my views of technology and made me value the importance of family. The first home that I ever had was actually a two-bedroom apartment located on Belmont Avenue in Chicago. I lived in the apartment on the top floor with my parents during my years as an only child. When I think about it now, the apartment wasn’t really that big but to my five-year-old self, the apartment seemed large. While I lived there with my parents I had the slightly bigger room due to all the toys that I had. All the rooms were painted a bright white and there was a light grey, fuzzy carpet on the floor in every room. White tile that was cold to my bare feet was laid out in a honeycomb pattern in the bathroom. The U-shaped kitchen was …show more content…

During the first five years of my life that I spent in that apartment, I barely used any technology. I did watch some television shows but that was about it. I didn’t play on a computer or any other digital devices that my younger siblings used when they were younger. Most of the time I had was spent outside in the big and colorful park or playing with some of my toys. This was due to the size of our small and cozy apartment. There are many examples of how this has impacted my life such as being the last person to get a phone in my class and barely having any social media in comparison to the amount that my sister or some of my friends have. I still today don’t really spend as much time on electronic devices as my siblings do. I would still rather spend time with my friends or do something outside such as playing basketball with my

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