Personal Essay: Personal Autobiography Of My Life

Personal Autobiography As a little boy, growing up in Jamaica, family was important. I grew up with my mom who was a teacher, my dad who was a correctional officer, and older sister which is seven years older than me. Most of my weekends was spent at my grandparents’ house with my big sister. Then on Sundays I would go to church with my grandma and sister while my grandpa stayed home. If I can remember correctly, around age eight, my mom, sister and I would have our summer vacation in America. Life was going well, until my family dynamic changed. My grandma migrated to America because of the opportunities available there. Later on in life my mom and dad separated because of domestic violent issues. In the midst of the separation my little

The only think I could think of was to join the army. My GPA was not the best and I did not think any college would accept me. I even made the first action to my thought by going to a recruitment office in Mount Vern at to take the practice test, which I failed. My older sister suggested that I should come to her school which is convenient for me great, because it’s not too far from home and I just got my first job, working at Kmart. Applying for Concordia was no easy task. I started the application process in the middle of August. If I can remember correctly, I got it done and submitted by Thursdays, the 20 of August, got the accepted letter the Friday, then school started the Monday. Getting into Concordia was a blessing for

At the end of sophomore year of high school, when I was in summer school, it hit me real hard. I was not going to graduate with the grades I have. Due to the fact that, you have to five regents to graduate New York City high school, and I had zero going into my junior year of high school. Also with the life style I was living I was not heading in the right direction either. It was until then I made an act of repentance and give my life over to Christ. At that moment of my life my value system changed. My value system came from the bible and was inspired by the life of Jesus. In addition with the change mind set I had my action started to improve. In January of 2014 I took three of the regents I needed to graduate and passed all three and got the second highest score in the school, on the living environment regents. By June I took the other two regents and passed. Going to my senior year of high school I had passed all my regents made the honor roll and was doing well in high school, until I became