I love math because it's different. It's not like any other thing that you can try to do every day. Also because math is a part of my everyday life. And there's no way that I can get around it. When I think of the fact that I have to do math on a daily basis, it is difficult. But. It's not something that I can get around. In. I may not like it, but I got to do it anyway. If you ask any person what they. Do you want a daily basis? Some people may end up saying that they use meth on a daily basis. No matter how hard we tried to get out of doing math class when we were in high school or actual grade school. We were never gonna be able to get around it no matter what. It may seem like a easy thing for people to not do or want to do. But math is something that we will never be able to live without in our lives. We pretty much use math on a daily basis. Units with money paying for stuff or. Even driving our cars. Even though we may not have known the actual priority of needing to use math on a daily basis, we never would have figured that out unless we had our teachers there to guide us. So I pretty much love. Yeah, because of all the teachers that I've had over the years. It's because of them I learned how important math actually was for me and how many times a day that I get to use it in my life. And I don't even understand half of the stuff, which, you know, a lot of kids don't really know. What to do with math? But it's because of them. I was able to have. I'm more of an understanding and how to do it all in the end. My grade school teachers, they actually helped me realize how important math was and how many times a day that I actually use it. I am now a shift leader at my work. I am pretty much. One of the highest. Paying people I have to make sure that I keep in track of. All of the money and where it goes. During my one shift and if one thing goes missing it's all on me. I can't afford to make a bad mistake and lose money for the people that I work for.

I am the youngest of five kids in my family. I have always had my heart set on going to college. But right now I am working on trying to find a way to help my parents with paying for college. I am trying to get my criminal justice degree, due to a personal meaning and for someone who means so much to me. I have always wanted to go down the criminal justice path. Because I want to be able to make a difference for those who can't defend themselves. I also want to do it since I feel like the justice system failed me and my sister. I lost my sister when I was a year old, and my biological parents didn't get that long of a prison sentence. They took an innocent baby's life, they didn't deserve to go out and live like it had never happened. Even though every day I have to live with the fact that my biological parents are out there in the world and they probably don't even feel bad for what they had done. I want to pursue this because I don't want another family to be hurt like I had. I lost someone who meant a lot to me, and I don't want someone else to feel the way that I feel. I feel that if I don't do this then I was Going to let my baby sister down. It's because of her I have the drive and dedication to do this. I know. Officers aren't very well-liked lately. If no one's gonna do the job. Then who's going to be out there to protect those people? I know that it's a very difficult job for women, since people how the idea that women shouldn't do a man's job. But I believe that if a man can do it, then why can't women do the same job? I also believe that it's because of those gender roles is why women tend to turn away from doing jobs like this. Being able to help those who need it is my number one goal for this career, and that is why I had chosen it. It's not going to be an easy task but life is never easy, it never has been. It more than likely never will be either, and that's something that everyone has to face every day. The world is a scary place to live in, and what you do to help the community is the only way that a difference can be made. For a while, I didn't know how to make a difference in my community until I realized that I wanted to go down the criminal justice path. It can be a rather nerve-racking job, but it takes a lot more to be the one to go out and make that difference for those around.

I have faced this challenge since I was a junior in high school. When I was a junior my grandfather with dementia moved in with me and my family. I have had to deal with such a difficult time, trying to make life a little easier for my parents. I hadn't done too well with keeping myself in line, which isn't good. But after I realized that I need to grow up and straighten up my act, things could be a little easier for my parents. I had started to do what my parents had asked me to do, and some things that they hadn't asked me to do. What I had learned from my current situation is that it may be difficult for me to deal with everything that is going on with my grandfather. But it doesn't hurt me, even when I think it does it truly doesn't. I am getting to be there for my mom while she needs me. And to take every day that we have him in our lives like it's the last. Because before you know it all you will be left with is memories, and that's going to be the hardest thing to ever happen. I still have to work on myself and try to be nicer to him, I struggle with that. Since I forget the mental state that he is in, I have to try to remember that he is a little boy mentally that is. He doesn't think the way people in the right mental state do. But what I learned from this was that I need to take every day with a grain of salt and that it's not his fault for the way that he is mentally. I need to live in the moment and not take things for granted, because eventually sooner rather than later I will no longer be able to make more memories. That is all that I will have left are those memories, and that day will hurt because I will remember that I was so rude and mean to him. I had been dealing with this stuff for a while and I am not sure how I continued to deal with it. But it has made me stronger over the years, I have been working on being nicer and being more patient with him. Because eventually I will be out of time with him and I wont be able to forgive myself.

I love math because it's different. It's not like any other thing that you can try to do every day. Also because math is a part of my everyday life. And there's no way that I can get around it. When I think of the fact that I have to do math on a daily basis, it is difficult. But. It's not something that I can get around. In. I may not like it, but I got to do it anyway. If you ask any person what they. Do you want a daily basis? Some people may end up saying that they use meth on a daily basis. No matter how hard we tried to get out of doing math class when we were in high school or actual grade school. We were never gonna be able to get around it no matter what. It may seem like a easy thing for people to not do or want to do. But math is something that we will never be able to live without in our lives. We pretty much use math on a daily basis. Units with money paying for stuff or. Even driving our cars. Even though we may not have known the actual priority of needing to use math on a daily basis, we never would have figured that out unless we had our teachers there to guide us. So I pretty much love. Yeah, because of all the teachers that I've had over the years. It's because of them I learned how important math actually was for me and how many times a day that I get to use it in my life. And I don't even understand half of the stuff, which, you know, a lot of kids don't really know. What to do with math? But it's because of them. I was able to have. I'm more of an understanding and how to do it all in the end. My grade school teachers, they actually helped me realize how important math was and how many times a day that I actually use it. I am now a shift leader at my work. I am pretty much. One of the highest. Paying people I have to make sure that I keep in track of. All of the money and where it goes. During my one shift. and if one thing goes missing it's all on me.

This may be kind of cliche but I would have. My barbie dreamhouse in Malibu. Favorite features inside oh that's another story. Those features would have to be the Massive walking closet. And then it would also have to be the beautiful living room. I'm not much for a lot of glitz and Glam. But I would definitely go all out for this. I am not much for pink but I would definitely have like a white house. It maybe kind of boring and basic, but I know what I like and no one else can change that besides me. Another favorite feature that would be inside. My house would have to be the beautiful and amazing kitchen. It may be very hard for me to keep clean but it would definitely be worth it. Even though most people don't like big and flashy things but that's not what really matters. It matters if you can have a great imagination and go out of your comfort zone. I love the idea of a spiral staircase. It would just make the entire space look more classic and also more original. It would make the house look so beautiful and finished as well

I would have to say that my favorite song is shake it off because it tells you that you can get through anything as long as you don't let it get to you. As someone who used to let everything get to me. But hearing that song me realize that I shouldn't let that happen. Because it's okay for me to stand out as long as I am myself. If anyone has a problem with that then they should deal with it, and it doesn't matter what they think. Because I shouldn't change myself for someone else and if people don't like me for me then they don't need to be in my life. I am one of those people that can find the meaning behind some songs, but that's only if I listen to the song several times. But every song that I listen to I feel like it has a meaning, and some songs have more of a darker meaning than most and some of them are scarier than others but that is perfectly okay. But this was a song that I was okay with, and I was really happy with finding the meaning of the song. The meaning of this song helped me with realizing who I should and shouldn't have in my life. Which made a difference for me, and I am so happy about that. I may have made some choices that haven't been so good for me but this one made me realize that there are some choices that some people had already made for themselves. What I mean by that is whether they want to be in my life or not. If they truly wanted to be in my life they wouldn't be rude and judgemental, they just want me to feel as bad as they do so they can feel better about themselves. Which is never the right thing to do, since if you don't have anything nice to say then you shouldn't say anything at all. Which brings me back to what I said in the beginning. This song helped me realize that I shouldn't make a mountain out of a molehill. I should just let the small things go and not worry about them too much. Instead, I should worry about the thing that matters the most, like how I am going to pay for the things that I need to live a happy and fulfilling life.

I have been working on my game for the past 7 years, I am highly passionate about my golf game. I have played on my high school varsity girls' golf team. I have wanted to get a full-ride scholarship to go off to college. I have wanted to make an impact and play while I am in college but unfortunately I my school doesn't have a gold team. Since it is in the mountains, and they are golf courses but they don't have a team. Just because my school doesn't have a team still plan on playing while I am there. I won't give up on something that I love to do, I find golf rather relaxing. When I am on the golf course it seems like nothing else matters. All of my problems seem that they go away and they become irrelevant and they don't seem much like they don't seem to matter. I love being able to make my problems not matter anymore, especially when I am playing since I focus on what I am being right then and there. I enjoy playing golf because it helps relieve my stress. It makes everything around me seem so much smaller than it is. When I am on the golf course, nothing else matters other than what is going on right at that moment. No matter, what was going on Before I was on the course it was not even on my mind. I faced several challenges. At school during the season. I would get questioned by other kids every day about why I even wanted to play golf. But I had not let what they said get to me. They would say Golf is not even a real sport. You should just give up; you are not even that good. But towards the end of my time. As the only senior on the team, people started looking up to me as the athlete I am. They started showing more interest in playing golf, and more interested in the team at my school. But it is because of their criticism and their Skepticism that drove me to be the best athlete that I could have been. No matter how many people would judge me for being a golfer Didn't even cross my mind since it does not matter what they think about me. It is whether I enjoy doing it. Another challenge that I faced was the fact that I played with boys on the golf team. They would always act like they were better than me. Which they were. But that is not what mattered, it may have mattered to them, but not to me. They just wanted to rub it in my face and speak. I am better than you. You cannot play, and that would bring their confidence down for most people. But for me, that just meant that I had to try two times as hard to get where I am. Since Where I teed off was closer to the hole than where the guys teed off, they always thought that I had more of an advantage. But that is not what it is about, it is about being able to strategize and use the right clubs. It is because of their criticism and their judging was why every time I played, I tried to do better and better. Each time we went to practice I wanted to prove to them that it is not about how close I am to the hole, it is about how good I am at using my strategies.

I have always wanted to go down the criminal justice path. Because I want to be able to make a difference for those who can't defend themselves. I also want to do it since I feel like the justice system failed me and my sister. I lost my sister when I was a year old, and my biological parents didn't get that long of a prison sentence. They took an innocent baby's life, they didn't deserve to go out and live like it had never happened. Even though every day I have to live with the fact that my biological parents are out there in the world and they probably don't even feel bad for what they had done. I want to pursue this because I don't want another family to be hurt like I had. I lost someone who meant a lot to me, and I don't want someone else to feel the way that I feel. I feel that if I don't do this then I was Going to let my baby sister down. It's because of her I have the drive and dedication to do this. I know. Officers aren't very well-liked lately. If no one's gonna do the job. Then who's going to be out there to protect those people? I know that it's a very difficult job for women, since people how the idea that women shouldn't do a man's job. But I believe that if a man can do it, then why can't a women do the same job? I also believe that it's because of those gender roles is why women tend to turn away from doing jobs like this. Being able to help those who need it is my number one goal for this career, and that is why I had chosen it. It's not going to be an easy task but life is never easy, it never has been. It more than likely never will be either, and that's something that everyone has to face every day. The world is a scary place to live in, and what you do to help the community is the only way that a difference can be made. For a while, I didn't know how to make a difference in my community until I realized that I really wanted to go down the criminal justice path. It can be a rather nerve-racking job, but it takes a lot more to be the one to go out and make that difference for those around.

Going to Disney when I was younger opened my eyes to the fact that my dreams can come true if disgraced. I will never give up. Plus, it was the first family vacation that I remember going on. The happiest memory that I got from that experience was going on so many rides with my mom. Since I was little, I was not able to go on the big rides that my older siblings were able to ride. Being able to spend the day with my mom meant the most to me. I realized how important spending time with family is, and before you know it all you will have left are those memories. I was able to go to a place that thousands of people dream of going to. But that is not the point of this, the point is that going to Disney to me means making memories with those who I care most about. Being able to spend the day riding rides with my mom, running around, and having fun. My favorite memories were when I got to meet all the Disney characters. I have always loved Minie Mouse, and even now I still do she was my favorite character to meet. I just wish that I still had my little autograph book, but those do not really matter. It is the time spent with the ones that I loved, when I looked at my mom, she looked extremely happy. She looked the happiest that I had ever seen her during that time. But she was happy because she got to see her kids enjoying the day that they were able to make possible for us. Going to Disney and making those memories Read me the happiest person that I have ever thought I could have ever been. But at that time, I was only six years old. My main priorities were playing outside, whether my shoes were sparkly or whether my hair was done all nicely. I did not really know what real happiness was. At that time, that is what I thought it was. Disney was a magical place. Do I ever want to go back now that I am older? Probably not. But that is what Made it special, that is why it was made. My parents did not have to take Me and my siblings, two Disney. They wanted to because they wanted to give us a childhood that they never had. I took it for granted when I was younger. That my parents did not really care about whether we did anything fun, but they were working to make sure that we were happy.

It is important since being in the wrong mental state could have rather dire consequences. I have also struggled with depression, and I would lock myself in my room and not come out unless I had to come out of my room. I did not used to open up to my parents about how I was feeling, but then shortly after I realized that I had a problem and I needed to talk to someone. It is important to open up and talk to people because you cannot hold in all your emotions. After all, before you know it you will end up breaking down and will not be able to handle it anymore. Which is not healthy for anyone to do to themselves. That's how I help my mental health, I open up and I try to talk to those who care about me the most. That is what I believe is one of the most important things that anyone can do for their mental health. Talking to those who care about you the most Can help more than anyone can think of. It also will help you relieve stress, being stressed out, Overwhelmed Can affect your mental health severely. If you feel like it is not going to help, and you just continue to push those feelings down. It will just continue to hurt you every day, and it can affect you badly. You never know how bad your mental health is until you realize that you need help from those who you are around. I found it difficult to want to ask my mom for her help. But it had a greater impact on me than I had originally thought it would. I just wish that some of my friends reached out and asked for help. Since they were struggling with their mental health, they took their life because they could not hold it in any longer. I had promised my mom and myself that I would never take that way out. Since it would cause them more pain than it would me. That is why mental health is important because if you choose to take your life it will end your suffering, but it will cause everyone else around you to suffer after the fact. The impact of the loss may have more of an impact on those who care about you the most. Nevertheless, do not hold in the feeling you have, talk about, it and let someone know.

I am planning to go to college for my criminal justice degree. What I plan to do after that is, more meaningful than anything else. When I was younger, I lost my baby sister. My biological parents decided to take her life, they did not get an exceedingly long prison sentence, I believe that the justice system had failed me because they did not suffer the way that I did. It is because of that I want to go into the criminal justice field so no one will have to feel like I did and still do, to be honest. I want to go into the criminal justice field because I do not want another family. Test have been failed. By the justice system because someone decided to take their loved one's life. I believe that the only way that I can make a difference in the world is if I do this. I believe that no one should ever have to hurt the way that I have. I want to make sure that my community is safe, and families do not have to worry about whether their house is going to be broken into at night. Yes, that is just something everyone must worry about nowadays because no one knows how to not be violent. Now people believe that violence is the only option for their justice and their safety, that is all they think. I have never been hurt more than when I found out that my biological parents got out of jail. Being able to defend those people who cannot defend themselves is the only way that I feel like I can make a difference. Protecting those who are defenseless is my way of making a difference in the world. It may be one the hardest jobs to go into as a woman, it does not matter what gender I am all that matters is if I am happy doing what I want to do as a job. It also has an extremely negative impact on the area around it. Police officers are not genuinely liked by several people and several different areas around the country. That is also why I want to do this because even though it may be a difficult career to pursue, I feel like I would be able to make the impact that I feel is right. That is what I want to do with my degree and that’s what I am going to do.

My house would be Gryffindor because I do not let my fears stop me from achieving my goals. Being. Outrageous and determined is the whole point of being a Gryffindor. Hard work and dedication would also be another thing that I would describe as me and why I would be a perfect fit for Gryffindor. I may have some things that I need to work on and some things that may hold me back from doing some things. But I do not let that stop me from going out and trying my best every day of my life. I may not be the best at some things, and it may not work out for others, but I never give up on myself. I never hold back my true potential, which is important in the real world. You can be the smallest, but you can make the biggest impact on those who are around you. The most critical thing that anyone can say to you is that you cannot do something, that is something that hurts the most when someone says that. Being able to face your fears. And going out of your comfort zone helps you grow and thrive. That is what I have learned from reading Harry Potter overall. Doing the smallest things will help make the biggest impact on whatever you do in life no matter what. I have always been known as the smallest kid in my entire class. I Had to do a little bit more every day because of me being a little bit of a disadvantage than the other kids. But I could not let that get to me. I had to do my best. More than my best at that for me to get where I am now. I feared failing and not trying my best. But I had to keep in mind that everybody fails, what sets you apart is whether you choose to keep trying and you do not give up on yourself. Because giving up is the worst thing that you can do to yourself because you are teaching yourself that it is okay for you to fail, it is okay for you to give up on yourself, and nothing can change that. Because you think you will not amount to anything other than the bare minimum. If you are hardworking, determined, and you have the drive to succeed then you will. That is what matters the most, that is what is most important.

I enjoy playing golf because it helps relieve my stress. It makes everything around me seem so much smaller than it is. When I am on the golf course, nothing else matters other than what is going on right at that moment. No matter, what was going on Before I was on the course it was not even on my mind. I faced several challenges. At school during the season. I would get questioned by other kids every day about why I even wanted to play golf. But I had not let what they said get to me. They would say Golf is not even a real sport. You should just give up; you are not even that good. But towards the end of my time. As the only senior on the team, people started looking up to me as the athlete I am. They started showing more interest in playing golf, and more interested in the team at my school. But it is because of their criticism and their Skepticism that drove me to be the best athlete that I could have been. No matter how many people would judge me for being a golfer Didn't even cross my mind since it does not matter what they think about me. It is whether I enjoy doing it. Another challenge that I faced was the fact that I played with boys on the golf team. They would always act like they were better than me. Which they were. But that is not what mattered, it may have mattered to them, but not to me. They just wanted to rub it in my face and speak. I am better than you. You cannot play, and that would bring their confidence down for most people. But for me, that just meant that I had to try two times as hard to get where I am. Since Where I teed off was closer to the hole than where the guys teed off, they always thought that I had more of an advantage. But that is not what it is about, it is about being able to strategize and use the right clubs. It is because of their criticism and their judging was why every time I played, I tried to do better and better. Each time we went to practice I wanted to prove to them that it is not about how close I am to the hole, it is about how good I am at using my strategies.

I see myself as a police officer, helping those who can't help themselves; protecting those who cant protect themselves.

I plan on going to college for my criminal justice degree. I lost my baby sister when she was only 2 months old to my biological parents refusing to feed her. I was lucky enough to be alive today. My biological parent had gone to prison and are out now. I believe the justice system has failed me, my biological parents do not deserve to be out. It is because of that reason I want to make sure to the best of my ability that no other family has to go through that. This scholarship would help me get closer to me getting where I want to be in the idea of what I feel is my calling. Pursuing criminal justice has been a rather big passion of mine. My baby sister was a motivation of wanting to do it. But it's also because it makes me feel like I am going to be doing the right thing and making a difference in my community. I have never felt more passionate about something other than when I figured out that I wanted to be a police officer and work with the justice system. Getting this scholarship would help me be able to save a little more money, and it would help me get my dream more to reality. For as long as I remember I had always wanted to go to college and stay on campus and be an actual college student. But I don't want to have to pay so much money and not save anything to help me and my family. I would be able to save a little by using money that is given to me instead of having to pay it back. But I don't want to sound like anyone else. I am trying to get to where I want to be in the future, which everyone else wants to do when they go to college. I don't want to deal with student loans which is going to be difficult but every little bit helps. Since college is extremely expensive and no one ever wants to have loans to worry about. But they are sometimes unavoidable, but if I get the scholarship, I would never think twice about taking every little bit of help that I can get. I don't like trying to plead to prove myself worthy of this but it's okay. I know that I tried my best to get where I am and that is all that matters.

My mom and dad have always supported me to reach for the sky On my biggest dreams. They supported me even when I was struggling at my worst. No matter what happened, they were proud of me for even the smallest accomplishments. They had always told me they want me to have a bright future. They wanted me to go out and do my best even when I didn't feel like my best was good enough. It had taught me to hold myself to a much higher standard. But no matter how hard I resented them I knew it was for the best. Because fhey knew my potential, they knew I could do anything I put my mind to. Even with procrastinating and doing things that they probably didn't want me to do.. I still got their love and support no matter what even if they are frustrated or angry with me. I never thought that I would ever get to where I am today with out my mom and dad by my side through it all. I have a couple of the most amazing parents. That gave me so many options to go towards my future. If they wouldn't push me I wouldn't be where I am today. I have a lot of my successes to them It's all because of me having my really supportive parents. They bettered my education by never giving up on me. By asking me if I need help with something that i'm stuck on. I never knew how much I would appreciate it until. They've never given up on me. And it's because of that I was actually able to graduate from high school. Which I had never thought that I was actually going to do. I always thought that it would be the date for graduation. But it's because of them That didn't happen. It's because of them I'm choosing to go And get a higher education. Because I want to make my parents proud. And show them that their little girl can shoot for the stars and reach the moon. These passed four years for me were not easy at all. Hurricane florence and then covid It was also difficult. But someway I managed to get through even the hardest of things. All because of them, I learned never to give up on myself. Because if I gave up then so would everyone around.

Volunteering is taught me to make sure that everyone's involved. No matter what we're doing anyone and everyone can help out. Being able to volunteer has helped me realize that every little bit counts. It doesn't matter how young or old someone is everyone can help. Equality when volunteering is the most important thing. If someone doesn't feel like they are appreciated when they aren't tearing them, they won't want to come back. Being able to realize that and Trying to make sure that people actually want them to come back. Is a good thing, The more volunteers that a organization, his, the more help that they get towards a good cause. The organization that I worked for didn't single out just a single person. It was an entire group that they helped. Several groups of people that they helped. It's because they didn't want people to feel like they didn't have any support. Because medical bills and other bills get really expensive when someone needs To take care of another family member.. Being supported by a community that actually cares about how others are doing is really important to me. Not only because I come from a really loving in support it family. Being able to help people. And Going Out into the community and helping those that are in need. It's more important to me than getting money for volunteering. Being able to go out and support those who can't really do things on their own makes a difference in The long round of things. Along with helping out who may've gotten their houses damaged. Or those who are displaced from their homes. Opening up a place for them to stay is easier said than done. Do you do me helping out those people who got displaced during Hurricane florence really helped me open my eyes. Open my eyes to everyone wanting to do everything to make Sure that people had warm beds to sleep in warm clothes. My community came together and changed the idea. That if we were Together we can get through anything. No matter what it is we just need to make sure we stick together we can achieve anything. That's what volunteering has taught me. And that's what I've learned. No matter what we've are faced with, we can get through with anything, it just takes teamwork. It takes a community coming together.

I live in a community that We strive to make sure that everyone feels equal with the community that I live in. . The community that I am involved in new students. Come in and out every day. Whenever a next student came in, I was determined to make them feel like they belonged at her school. Respect goes a long way with those students because they don't know if they're going to be respected. If they don't know that they're gonna feel respected by. Other students they won't want to go back No matter why I was determined to make them feel like they belonged. To make them feel like the school wanted to nurture their education no matter where they came from. Which in multiple ways that is very difficult. Especially since a lot of them don't know what to expect from new schools. Because they move around so much, they don't expect the respect. It's a big thing In my area that each student It shouldn't feels like they belong there no matter what. It doesn't matter what color their skin is what their background is. I've only lived. In two places through my entire life. I never got the opportunity to feel like I was respected by my peers. So I kind of forced it. I didn't nurture my education like, I probably should have. With that being said I didn't want other kids to feel like they didn't belong. Making sure that they did belong, and they felt like they could go to. People at my school meant more to me than anything else. Being able to help other kids feel like their education was being nurtured by the staff. I was determined to make them feel like they were at home even though They may not have been from there. My hard work and termination to make other kids. She is like they could go to school and get the education that they deserved. What's the most important thing for me. That's why I go out and make a community every single day and try my best to make other people feel like they belong. The diversity in my community is Overwhelming. It's hard enough as it is for new kids to come in and out and not staying for very long. But it's so important no matter what, They know that it's OK.

Last year my grandfather who is suffering from dementia, moved in with me and my family. I was a Junior in high school, I was in four of the hardest classes I could have been in that year. The way that I started out dealing with everything that was going on, started by shutting people out and not talking to anyone about what I was going through. Expectantly talked to my parents and my boyfriend, three of the most important people that I should have. Because of my not talking to my boyfriend, we started to have problems in our relationship with him. I didn't want to go out with him, I didn't want to call him. Suddenly, I began to avoid him entirely every time we were in the same room, and he would walk toward me I would walk away acting like I hadn't seen him at all. A few months later, we had broken up I was crushed because I had pushed away someone that meant so much to me. One of the most important people that had meant so much to me, I had pushed away and I could never get him back. Additionally, since I started shutting out my parents my mom and I started having more and more arguments. My dad and I had no problem at all, it was just me and my mom that had those problems. It hurt me mainly because I was best friends with my mom when I was little. But, everything changed shortly after my grandfather had moved into the house. Some things that had changed shortly after, and I started opening up more. But I didn't open up to my parents, I opened up to my French teacher. Turns out his mom was dealing with similar things, and he understood what I was dealing with. So, he allowed me to come to his class early in the morning before class started to be able to talk to him. Being able to talk to him allowed me to release the emotions that I had kept inside for so long. Sometimes when I talked to him, I had just broken down in tears because I hadn't wanted to talk to anyone. Since I didn't want to add stress to anyone, mainly my mother. Since she had been dealing with way too much with my grandfather. I had gained a relationship with my French teacher that not many students get to gain with their teachers. He became a really good friend to me, he never judged me for crying in his classroom. He showed me that he truly cared about how I was doing, and feeling, and what was going on. Things shortly after started to get better between me and my mother. But she still didn't know what had been going on with me, since I still didn't want to talk to her about what was going on. Until I had gotten home from school and started my homework. She had come downstairs from her office and saw that I was crying. She had asked me why I was crying and asked me what had been going on with me lately. That's when things started getting better between me and my mother which helped me because I can't live without my best friend. I can't live without my mother being right by my side, even though it was hard talking to her. Which made life so much easier, even though I may not tell her everything I have started telling her most things.

Being a part of a community that excepts me for me is by far the most important. I am a person who is a part of the LGBTQ community. I have several other people in my life that are a part of this as well. Being in a supportive community always helps to have people that will always be there for me to help the most. I was so scared coming out to my family but having the teachers that were told me that everything was going to be okay made things way easier for me to talk to my parents. It was a struggle for me to figure out how to tell my parents that I am bisexual was the hardest thing. But my parents ended up surprising me when I told them that I was bi. They had said that they would love me and accept me for the person that I am. They don't care who I like as long as I treat them well. Being able to have people that you can talk to especially at a young age, is always the most important. Lots of kids and people get cut off from their families because it's not what they believe to like the opposite sex. But everyone should be able to show others that they are just like everyone one else. No matter how different each person is it's okay, they don't have to be the same sexuality as you to be like you. Just because I am different doesn't make me any different that the person in the house next door to me. I had a hard time acting like I was someone that I wasn't, and when I figured out that I was bi I tried harder and harder to hide who I truly was. Because I was worried that people would judge me for who I was, which made me uncomfortable. No one should ever have to do that but every young person always ends up not being able to express themselves. I know I have, and I figured out that it's okay for me to be different. It's okay for me to be the person that I am because I love myself and god loves me for who I am. But I am happy to say that I am a proud member of a community that excepts me for being me no matter what.

I am determined to use my higher education to be able to protect my community. My passion is to do something that will put the murderers and the criminals in prison. I want to be able to give closure to the families that had lost a family member unexpectedly. No one should ever have to feel like they won't get to have the justice for their families. It is hard enough as it is to be have to lose a member of your family. I want to be able to protect the ones i love and the one in my community. Because it means too much to see other people suffer and to not be able to do something about it. Justice should be served for the wrong doing of criminals. Going and doing some about serving just for others is my number one goal. That is why I want to become an officer, I want to be able to do something that everyone else is to scared to do. Even though there is a lot of controversy about police officers, doesn't change my mind about what should be done. Those that are too scared to speak up for what had happened to themselves is a big passion of mine. Needing to let everyone know what had happened to them is not okay. I want to be able to help others as much as I can, even though ad a woman it is going to be a difficult task for me to do. Doesn't change my mind about wanting to serve justice for those how don't want to come out of the shadows and speak up for themselves. Being able to protect my community is my goal. Being able to get justice for families that had lost a member of their family, when it wasn't their time by the hands of a murder is never fair for someone to go through. That's why it is important for me to follow my path of being a police officer. Because it's never fair for others to suffer and not have anyone speak up for them. I have wanted to do this for as long as I can remember. Because I was one of those people that couldn't speak up. Until I realized that I really needed to, and not until I got over being scared of speaking up. I never want anyone to have the same feeling that nothing will happen to the person or people that had done wrong.