I would’ve never learned major life lessons if it weren’t for sports, clubs, and school events. As a child, I was ahead of my time in terms of my ability to learn. I understood my mother had multiple jobs and wasn’t able to get her GED until a bit of years after I was born. I wasn’t isolated or left with a babysitter all the time of course; I spent the majority of my time in the Boys & Girls Club at my elementary and in junior high, when she enrolled in a private nursing school and became an LVN after a few more years of hard work and studying, I had football and track practice to take up most of my time. Albeit my mother taught me the most vital things needed to get through life, she couldn’t give me everything I needed to know in the palm of my hand. Through these programs and the people and friends I met, I learned things like true grit, maturity, compassion and empathy, and more; something the education system couldn’t teach
I would’ve never learned major life lessons if it weren’t for sports, clubs, and school events. As a child, I was ahead of my time in terms of my ability to learn. I understood my mother had multiple jobs and wasn’t able to get her GED until a bit of years after I was born. I wasn’t isolated or left with a babysitter all the time of course; I spent the majority of my time in the Boys & Girls Club at my elementary and in junior high, when she enrolled in a private nursing school and became an LVN after a few more years of hard work and studying, I had football and track practice to take up most of my time. Albeit my mother taught me the most vital things needed to get through life, she couldn’t give me everything I needed to know in the palm of my hand. Through these programs and the people and friends I met, I learned things like true grit, maturity, compassion and empathy, and more; something the education system couldn’t teach