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Family

I love my family very much but then again, who doesn’t love their family? My family and I live in Pilsen, the Heart of Chicago. I happen to have two younger brothers named Daniel and Rodrigo. Daniel is taller than me even though he’s just 13 and Rodrigo is near my height by an inch or 3and he’s 11. I am the oldest sister so, it is my responsibility to take care of them while my parents aren’t home and I do a pretty good job if you ask me. My mother works very much to keep my brothers and me, going. As a single mother with 3 kids, my mother has to go through a lot of stress sometimes.

                I expect my family to be grateful for the things that we have accomplished and for the things that God has given us.  I expect my two little brothers to focus on school and do all they need to do to move higher. I expect my mother to try her best and not give up when obstacles get hard. As for I, I expect myself to focus on school the most and do all my work without procrastinating. Most importantly I expect my family to love each other for whom we are and for what we’re not because that’s what families do.
                This particular family has been with me through the toughest events that I have been through in the past. I know that my family will help me with the things I needs no matter what. They love me for what I do, for who I am,  for who I am not, for what I was, for what I will be, for what I don’t do, they love me because I am me and I love them for that. There is no other family in the world that could make me feel more comfortable than the family I am with.

Track and Field Team

I’m on the track and field team. I can’t wait till track season. The team practices in different places depending what you do. The runners stay indoors and run on the third floor. They run around green and gold house Monday to Friday. The long distance runners outdoors and they run to different places all the time. Sometimes they run to the Sears Tower, Skinner, or sometimes round the Whitney Young neighborhood. The field part of the team practices in Gym C, including myself. I’m a pole vaulter so the other 2 pole vaulters and I have to set up the wooden runway to practice. It’s a pain to carry every piece by piece especially when every piece is heavier than 20 pounds each. 

Each and every track and field team member is expected to try their best. We are expected to go further than our own personal records. We are expected to run faster than the other school, jump higher than the pole, pace ourselves, throw harder, push harder, and try harder. But the most important thing that we are expected to do is cheer for our team, to have pride, and not give up even if we lose.

My team is like my family. Even if I fail at jumping over the pole they still cheer me on and tell me what I did wrong. They help me look at the bright side. We are a team and we help each other out, we cheer for each other.

Whitney Young

               Whitney Young, the name of my first and hopefully my only high school.  It’s filled with very different people, from many different races, people from different places. It has 4 different houses, blue, red, gold, and green. The outside is black and it looks like it’s mostly windows. It has two bridges. One of the bridges leads from the academics building to the arts building and the other building leads from the academics building to the gym building. It’s a small school but yet so big. It takes up 2 blocks and the top of street.

                Our school is expected to be the best and try our greatest at everything that we commit to. In order to become a dolphin and be part of Whitney Young one must pass the selective enrollment test and be independent. The staffs are expected to do their job whether it has to do with attendance or assisting. The teachers are expected to teach their students new things and to help them understand things better. The students have to pay attention in class and do what they are told to do. By staying united we are a school.

                Everyone in the school is very different. It makes me feel unique. I’ve met so many new people in just a year and even though I feel unique I feel like some of my friends and I, are very much alike. Some teachers are very strict and some very nice, no matter how the teacher is I can always go to them for help and it’s like I’m talking to a friend. I am very comfortable with the way that the school is a big team.

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