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My Life Past Present & Future
My Life past Present & Future
Throughout my life, I had many challenges I was raise by a single mother which has its challenges. At the age of 13 I was brought to New York City and I was forced to learn a new culture, language and customs. I was taught to be independent and work hard. Returning to college as an adult, with family and children, it’s a challenge but being able to complete my degree has being a long time goal. Being able to give my children and myself a better life it’s something I have to do.

I. My Early years
• Being Raise By A Single Mother
• Values
• Responsibility
II. My Childhood
• Moving to New York City
III. Adulthood
• Children
• My job
• College As an Adult
• My Academic Goals
• Life After Graduating
IV. Conclusion

My Early years
I was born in the Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and lived with my mother and grandmother. Being raised by a single mother has its challenges. My mother worked lot of hours; thank God she had my grandmother’s help. My mother work very hard, she had to wake up at 4:00 AM everyday to go work. She at times held three jobs to make sure that I could go to a good private school and have everything that I needed.
In Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory, the microsystem consists of our primary daily environment: family, school, neighborhood, religious, and group affiliations (Witt & Mossler, 2010, Chptr 2.8, para 2). As a child Microsystems, which consist of family, neighborhood, religious and group affiliations has been the most influence in my life. I was raise by a single mother, I taught to be independent and work hard. My mother was extra strict with me I was not allowed to stay out much. Although School was the number one priority for my mother, I was taught to do chores around the house, learning to cook, clean and other household responsibilities which were also essential to learned.
My mother was the strongest influence. As a child she taught me values, to be responsible, respect other especially



References: Witt, G.A., & Mossler, R.A. (2010). Adult development and life assessment. Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu/books/4 Alexander, M., Clugston, W, & Tice, E. (2009). Learning online and achieving lifelong goals. San Diego, Bridgepoint, Inc. What 's Your Learning Style? EducationPlanner.org is a public service of the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA). Copyright © 2011 Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency. All Rights Reserved. MindTools.com. (1995-2010). Personal goal setting: Find direction. Live your life your way. Retrieved from http://www.mindtools.com/page6.html

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