smart with academics being somewhat important. They eventually learned that academics were just as or even more important than being social and taught me to value school and learning more than anything. Later on, I would realized that I needed to be a lot more social. Not only did I need to be academically smart, but “life” smart as well.
When I was eight, my parents went through a rough divorce that was hard for me to understand. Everything was split and I went through a bit of depression with my brother who was only five at the time. I developed an addictive personality that made it hard for me to let go of things that helped me cope with my parents’ divorce, resulting in my infatuation with video games and soda. My parents went from doing most things together to completely hating each other till this very day. I’ve always
felt bad for my brother, since he doesn’t remember our
parents being together at all. I eventually learned
how to deal with my split household and learned
more about my cultures being isolated with just
Mexican or Chinese relatives for a couple
of days at a time.
Luckily due to being raised
with a lot of academics, school was
never hard even during this period
of my life and it has never been
a worry. I eventually went to
high-school and found
myself at Lowell, improving
on my academics and
becoming more social by
joining clubs and sports. It
makes me really happy to
know now that I went
being from a really quiet
kid to being a more social
person overall.
- Dexter Hom