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This week’s blog is going to ask you to reflect personally
and think about a specific event in your life that really caused you to grow
up. The topic is from this year’s common
app so get familiar with the style of the prompt; you’re going to be answering
these types of questions again in the near future…
This week’s prompt:
Discuss an accomplishment or event, formal or informal that
marked your transition from childhood to adulthood within your culture,
community, or family.
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ReplyDeleteFormal events were never uncommon in my family. But, being catholic making your communion is a big deal. It’s like your holy right of passage, and you’re technically considered an adult, even though you’re only 8-9. It usually in a big church and you have a big ceremony with about 30-40 other kids. All girls wear all white dresses with vails, like you’re getting married, and boys wear a suit. They say about 10 prayers before anything happens then everyone gets called up in alphabetical order and go up and drink wine and eat holy bread. It was a real big deal in my family, about every single person made their communion. It’s a thing for catholics to do, you have to go to catholic school for about 3 years in order to make it. After they all called us up and we all said a few more prayers, you would usually have a party afterward. Of course i did, it was at the anchor inn. I never thought this was a really big deal, but to my parents and grandparents were crying and were so happy for me. I didn’t really understand why at the time but i just followed through with it cause it was what my parents wanted. But, i mostly did it to get out of catholic school, that place was rough. I do not regret it tho, it made me more understanding of my religion. I’m glad my parents made me follow through with it.
ReplyDeleteI personally have never been to church like you have. I didnt know you attended church! I wish I could have gone growing up. I would have loved the guidance they could have offered. My family is not religious anymore even though I wish they could be. I know it would have helped them alot during their divorce. I enjoyed learning about your experience though, so thank you!!
DeleteI totally agree with you although I was never able to complete mine , it was still a big deal in my family most of my cousins did . My grandparents were very religious growing up and they always pushed all of us to have a close relationship with god growing up and now being older I realize why it was so important . When no ones there god is and no one can change that as long as you stick your ground and keep a close relationship with god.
DeleteThe point in my life where I “grew up” is when I bought my first car and got my first job. They both happened within a week of each other so I’d say it was both of those events. I got my first job at The Cove and then a week later bought my 93 Ford F150 Flareside. I started working at the cove then coming home and working on my truck, now I have two of that truck and I’m switching parts over from my first one to my newer one. I was working at the Cove five days a week and either before my shift or after I’d be working on my truck. This is when I realized I have responsibilities and that I want to get a good job. I went through all my savings and then starting putting my pay checks into it. I started hanging out with my dad more and my grandpa teaching me how to work on my truck. I grew up a lot when I got it I didn’t hang out with anyone as much all I did was work and work on my truck and sleep. In my family I guess that’s the point where you grow up, when you get your first car and your first job. My dad worked three jobs in highschool just so the day he graduated he bought a brand new truck. I now have two trucks that I’m working on and I have to pay for insurance on both and I’ve done most of the work myself just figuring it out or looking up how to do it. That’s when I “grew up” I still act like a kid sometimes and have fun though.
ReplyDeleteI agree with this. There is a time when you turn from a kid to an adult and realize that. I also agree that you need to have fun sometimes and cant always act like a full on adult. Even a lot of adults have alot of fun being stupid or whatever. I 100% agree.
DeleteIt was not until this summer that I finally feel like i am beginning to be an adult. As soon as we got out of school i got a job at seaside heights beach control as a beach badge seller. It was a horrible job because all I did all day was count money,rip wristbands and deal with rude bennys. It was also always super slow. But I was able to get a lot of things done during that slow time. I read books, applied to more jobs, and even started applying to college. It was working that finally gave me a reality check into adulthood. In less than a year I leave to move across the country to go to college all alone, and working all summer was how I was going to pay for it. Now I work at playa bowls which is a lot more fast paced and It gave me many responsibilities that i’ve never had. I have to clean up after people, be nice to customers, take orders, apologize if some things wrong, work quickly, and clean dishes and floors. These tasks gave me a look into the future and responsibilities that i will have to take on while living on my own. Working jobs this summer was my transition from being a child into adulthood.
ReplyDeleteI think it’s great that at 16 you already have two jobs. That must be very hard to handle. But it’s really cool that you’ve been applying to colleges and reading in your spare time. It’s so awesome that you’re moving across the country at such a young age! That’s a lot of respondsibilites though. I really hope everything works out for you and you go far in life!
DeleteThere were many things that converted me from childhood to adulthood but the one that stands out is when i got my driver's permit, and started to drive. When i got behind that wheel i was so excited because i felt like i can do anything and go anywhere i wanted, it's like getting a good grade. When i was in driver's ed class i was looking forward to that test because i knew that i was going to pass the test. When i turned 15 i was thinking about driving and how hard it was going to be but really i was just nervous and couldn't wait to drive. When it was coming close to my 16th birth day i was talking to my parents about how easy it should be to drive. They told me don't get comfortable with driving because anything can happen at any time. When i heard that i was second guessing myself about driving because i was close to a family member who died in a car crash and that just made me think that one day that could happen to me at any moment. When i turned 16 i took my 6 hours and when the car pulled up to pick me up i was getting butterflies in my stomach and i kept telling myself that i couldn't do it and i might crash. Finally i got behind the wheel and i went off i was great and not i am waiting to get my drivers license.
ReplyDeleteI grew up to when I got my driver's permit, it put me one step closer to being able to go where ever I want. I would soon be able to drive anywhere at anytime I would like. I remember when I got into the car for my 6 hours nervous but I thought I would do good since I had driven before. Then I remember my second day getting out of the car and the instructor handing me my permit and walking into my house with a big smile. Right after that I drove to my dad's house got into my truck and drove to my grandparents house, my uncle's house, and my aunts house just to show off and say hi.
DeleteA accomplishment that helped me grow up is when I go to school it helps me grow because it teachs me stuff about what i have to do when i grow up and go into the real world. When i took financial literacy i teaches me how to grow up and know how to take care of money what i need to do with it to so i don’t waste my time in the real world. When I go to school it teaches me to grow up and not act like a kid and be more of an adult so then when i go to college i know what to do with my life and not dumb things. All the classes that i take or they give will help me with the things i need for everyday lives or the stuff that i already know which helps me do the things i do in a normal day to day basis or what i will need when i get older or stuff i need for those things that they teach me about that makes me grow up and makes everyone else around me grow up or they don’t do anything at all and don’t have an accomplishment. All the school stuff that i have learned has made a accomplishment for me.
ReplyDeleteYes, I believe that school helps everyone with growing up because it teaches us what's wrong and what's right.
DeleteIts nice that you have an accomplishment in your life. Its also nice that you learned some stuff from this. I hope that you got o college to be something in life.
DeleteMy transition to childhood and young adult consists of when i needed to get my first job.
ReplyDeleteI had already had a recurring summer job at Berkley Towniship summer Rec when i decided i need to makes changes to have two jobs to make twice the money and provided for a good future and unexpected life events. My first real jobs was at Bakers Waterstreet as a hostest. I enjoyed working as if it were a hobby to do on my spare time. I’ve always enjoyed being out in the work environment with volunteer work, it was just a bonus to be paid while doing the things i love most. Having a job made me feel like an adult. The second most thing that made me feel like an adult was getting my car and license. I had the feeling of responsibility and excitement as the engine roared to life and i was off on my own to drive wherever my heart desired, within the state of New Jersey and not from 11am to 5am that is. Doing normal teenager stuff made me realize my childhood was over, well for the most part with the little exception of the childish things we all do time to time. I felt alive, as if completely free and also a little sorrow that the old me, wasn’t me anymore.
Getting a job really seems to mature a lot of people. It seems to give a sense of responsibility, especially when you're handling you're own money and you're able to buy things like a car, or maybe even pay for your own phone bill. It really gives you a sense of how to go about in the world and maybe even teach you how to save up your money for things that you really need, rather than buying things you don't "need". That's exactly why I'm planning to get a job in March.
DeleteDiscuss an accomplishment or event, formal or informal that marked your transition from childhood to adulthood within your culture, community, or family. A time that i’ve had an accomplishment is when I joined the high school softball team. It was not only an exciting moment for me but also a moment to reflect on my skills from my previous town softball teams The Unicorns, Rampage, Fury, Dingers, and The Beasts. The first year I joined the school softball team I did good, I played in the outfield and I was a base runner for the pitcher and catcher. My freshman year on the softball team I hit probably only two times but i did steal the bases a lot and got some runs for the team. I did get a few injuries as well during my freshman year on the team, i got hit at my ankle, i was hit on my shoulder, my hand, and my lower leg. Unfortunately at the end of the season I wasn’t able to make it to the banquet do to being in the hospital.
ReplyDeleteLast year or Sophomore year I joined again and this year i showed more improvement, I caught more, i was able to hit/bat more, and I even played a bit of the infield as well! I remember during spring break I was placed at second base and I helped get a total of six people out with some help from first base third base and the center outfielder though. During Sophomore year I did cause some injuries though as well as me getting injured too. I hit one of my teammates during practice in the face with the ball by accident, i also almost hit one of the coaches as well. Some of the injuries i got were a softball right to my right hip thrown from an outfielder during practice, scraps from sliding, almost hit in the head full force with a softball during a game after someone on my team hit it and it darted straight to third base so i had to duck, spin and run to home. The high school softball team helped me more with my strength and agility as well as speed.
Last year I also joined a town softball team as well as the school softball team, last year was called The Beasts! On this team I placed everything but pitcher, my favorite was second base and catcher. I remembered I would hit the softball more then I did my previous years during softball, it would go out into the outfield. When I placed catcher I played aggressively, whenever someone tried to steal i would death stare them down till they walked back to their base they were on. One time this girl tried to steal home so I got the softball and ran up to her and almost pushed her when i tagged her out. During my town team games and practices I accidently hit a coach from the other team in the face when I was playing catcher while i threw it to first and I also got hit on my hip again while up to bat. I’ve learned that I can be aggressive sometimes and stronger then I think.
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ReplyDeleteThroughout my life there have been many things I consider to be accomplishments. For example, one thing I consider to contribute to my life as an accomplishment is when I joined chorus in fourth grade. I never, as a child, really liked to do group activities, or really anything that involved talking to people I didn’t know, so I see it as a pretty big accomplishment. Especially since I didn’t quit it, I actually stayed with it until the end of that year. Another accomplishment I’m quite proud of is in fifth grade I joined drama. Though, I was only in stage crew (since I have stage fright), I still find it to be a pretty big accomplishment because I stayed after for almost every meeting that there was and I also worked very hard to paint things for the play. Despite the fact that it hadn’t really been my “job” to paint things for the stage crew, it was just that the stage crew members that had signed up for that part quit the production. Asides from that, though, I found that I had really enjoyed stage crew. I made a lot of great friends that year and actually started to talk to people more. I wish I had gone on to continue it in sixth grade, but I became much more interested in drawing and art, so I didn’t apply to drama again. My last big accomplishment was this year when I started VOCs. I’ve wanted to do it since freshmen year, but I never attempted to get in because I thought that since I don’t do too well in math and history (my grades are usually quite bad in those subjects), I thought that I wouldn’t be able to get in. But I did get in and I’m really enjoying the program so far. I’m really proud of myself for actually going through with it and really applying myself to it. I think I actually prefer the vocational school to regular school. I don’t think I really consider myself to be an “adult” yet, especially since I haven’t gotten my driver’s permit yet or even gotten a job, but I think I’ve really grown up a lot since I’ve begun high school.
ReplyDeleteIt's cool how you were able to overcome your fears and do things you wanted to do such as chorus and drama and VOCs. It's good though that you are enjoying the program you are in at VOCs I remember how my time at VOCs was last year.
DeleteMy 15 party made me realize that I have grown that I am not a child anymore because that is what it represent. It is a tradition in Mexico when you turn 15 to become a young women and leave your childhood behind. They throw you a big party with your most close friends and family to show that you have grown into a young women. When I hit that point of my party it made me think to know that I have come so far that I am not a child anymore there is so much out there for me. Having the ones you love around you is what helps the most because you know that you can always count on them during this process of growing. It became like an eye opener to know that I have grown and will begin to start doing the things for myself. It was one of the best moments I have had because I realize it was on me from this point and on. I will begin to grow and learn things that life has to give me. My 15 party was a huge part of my life and I will always remember it to this day and nothing will change. Turning 15 was the most amazing moment of my life and it made me change into finding out about myself and leaving my childhood as a memory.
ReplyDeleteThe event that made me grew up was when i witness the tear from my mother. At that point i realized that i don’t want to see my mother cry and i wants to make her happy and proud. She was crying because of me so i felt bad and realized that i had to change myself for her to not cry ever again. I used to always skip school or skip classes and be in the street thuggin everyday. And one day the school called my mother and told her that i was skipping school or cutting class and she found out about it. Then that night my mother had a deep conversation with me about my life and she starts to cry while talking and i felt really bad that i had made her cried. And now i stay in school and go to most of my classes. My mother moved me to New Jersey because of this reason and i hates New Jersey, but I still moved because that's my mother’s wish so I had to go with what she wants. And i realized that my mother can’t take care of me for all my life so I have to grow up and do everything on my own, and i almost made it so my mother would be proud of me.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you. Seeing a mother cry would have a great impact in one's life and make them grow up. Like you, my mom moved to NJ from PR twenty three years ago because she was a minor and had no other choice. Keep up the good work and you'll make your mother very proud!
DeleteThe great one named Henry Ford once said “Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” To me this means if you fail once, try again but when you try again you would have learned from your mistake so you will be able to to do the task in hand. When you fail you should never look away or look down but get back up. This is what i think what the quote means that Henry Ford wrote.
ReplyDeleteThis quote can be related with me many ways. Like this one time, i wanted to learn how to ride a bike without the two little wheels behind the bike. This was when i was just 6 years old. It was a nice sunny day with no clouds in the sky and i just looked at the bike. Then i said to my parents that i wanted to ride my bike by myself. So my dad took off the little wheels. My first attempt at riding the bike, i fell over not even 5 seconds into it. Every attempt i made i would fall. I wanted to give up but i started to think about what i did wrong. After thinking for awhile, i got on the bike and pushed myself and just started to pedal until i did it.
i had the same experience when i was a kid i had to get better at riding my bike it only took me one day and i was a pro at doing it
Deletegreat quote from henry ford.it is failure is part of life and you could begin again and again.some people don't reach for there dreams because they are afraid to fail.they should be afraid because the greatest people in life failed but one thing they wanted was to reach for there dream.your supposed to fail because failure is part of becoming successful
DeleteOne event in my life that really changed me from being to a child to becoming an adult was when I graduated from the 8th grade. Before I graduated from the 6th grade, I was always the immature and doing dumb things and also being careless about my grades. I hardly ever did and homework and when I did do my homework I put little to no effort into it. During school I was never organized and I always had my teacher get me organized only to see that I can’t keep it like that for more than two days. During class I was always talking and being yelled at for not paying attention and not doing my classwork efficiently. What really grabbed my attention was when, towards the end of the year, my teacher started talking about going to middle school and high school. He explained to everyone that when you start school next year that it’s going to be to completely different and not what we do in elementary school. The grading system was going to be different and teachers were going to be more stricter and not going to have any tolerance. At first, I felt a bit nervous but didn’t really stress over. I was taking what my teacher said as a joke as if he was trying to make us get our act together and start acting a bit mature. When I started middle school I was still acting the same as I was before but more worse because we had bit more freedom. I didn’t really want to act like an adult because in my mind, I knew I wasn’t going to last very long, but as soon soon I graduated from 8th grade was when I realized that I need to get my act together because I didn’t do the greatest during my middle school years and I knew that highs school was going to be a bit harder. So the day that I graduated middle school is when I started changing my ways. I started acting like an adult without even knowing. My maturity level increased tremendously and all my friends were noticing it. Sometimes I still get in trouble and do dumb things but that’s only because I still like to have fun
ReplyDeleteOne event that changed my whole life from becoming a child to an adult was going to a convention in richmond virginia.my parents joined this business that also changed there lives from breaking those bad habits to becoming leaders in this business.It was 15 birthday and my sat me down saying they weren't going to get me anything for my birthday because as you grow older you no longer need toys to entertain you.my mom sat me down saying she is giving me a to go to this convention that had a great impact on their lives so i gladly accepted.It was the 21 of october i woke up at 3:30 in the morning because the bus leaves at 5:30 as we got to the location where the bus was going to pick us up there was a lot of people.and so i asked my mom why are there a lot people here and she answered “the same reason you're here” and i had goosebumps.we stop at a rest stop to use the bathroom etc.we left and there was a man with so much energy that grabbed the microphone on the bus.we get richmond virginia.Day 1 was amazing they talked so much stuff that i would never learn in school.day :2 they talked about family success and being positive and helping other.those days iwas there changed my life forever and will be in my head forever and be motivated to reach for my dream and goal.
ReplyDeleteThere were a few achievements so called that I did within my family to transition from childhood to adulthood. For starters, I got a job. I work for my father's company organising and doing all kinds of random things they ask for. This was a pretty cool step because now I can make my own money and be responsible with it. Also, I got my permit. This is also a huge step into adulthood because it teaches you to be independent and learn how to really do things on your own. Even tiny things like this pushes you into being a good adult. But, bigger things like having to take care of actual people, and even having to manage your own money now is an even bigger step into adulthood. Also, realizing the small things in life are not worth fighting for. Thats a big thing because all these kids are fighting over the smallest things and not realizing it's just not worth it. That to me is a big step into adulthood. All of these things happened to me within my family. It’s been pretty easy but realizing now that you're a full on adult is scary and next year is our last year as a younger person is scary. Some of us will have a family of our own in less than 7 years. Thats amazing to me. But, these are some things that I went through going from childhood to adulthood in my family.
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ReplyDeleteThat is one great example because it does teach you to become an adult. High school does change the way you start to think things because we are all growing. It is great to have these type of classes. I like the way you describe everything and the way you change.
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ReplyDeleteHonestly I don’t think there was one specific event that made me realize I was no longer a “child.” I feel as if all my life i’ve been a little more mature than my class or generation, not because how I act or the things we all do differently, but what I went through in my life. Most kids have easy lives with mom and dad fully involved and supportive, not having to worry about simple everyday things that are just handed to them on a silver platter. Now for the rest of us who don’t have it so easy i feel like our minds grew a lot faster and matured from child to young adults in the blink of an eye because of the different obstacles put in front of us. Many of us don’t have what I call “Mommy and daddy money” with that being said the ones who struggle have to learn to get it on there own and are forced to mature a lot faster, unlike other kids who are able and allowed to depend on their families til their 18 birthday or even past that. I know kids who have been working all their life and if u put them in a room with a kid whose mom supports them 100% you can tell the difference, same age different up bringing & I swear it really shows. I started working when i was 13 cleaning hotels , now i’m turning 17 and already a manager at a restaurant , most kids my age are just starting their first job . Not saying it’s a bad thing for parents to spoil their kids but I thank my family for showing me all the struggle and important things in life and not just what I wanted but more or so what I needed. When I grow up my kids will have everything their little hearts desire but the first day the bringing working papers home is the day there getting a job so the can learn responsibility and mature into a motivated young working adult who will be able to support themselves if one day i’m no longer there.
ReplyDeleteThe life obstacle itself was a importance of maturity along with working at a young age. You don't really see that in common now a days. Yes it does depend on the parents and yes it does depend on how they are raised by whomever. The objects that they need in life will NOT be handed to them all their lives. I too was a young worker. You really got to expierience life and really see the difficulties in life behind the bright side world our parents really want us to see. Having a job at a early age and earning your OWN money is a huge sign of maturity. When you see the difficulties at home it encourages you to do better in life and attemtping not to be in the same sitatuation. I completley understand, and 100% agree w/ you. Very well written.
DeleteA huge event in my life that made me realize it was time to grow up was when I was retained a grade. It made me see things a lot differently. Seeing my “friends” move up to the next level of education was a smile on my face. But what was really upsetting was not seeing anyone give me a hand and pull me through. Once they accomplished the other task in life, it felt that I simply did not exist anymore and as if the cause of this was all my fault. It really was. At the time I did not want to realize that I was the one doing wrong and that the teachers did not care. I later on realized that I was the only one to blame for my actions. I committed the crime and to this day i still do the time. I have now caught up to my classmates, but they changed not because they wanted to but because they really had to. It wasn’t for the better but for the sake of their reputation. Some people think I changed and don't want to do shenanigans anymore but i think of it as letting my mistake go and high school was a fresh new pot to start from scratch. I really don’t think it’s a life choice. The yellow brick road is not always their to follow, sometimes you have to make the material yourself, to make your own path successful.
ReplyDeleteI remember when I got into the car for my 6 hours I knew I would do good since I had driven before. Then I remember my second day getting out of the car and the instructor saying you did great good luck. Right after that I drove to my grandparents house.my family was very happy when I passed and now I get to drive my grandparents all over the place. but I know they are just using me for a free ride but I still love them
ReplyDeleteI totally agree my first time driving was fun until my mom kept scarring me but if she can scare me so can anyone else I'm glad she did that she helped me learn just like u and your mom or dad
DeleteAn event that made my transition to adulthood wasn’t one solid event it was things i brought with me through my life watching my older siblings make just about every mistake you can think of in a day. My parents would always say to me after yelling and screaming at them “learn from their mistakes” then when i turned seventeen my older brother said to me that i had to be better than all of us better than my dad, mom, brothers and sister his exact words were i had to be better than all of us combined and at the time i saw that as pressure being put on me im the youngest out of five siblings i have to be better than them AND my parents? I found that impossible as well as nerve racking but now when i think about it i know he wasn’t telling me i had to he was telling me i will all i had to do was keep in mind all the things i’ve learned and seen over the years and put it to use think before acting and learn from others even if their not teaching you can always pick things up from anyone and that is what has let me grow and become an adult in this world and when i have kids i will tell them the same thing to learn and grow from everyone around you.
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It is a lot of thing that turned me into a young adult instead of a child for example number on and most important is getting a job one reason getting a job is important is that you are able to make your own money and get your own responsibility and it makes you feel more mature and you get to do what you want and no one tells you what to do yeah you have your boss but it's not like a mother or a teacher there not constantly on you and watching your moves they give you leancy when you are able to do your job correct and you have little to no error another example is playing sports say if you are a person that doesn't really have discipline and is really lazy you can try a sport called football it's very fun you can get perfect discipline and you can also break that lazy habit you can also work on your physical features and your endurance because we have an amazing weight room it's like a real life gym inside there you can get fit active and perfectly in shape also we do drills and are with heavy equipment everyday therefore helping out your endurance once more and last but not least you are a brotherhood in football it's a game of you got my back I got your back and it's that simple simple things like that allowed me to become the young adult and not a snobby little annyoing kid
A specific event that happened in my life when I was ten years old that caused me to grow up was when my dad went to prison. This event shattered not only me, but also my sisters and my mom. Although my dad has always been in and out of jail, there was a time in his life that he was actually doing something positive to better his life. He had a job, was sometimes attending church on Sundays with the family and was spending a little more time at home. He had promised us that he was a changed man and that he was not going to let us down. One day, he did not come home. He made his rightfully deserved phone call from the police station stating that he had gotten caught selling drugs. Then, me and my family were visiting him on Saturdays in South Woods State Prison for two years faithfully. After he served his time in prison, he then was transferred to the halfway house in Trenton N.J. In the halfway house, my mom would cook a meal on the weekends early in the morning and we would have lunch together. Today, he is a free man, but he never came back home. Although he only lives twenty five minutes away from us, he has decided to be away from us and I have not seen him for the past two years. Although it hurted in the beginning and I missed him, I can now say that the pain has slowly disappeared.
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