college education
Being an independent thinker with a “can do” attitude has not always worked out to be a good thing. Growing up in a family of seven in a poor section of La Puente, California taught me that I had to go get everything. As much as my parents wanted to provide the better things in life for my siblings and myself, they could not. In fact, we would make our own milk out of powder mixing it with warm water and placing the pitcher in the refrigerator before bed, hoping it was at least a little cold by morning. Beans, potatoes and twenty-three cent boxes of macaroni and cheese were all too common. There was never any Cub Scouts or Little League for us, just a hand me down bike from cousins that we had to share. All this left a bad taste in my mouth and forced me to realize that I had to take matters in to my own hands such as a paper route for earning money. When the bike had a flat, I
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Approximate Word count = 619
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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