PERSONAL STATEMENT, Y U SO PERSONAL?!

Describe the world you come from — for example, your family, community or school — and tell us how your world has shaped your dreams and aspirations.

Growing up in a community where people did not care about their rights or believe they did not get much had me thinking why they thought that way. I observe how families struggle to get help for money or getting food on the table because they are unable to get help from the government or they have low paying jobs, I always question why did they have to struggle and get less while they are the people in need of the most help. I realized that they are affected with social problems the most. It is not right for the poor to get poorer. I want to be that person to help them, to stand up for them, be their voice. Becoming a lawyer for reproductive justice will help be achieve my goal.
I’ve been in a program called SAFIRE which teaches teenage girls about reproductive justices and how minority are treated in our society. This fall, I held a workshop with a group of girls from SAFIRE to teach the youth in my community about climate change and how it will effect their lives. The youth were mostly low-income students who understood learning about how they are taking advantage of and will be most effected by natural disaster that they can make a difference and take a stand. We taught them different ways to stop climate change, like using solar power, go to farmer markets, prevent companies from making factories in their neighborhood, they all learn that they had the power to do something. When we were finish with the workshop, we recorded videos of the youth and they told us what they have learn and how climate change would effect them. One of the youth said, “Climate change would have a negative effect on my family because I will near freeways and factories so my family and I will get sick from the gas” This got to me. It’s like someone hit me in the gut. The pain got me thinking about my family. I come from a low income family. My family can get sick from factories and highways and they would not ahve the power to do anything. I wanted to protect. That pain was like a way to open my eyes. To tell me that I need to make a difference to protect my family and families out there because these are my people who are being affected. These are low income families who are getting effected by factories and roads, who think they aren’t able to do anything. It is not fair for these families to suffer and risk their health because factory owner wants to have their business there, they should be able to stand up.

That is where I learn what I wanted to do with my life. Studying about people in my community that are held in low standard and are taking advantage, I wanted to do something. Those are my people who are being affected and I do not like that, they needed someone who is willing to stand up for them and fight for their rights. Explain to them that they have rights and do not have to let people push them around like that. They will get all their rights that can make their life better and have someone who is willing to help them. That is all I want in my life, to help others because they deserve it, they have rights that need to be fullfilled and I want to get them it anyway I can. I will help them like I am helping my own family, I will give them everything I got.  

Tell us about a personal quality, talent, accomplishment, contribution or experience that is important to you. What about this quality or accomplishment makes you proud and how does it relate to the person you are?

My parents would always stress out about money or getting my siblings what we want. Most the time when they stress out, they argue a lot. I am the youngest in my family and everyone thinks I don’t understand or thinks I don’t know what is going on but at a young age, I always knew what was happening. I observe what my parents say to each other and how it affects our household. I was scared at times when they argue but those argument would make them stronger. With all the yelling and fighting in my house, I never looked at the negative side of things.

In my mind, the more people fight in a relationship the stronger they will get if they are willing to keep trying. Now, when my parents fought they would get mad at each other for weeks when I saw that, I knew it was time for me to come in. I found any way to get my parents to talk or make them laugh. I knew how to get my parents to talk. It is easy for me. As a person I always see the positive sight in things, I don’t want to focus on the negactive when it is not needed. I am the problem solver, I know the right from wrong but I can make it in a way that can make everyone happy.

Interacting with people was easy for me. Seeing the positive side in any situation is easy because people able to still have motivation or knowing why things are happening can give out a different mindset. Instead of focus in the bad, I know that I can change it to turn it into a positive. Personally, I know life has it’s ups and downs but why worry about the downs if you can focus on the ups. Downs are like learning lesson, you learn from them then move on with life and don’t think about the downs focus on what will keep you up in life. That is how I see life in a way.

FINAL. YO.

In the book “Ender’s Game” by Orson Scott Card, a young by name Ender does to battle school and becomes the hero everyone excepted him to be. Ender become one of the most greatest leader of all time and helped save the world. But he really missed his family. That is who he had in mind most of the time he was at school. Ender had an older brother and sister, Peter and Valentine. All of them are much alike but very different.

Peter was the older brother. He always wanted to work for the government to get power over everyone. He believe he was going to grow up to be the best soldier there ever was, but that ended up to be Ender. So, Peter was always jealous and furious with Ender. When Ender left to battle school, Peter got worse. The family moved to North Carolina when Ender left and Peter learned how to use his charm to get want he wants from grown up. Also he would torture kids the way he did with Ender. In addition, he got close to Valentine and they started to bound and get closer. All Peter ever want is to have complete control of the government and what is happening in space.

Valentine. She was the opposite of Peter. She knew what Peter was capable of. She knew the power Peter had on people and she was not scared of him but she hate him. Valentine tried every way to get Ender away from Peter. Valentine has brains, she was very smart and always have kept an eye on Ender. She was the closest to Ender and Valentine was the only person Ender really cared about. She hated the bound she grew with Peter. She hated Peter but she worked with him in a blog writing about the government. She hated what she had become into, she was turning in Peter but she always had Ender in mind. She based her life on protecting Ender, no matter and keeping Peter away from Ender.

Valentine and Peter were working together on a blog. They hid their identities so no one will know who they are. Later on, as they kept on writing they started to get a lot of power from their blogs. Peter liked the power he was getting and he enjoyed what people were saying about him. He was finally able to work with the government, he had manipulated them like he did with everyone else that he grew up with. On the other hand, Valentine did not like it at all but she worked with Peter. But when Peter tried to get closer to Ender and to get him to come back on Ender. Valentine drew the line. Valentine threaten to reveal their identities and tell everything that they have in plan. Valentine just turned into Peter in a bit when she did that because she is using what he did to others but now against him but she had a good reason to. She had always wanted to protect Ender no matter what.  

Ender grew up thinking that he was like Peter and he was scared of himself for it. Peter was known to be a killer. Ender did not have the heart to kill even though he did, he always found a way to make it up. Ender had feelings, he cared for others. While Peter did not care anyone but himself. He does things for him and only him and when he does not getting what he wants, he torture the others around him until he got what he want. They were almost the complete opposite but they were powerful. Ender had rage him and he was smart on the battle field unlike Peter. Ender did not want power, Ender just wanted to keep people safe while Peter wanted full demand on power.

While Valentine cared only for Ender. Every since the beginning of the book, Valentine had always protected Ender. Peter hated that. Valentine was able to win Ender over with her care. Ender and Valentine were the same, they are both smart. They knew what would happen and used their common sense. That is what they had over Peter. Valentine eventually protected Ender again by getting him to stay on other planet. So Peter would be the only Wiggin on Earth while Valentine and Ender leave and live without Peter.

Peter is one of those characters where, he will end up getting what he want even if that is losing everything he has. He wants power and he will get it. Peter wants Ender gone because Peter knows that Ender is one of the only people that can stop him if he gets power. But Peter does secretly always loved Ender but jealous and mad that Ender have chosen Valentine over him. It has to be Peter at all times and Ender needs to be gone to get that to happen.

The characters in Ender’s Game are complete opposite of each other but they need each other to survive. They are fighting against each other. The older siblings are fighting to get Ender attention, one is protecting him and the other is trying to hurt him. Ender is the middle of everything even though Peter and Valentine got along they had different things in mind of what they want to do with it. Valentine knew what Peter wanted to do but Peter never knew what Valentine wanted to do. They are complete opposite of each other but at times go, Valentine starts to learn from Peter and she turned into him for a bit and used his manipulation skills against him.

Ender is like Peter and Valentine build into one but more of Valentine. Ender is like the good Peter. He is a strong soldier that can control his anger and he has brains.  Ender is the strongest soldier in battle and he will never be like Peter. Peter and Valentine play a huge role in Ender life because Peter was the person Ender never wanted to be like and Valentine was Ender protecting or his will to fight.

PEER EDIT.

For Tram:
You should talked about all the conflicts Ender with though. Also the problems he had with his family. And when he found out the truth about everything. Add more detail more to Ender. I think you should talk about the people around him and how they have effect his life and what is he doing. Expand on what type of person Ender is like how he is always the person that is trying to pleased people or who everyone is relying on.  I agree with you at the end that Ender have changed and he lost apart of him but he is still cared about people and tried to do what he can for the people he hurt.

For Kaila:
Your book seems really interesting. The writing style seems complicated. You should describe more about it and give me more detail. Also reflect more on the author and his decisions on why he choose to write the book the way he did. In addition, for the character you should try to link the author writing style and the character together. You should expand on what the book is about and how the character reflects around other people. Also I think your usage of why you don't like the book can be more descriptive. But GOOD ESSAY!