I Was A Spoiled Brat Growing Up. I Am Not Saying That To

I was a spoiled brat growing up. I am not saying that to brag. I am simply stating fact. My mother and my grandparents (when they were alive) spoiled my brother and me every chance they got. Even when money was tight, my mother managed to give me everything I wanted. If I wanted something, I got it. If I wanted to do something, I did it. My mom rarely ever said â€Å"no† to me. I know that being spoiled contributed greatly to my success as a student. I was given a variety of opportunities a lot of children from the area I grew up in did not have. My mother wanted to make sure I had the best when I was growing. The opportunities I was given and the experiences I was able to gain heavily influenced my performance inside and outside of school and,†¦show more content†¦I was placed in the Advanced Learners program in third grade. I was an avid reader as well. My experiences and opportunities from Morehead and outside of school prepared me for going to Penn-Griffin School for the Arts (PGSA). I attended PGSA for seven years, sixth through twelfth grade. Like Morehead, PGSA was an arts magnet school. In middle school, I â€Å"majored† in dance and I continued in advanced classes. My class was the first seventh grade class to take Algebra I and the first eighth grade class to take Algebra II. In seventh grade, I started taking voice lessons outside of school. I decided to apply for the high school in eighth grade. Unlike the middle school, the high school was a strictly honors and AP program whose application process included a relatively extensive written application, an academic review, and an audition. I was able to apply with no problems and I was accepted into the high school program. I exceled in high school. I took almost every AP class my school offered and passed most of AP exams. I graduated as valedictorian with an unweighted GPA of 4.0 and a weighted GPA of approximately 4.9. I was the president of Gay-Straight Alliance and class president in senior year. My teachers and counselor supported me 100%. I think it is needless to say that getting into UNC was not a problem at all. It is obvious that my childhood was nothing like Austin’s, Appachey’s, or Harley’s. While I would not go as far as to say that myShow MoreRelatedCandy Shop Story : The Story Of The Candy Shop Story819 Words   |  4 PagesToday I am going to tell you what me and my family call the â€Å"Candy Shop Story.† So, this story takes place at a mall on April 8th,2011. It was my birthday and my all time favorite place to go as a kid was the Colorado Mills mall. For my birthday my parents took me we spent basically all day there, just shopping around just for me. Now that does sound like I am a complete brat, but it was my birthday so of course the day was for me. I remember that I was so satisfied with hermit crabs that i wasRead MoreDescriptive Essay - Original Writing2007 Words   |  9 Pagespulled up the driveway, the headlights of the car shining against the metal garage door. I listened to the sweet melody flowing from the white headphones all the way th rough my ears. Flightless Bird, American Mouth by Iron Wine played, the lyrics burning themselves in my brain, leaving the permanent mark of the emotions that filled each sweet, meaningful word. My mom pulled a headphone from my ear aggressively and shook her head at me. â€Å"Haven,† She paused, â€Å"couldn’t you hear me?† She was obviouslyRead MoreEssay on Fall of Asclepius95354 Words   |  382 Pagesshould I begin? The apocalypse happened so fast. In less than a month, monsters infested every part of this world. People panicked, people died. They clawed at each other just to get out of all the infested areas around the world. There was problem about fleeing from infested areas. Everywhere was infested. There was no where anyone could go without encountering the walking plague. You know that phrase War is Hell? Well... its dead wrong. War at least has some organization to it. What was faced