By Eric Michua
Most had parents to take them to school or to teach them how to do things like ride a bike or tie your shoes. When I was younger this wasn’t the case, I did have parents but they were working 24/7, but not just that but my dad had a lot of health problems, which was really tough to go through as a kid. I barely had any time to talk/see them since they were always working.
My dad was the one I didn’t see the most, I guess you can say it was in some way foreshadowing the future. (Cough, cough he left.)
My dad was always hard on my siblings and I, but he was hardest on me and specifically me. I think he knew that he was always working and that he couldn’t be there for me, so I guess he tried to make me independent for myself and his way of showing us.
At a young age he made my siblings and I stay at home all day with no one to look after us but ourselves. He didn’t let us go outside to play because he didn’t want us to hang out with the wrong people or get kidnapped by a homeless.
Ever since elementary school I had to wake up every day at 6:00 in the morning to take the bus all by myself. Sometimes it was raining cats and dogs, or it was really cold, but I still had to go. There were times where I couldn’t wake up because I was tired and when I woke up late, I had to walk to school which was an hour away.
But when my dad wasn’t working he made me do a lot of things I didn’t want to do, even very advanced things for my age, which I won’t name for illegal purposes.
I guess you can say he was pushing me out of my comfort zone.
Looking back at it now, I can see why he did the things he did and I’m very thankful for that, but let’s not get too ahead of ourselves. Since I was always home I had a lot of time to myself making me highly self-aware. I also picked up a lot of skills and important things my dad had never taught me, how you may ask? Well, on the app that I always talk about--and no not Tik Tok--YouTube.
It all started with one let’s play video and soon turned into a tool for helping me succeed in life when my parents couldn’t help me. What I mean by this is since I knew that my parents couldn’t give me what I needed to succeed/make me happy, I had to find another way to get it and that was YouTube. However, another way it helped was when I had incapable teachers.
I know some kids had to deal with these kinds of teachers but I was very unlucky because I had a lot growing up but they never stopped me from learning, okay maybe sometimes but I didn’t care because I had YouTube on my side to guide me. I could keep going on and on on how much a bunch of ones and zeros supported me through the years, but my past self would be too sleepy to even finish this essay. Conclusively, I still have a lot of learning and self improvements, to do so I can become the best version of myself I could possibly be.
Most had parents to take them to school or to teach them how to do things like ride a bike or tie your shoes. When I was younger this wasn’t the case, I did have parents but they were working 24/7, but not just that but my dad had a lot of health problems, which was really tough to go through as a kid. I barely had any time to talk/see them since they were always working.
My dad was the one I didn’t see the most, I guess you can say it was in some way foreshadowing the future. (Cough, cough he left.)
My dad was always hard on my siblings and I, but he was hardest on me and specifically me. I think he knew that he was always working and that he couldn’t be there for me, so I guess he tried to make me independent for myself and his way of showing us.
At a young age he made my siblings and I stay at home all day with no one to look after us but ourselves. He didn’t let us go outside to play because he didn’t want us to hang out with the wrong people or get kidnapped by a homeless.
Ever since elementary school I had to wake up every day at 6:00 in the morning to take the bus all by myself. Sometimes it was raining cats and dogs, or it was really cold, but I still had to go. There were times where I couldn’t wake up because I was tired and when I woke up late, I had to walk to school which was an hour away.
But when my dad wasn’t working he made me do a lot of things I didn’t want to do, even very advanced things for my age, which I won’t name for illegal purposes.
I guess you can say he was pushing me out of my comfort zone.
Looking back at it now, I can see why he did the things he did and I’m very thankful for that, but let’s not get too ahead of ourselves. Since I was always home I had a lot of time to myself making me highly self-aware. I also picked up a lot of skills and important things my dad had never taught me, how you may ask? Well, on the app that I always talk about--and no not Tik Tok--YouTube.
It all started with one let’s play video and soon turned into a tool for helping me succeed in life when my parents couldn’t help me. What I mean by this is since I knew that my parents couldn’t give me what I needed to succeed/make me happy, I had to find another way to get it and that was YouTube. However, another way it helped was when I had incapable teachers.
I know some kids had to deal with these kinds of teachers but I was very unlucky because I had a lot growing up but they never stopped me from learning, okay maybe sometimes but I didn’t care because I had YouTube on my side to guide me. I could keep going on and on on how much a bunch of ones and zeros supported me through the years, but my past self would be too sleepy to even finish this essay. Conclusively, I still have a lot of learning and self improvements, to do so I can become the best version of myself I could possibly be.