Just Another Statistic.

Given my background, society would call me "just another statistic". Born in Chicago, Illinois, I was raised in a single parent home; just me and my mom. My dad tried to stick around for a while, but he couldn't stay clean long enough. My mom and I moved to Houston when I was about six years old. Until I was 10, Fort Bend Texas was where I called home. My mom married in 1999 and through her marriage, I came to love Dallas, Texas.
Just an average girl living a far from average life. My mom was and still is determined for me to have better than she ever could imagine. She made me sure to expose me to all that she could so that I wouldn't be "just another statistic". Being able to attend TCU is not by "happen stance"; it is my "divined destiny".

It is actually a very interesting story, me coming to TCU. It was "College Night" at my high school and I felt like a child lost in Disney World. Everyone around me just seemed to know exactly where there future lied. As for me, I stayed extra close to my mom. There were so many schools. So many opportunities. Culinary school sounded fun. Joining the millitary...not too much. An HBCU maybe? But I knew I wouldn't survive the first day. Then I saw it. The flyers. The posters. The look on the faces of the people photoshopped in the pictures. At an instant, I knew that I was ready to trade in my "green and gold" for some royalty.
I didn't waist anytime completing my application and sending it off. In the meantime, I had recieved letters from two other colleges: Spellman University in Atlanta Georgia and Oklahoma State in Oklahoma. I was excited about both, but my heart was still holding out for TCU. Well, to make a long story short. I was wait listed. So I began preparation to attend OSU. By my mom's suggestion, I still attended the "TCU Monday's" event that the campus host, on Mondays, for incoming freshman or students interested in the school. I was not excited about attending at all but I concealed my disappointed. When I arrived at the campus, I could not stop smiling. The excitement. The atmoshpere. All the beautiful people! At that moment, I knew I had to do whatever it took to change my standing.
I was in purple from head-to-toe, including purple stars in my ears and a purple ribbon in my hair to match. I had also brought with me a copy of a book that my work had been published in through a Dallas writing competition (I won 3rd place by the way). I talked to the Dean. I smiled at everyone. And I made a lasting impression. I guess it worked because when I returned home that weekend from attending OSU's "This Is the Life" weekend, freshman "meet and greet" (I hated it because no one talked to me the entire time), I checked my mail and there it was. "CONGRATULATIONS!" signed by the Dean himself.

*Four Funny "Facts"* (say that 3x's fast)
1. If I were made Chancellor of TCU, I would make a way so that there was no school on Fridays because everybody knows that "club nights" for college students is on Thursday nights!
2. I am a very "emotional" person so a good teacher to me is somebody who is caring and also understanding because I just do not have "good luck" and I'm allergic to all types of weather which causes to miss more days than expected!
3. I believe that good students are those who are engaged and prepared for class everyday but are also excited about being there, making the class interesting and exciting.
4. I would absolutely LOVE to have dinner with the prophet Daniel so we can discuss what heaven is like. Mary J. Blige because I look up to her and how much she has still succedded in life after overcoming so much. And my mom because there is no one else on this earth that I love with all my heart.

*3 Truths to Tell*
1. My real dad and Bernie Mac use to be BFF's
2. I'm a very "spiritual" person
3. I do believe that the world is full of wonderful and amazing things

I love to read novels. I truly believe that a good book is the cure to a broken heart. I usually read African American literature, just because it's what I know I am interested in. But I would like to read other genres, which is mainly why I chose to take this course. I know that if I am "forced" to read it, then it will open the doors to other authors and genres that may interest me.
I have been reading since the age of five and writing since the day I learned how to spell my name. If I had to choose, writing is my "spiritual gift". It comes naturally to me and I enjoy it. I write everything; poems, short stories, plays, biographies, it truly doesn't matter. As long as it is for me. Rarely do I care about the opinions of others when I write. I write to release stress and to give that "little voice" in the back of my head some time off.

This is my BLOG. It represents me. Who I am as a person and how I relate to this class. The colors are more than just colors. So much thought into something so simple. Red for His Blood. White for the "purity". Black becuase it's every color as I am everything that I desire to be.

No matter my background, I am far more than "just another statistic"...I am ME...

I HAVE READ, UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THE COURSE SYLLABUS