Finally, it hit me 10th grade summer that I was getting older and now that I was a junior it was time t think about college.Learning in history about the middle class and upper class made me feel as if I didn't go to college I would be working all my life like my parents.Growing up I didn't have it all but I had some things.My mom was a single parent an maintaining a house of 4 was pretty challenging.I never asked what happend between between her and my father though I felt like it wouldn't change anything. Sometimes I didn't have a father figure but I looked up to my brothers when he wasn't around.I am the youngest child out of 3 brothers and 1 sister.I live in Carson,ca I've been living here most of my life .Full of diversity and different cultures.When I got in high school it was more of a social scene for me. 9th and 10th flew past me you know how time flies.I grew up with most of my peers around me. I thought I was way to cool for school though.My attendance was trash, and I begin to notice that my peers had more of a negative impact on me and I inherited some of their bad habits.My mother always told me everyday before school I can have friends and hang out but I can be successful and return years later and my friends will be doing the same things.I joined basketball so I can be motivated, keep my grades up and surround my self with people with the same interest as me.Sports was something I loved, i began to play basketball.It wasn't easy either but I am athletic.Many obstacles were thrown at me 2012-2014.My mom may have looked at me different. She thought I would be running the streets with my friends on my skateboards as usual.But I decided to switch it up and basketball helped me get my mind right.I begin to notice that everyday I lived was a life lesson for me. I'm glad my eyes opened when they did. My friends would still be my priority or I still would be procrastinating.Every obstacle thrown at me over the years have ef