Essay

My Life in College
Living in different countries is not as easy as it seems. A lot of goodbyes and lost friends is the price I had to pay in order to have this lifestyle. My name is Michael James and I come from a diverse background and have travelled and lived around the world. My father’s business took him to Ecuador where he met my mother and where I was born. During my adolescence, we movedto Mexico where I lived 10 years and finished my first two years of high school. I spent the last two years of high school in the depths of Borneo, in a tiny country called Negara Brunei Darussalam. I am proud to say that I can speak both my native languages (English and Spanish) proficiently, and I understand a third one called Bahasa Melayu which is the language spoken by native Bruneians.Being an American citizen, but having never actually lived in America is what encouraged me to pursue college education in the United States I am planning to finish my Associate of Science here at Pima Community College before I transfer to Arizona State University and hopefully finish my education with a Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management.
Many people ask me: “Why Tucson?” Even thoughsometimes I don’t know how to answer that question I can think of a few reasons of why I ended up in Tucson. I really liked living in Mexico; Mexico is a wonderful place. There is something about its scenery that just makes me feel happy, the people, generally speaking, are very gentle and polite, of course every once in a while you will find someone who is not very well mannered, but that exists inevery country, I still keep in touch with my friends over there and still think they are the most noble human beings I could have ever met. I love the informality of things over there, everything just seems easy to obtain, rules are bendy, I guess is not very moral, but hey! When in Rome do as romans do! Culture identity is very important to me, and when you adopt the culture of a country such asMexico you become a part of it, you become a Mexican without actually being one. Living in Mexico was a blessing for me, life was cheap and I enjoyed a very relaxed lifestyle. I guess that is my main reason for choosing Tucson, I wanted to live by myself for the first time in a place where I felt comfortable and Tucson has some of the Mexican culture I missed so much so It seemed to be the bestchoice for me, it’s not very big but it still has a lot of places to visit and for me to be entertained.
My dad has always been very supportive with my decisions, so I definitely felt like I had no pressure on me at all. This was not something good for me at the time. I have always lived my life with a very relaxed lifestyle, so there I was, a couple years ago; living by myself for the first timeand felt no pressure at all, well, let’s just say I did not do well on my first year of college. Things were not going forward; I couldn’t stay focused on my goals. Slowly I learned the first rule of living by myself. BE RESPONSIBLE. There are a lot of factors that need to be learnt before leaving the nest and to be responsible is the key to be successful in this area. It is normal for someonewho is not responsible to make silly mistakes such as; forgetting the keys to the apartment or to forget to pay bills. Well I slowly learned my lesson after paying the penalties for my late payments and after spending a good amount of money in lock changes.

Bit by bit I started to get my motivation back in place and started thinking of my future. What was I going to be if didn’t have aneducation? That was the main question that popped into my head every time I felt like going for a drink or wanted to procrastinate with my homework.
After my first year was over I ended up with a lot of credit card debts, so I decided to look for a job, the process was not easy, there are not many companies hiring people with no experience at all. But I didn’t gave up, I started to take advantage my...