aristotle
Nov 14, 2010
Undergraduate / "never a struggle", a UC Essay [5]
Describe the world you come from - for example, your family, community or school - and tell us how your world has shaped your dreams and aspirations.
In some twisted way, I wish I lived a more traumatic childhood; one racked with memories to shape a more dynamic and deep personality. However, this is not the case, my life is quite uneventful. I am a white male. Of all race and gender combinations, mine, for the most part, has it the easiest. The most that i've suffered from is lethargy, apathy, depression and ignorance. plus an overburdened mind. I never languished in the way most people envision suffering. I guess i am just a whiner, in the grand scheme of it all. I feel that i suffered from the most inconsequential things; the comments the bullies made, the conflicting views on popularity and social phobias. I never suffered from racism. No one ever told me i couldn't do something because i was white. I haven't suffered from illiteracy since i was 4 years old. Food on my plate was never a question. I expect it and complain about it. I never ate out of the garbage or slept in the street. My family never struggled for material possessions, though i'll claim otherwise. My generation never faced a war. No tromping through killing fields, no agent orange and no common enemy. No genocide, famine, plague or pestilence. I've never been raped or exploited. No, I'm not trapped in a basement. No doctor has told me I have an incurable disease; my limbs aren't falling off and my heads on straight. No near death experiences, I haven't even been in a car accident. My parents are still together, instilling family values and providing for my sibling and I. I've never been sexually confused, I pursue what interests me and vice versa. I've never had to fight for my life, never had a gun in my face. I am the classic example of rich white kid living a sheltered life. Yet there is this emotional eruption thats stems from within me, like a artistic catharsis. A desire to better understand this hardship and embrace it.
Describe the world you come from - for example, your family, community or school - and tell us how your world has shaped your dreams and aspirations.
In some twisted way, I wish I lived a more traumatic childhood; one racked with memories to shape a more dynamic and deep personality. However, this is not the case, my life is quite uneventful. I am a white male. Of all race and gender combinations, mine, for the most part, has it the easiest. The most that i've suffered from is lethargy, apathy, depression and ignorance. plus an overburdened mind. I never languished in the way most people envision suffering. I guess i am just a whiner, in the grand scheme of it all. I feel that i suffered from the most inconsequential things; the comments the bullies made, the conflicting views on popularity and social phobias. I never suffered from racism. No one ever told me i couldn't do something because i was white. I haven't suffered from illiteracy since i was 4 years old. Food on my plate was never a question. I expect it and complain about it. I never ate out of the garbage or slept in the street. My family never struggled for material possessions, though i'll claim otherwise. My generation never faced a war. No tromping through killing fields, no agent orange and no common enemy. No genocide, famine, plague or pestilence. I've never been raped or exploited. No, I'm not trapped in a basement. No doctor has told me I have an incurable disease; my limbs aren't falling off and my heads on straight. No near death experiences, I haven't even been in a car accident. My parents are still together, instilling family values and providing for my sibling and I. I've never been sexually confused, I pursue what interests me and vice versa. I've never had to fight for my life, never had a gun in my face. I am the classic example of rich white kid living a sheltered life. Yet there is this emotional eruption thats stems from within me, like a artistic catharsis. A desire to better understand this hardship and embrace it.
