Mario Solis

English 4
Period 0
13 September 2014
Self Immunity
In my life, I have alays !ompared myself to other people and that sense of urgen!y to be
someone I am not affe!ted me throughout my s!hool !areer" Shoing ho I really as be!ame
of little importan!e" Ma#ing tea!hers laugh and students thin#ing I as hilarious as hat
mattered to me the most" $his as my identity in the orld and until % years later it began to
!hange" &ith both of my parents in 'ail due to !he!# fraud, my mother as deported to
(i!aragua and my father senten!ed to to years" I as for!ed to live ith my aunt and her self
indulged daughter" $o years of pain and suffer" $hose ill alays be the longest to years of
my life" Mar!h 22nd, my father as released and !ame home s#innier than ever" $he emotions
that ran through my body as so strong but I also #ne that another !hange in my as about to
undergo another !hange in my young life"
Suddenly, another oman !ame into my life" ) oman that ould shape me into ho I
have be!ome today" She as tough and held no remorse in dis!iplining me" *ero toleran!e of
disrespe!t toards her of any #ind as dealt ith my father and he as in !harge of dealing ith
me" $his ould be!ome my greatest adversity, groing up" +onfli!ts ith my stepmother
be!ame a regular o!!urren!e ith living ith her" I as a vi!tim of being bullied all to years of
middle s!hool" ) group of #ids everyday ould surround me and !all me all these terrible names"
I as alone in the orld and it felt li#e as if i as falling further don a long dar# abyss" ,ear
developed inside of my body and #ept building more and more ith every insult" Every shove
and pun!h I re!eived made me feel more orthless than ever" -ntil, one day a group of bullies
surrounded me and began their normal routine but this time I as prepared" .efore someone
pun!hed me I too# a pen!il out of my po!#et and drove the tip of the pen!il into the bullies ne!#"
$hey s!attered /ui!#ly and I felt relieved" I as suspended for a ee# hile all of the other
bullies ere for to ee#s"
Sooner than I thought I as on my ay from graduating the eighth grade",our years later
I find myself in the same position of graduating as a senior from )tater 0igh S!hool" )lthough
my high s!hool !areer has not been all that impressive grade ise, my attitude and !onne!tions
ith the ama1ing individuals have been my highlight" +urrently the mas!ot for the s!hool my
ne!essity for attention is being fulfilled and I am loving it2 Some ould des!ribe my !hara!ter to
be original but unusual" $hen again I have never been a ordinary guy" +ollege is going to be a
huge stepping stone for me but after all the steps I have !limbed, this !an be the hardest and the
most entertaining years of my life" I am ready to !limb"