Poverty, Wealth, and Social Class

I was born and raised in one of the most wealthy areas of the United Staes , The East Coast. I live around 30 Min outside of boston, and the way things are back home I'm used to it because it is the only thing i know, but traveling and coming out here, telling people I'm from MA the response i get is usually a gasp and then a serious statement about how expensive it is out there. Now i have been lucky enough to live in the same house, in a nice neighborhood, for the past eighteen years, and growing up thats how i thought most peoples lives where. Money was never an issue in my family and i never really thought to much about it but with the bad economy, rising prices, and lay offs, any thing could happen. For a company my dad had been the boss of his area for around 20 years, but even the economy got to his job too, My dad ended up getting laid off a few years ago, but soon after luckily found another job, though he has to travel 2 hours there and back every day. He was just lucky to find a job. The economy is at its lowest right now and a lot of people are struggling just to have food on there plates. I did not experience anything compared to all the other billions of people in the world. To me it seems as though the middle class is dying out, or at least in MA. It is like there are only very wealthy people or dirt poor people, and it sadness me that these people can not find jobs. Even the very wealthy, that wealth will not last forever, because most are probably in a lot of debt which does not make the economy any better. People are buying things that in reality they can't pay for, people go for their wants rather then their needs. If those people listened to the churches council about staying out of debt the economy and people standing in society would be so much better, there would be more jobs, less poverty, it may not be much but it would be a good place to start!

Leaving Mom and Dad

     Everyone has separation anxiety from their parents, ya maybe when there in kindergarden, but not me. I am now eighteen years old, a freshman in college, and have barley gotten over being able to be away from mom and dad. I remember the first time i tried sleeping over a friends house I was about  4 or 5, every thing was fine and dandy until it started getting darker and darker, and i started getting more and more worried.
 
      I absolutely dreaded night time, because that meant going to sleep. I knew that when everyone was sleeping I would be awake, staring at the ceiling, worrying about any bad thing that could possibly happen.        About 2 hours into staring at the wall, I felt like i was going to go crazy. Crying and hyper ventilating, i rushed into my friends parents room saying a needed to go home even though i lived quit far away. Maybe you think that is expected for a 4 or 5 year old but thats was just the first time it occurred. As i got older i had a lot more opportunities to stay over friends house, whether it be a best friend in my neighborhood, soccer party, birthday party, or a church friends, i was always being invited to sleep over. Of course i did not want to let up an offer so i always accepted and always ended up going home a little after midnight. I could not even sleep over my friends house around the corner.

    Lucky for me, this fear of leaving mom an dad started to wear off around 6th grade and i am happy to say now i can sleep any where any time any place and fall asleep perfectly, even with out my special blanket, dog, and bear, but thats another story.

Music

Music makes everything better. Music surrounds me in my everyday life, there is rarely a moment when i am not hearing, or singing it. Not matter where i am or what i am doing i can always count on my iPod to make things more enjoyable. Silence just does not cut it for me, i need there to be music in the air in order to set a good mood. When i am working out or just by myself i know music is always by my side it is one of my key motivators. Music is a key source that pumps me up and gets me in the zone for what ever i may be doing. Music can trigger emotions like no other, depending on the type of song. I enjoy listening to happy music and fun music at all times in order to forget about any negative things in my life, and that helps a lot. I honestly do not know where i would be, or even where the world would be with out music. All i know is that i would not be enjoying life as much.

Government

I am an Eighteen year old citizen of the United States of America, and I am proud to live in my country. I love the fact that everyone is considered equal, has rights, has a say in the laws our country makes, and is free to think as they please. Government plays a huge part in the country I live in today, it sets boundaries for the way we are to live, and serves penalties for those who choose not to live by our standards. We the people play a huge role in government, it is a place where laws are set to make our country a better place to live. Though Government is a very in demand thing and is what keeps America running, I honestly have no thoughts about it. As an Eighteen year old girl, who does not follow politics what so ever, i have many other priorities to think about, and a lot of things i wold rather be thinking about, like shopping or boys or other things to my interest.