My name is Luis. I was born March 27 1998 in Visalia but i was raised in Lindsay. I have a twin sister named Lupita. I am 17 years old and this is my last year of high school, Currently a Senior. I come from a family of seven. I am the youngest in my family of 5 siblings.
My freshman year started off bad having my brother and cousin around. I would skip class with them and not finish assignments and all that caused me to fall behind. It was just a tough first year of high school for me, from skipping school to coming into high school seemed so hard. Since I went to a continuation school for almost 2 years I caught up in my classes and stopped missing school. What made me change my ways from how I was before to now was because of my parents. I want to make my parents proud and show them I am not the same person I was when I was a freshman. It’s a little difficult, struggling not to become the same person who I was. I push myself to remain on pace with my grades but it is a little frustrating.
The person who has helped me achieve my goals has been my twin sister. She hasn’t given up on me and pushes me to always finish up all my work. She always makes sure to ask me if i'm understanding everything that is going on in class. Although we are taking different classes she always finds a way to give me a better understanding of my classes. There has been times where she gets upset and stops helping me, but i understand she has assignments that must be done as well.
I’m undecided if to go into the army or Attend University Technical Institute (UTI) after I graduate. I’m more interested into going to UTI because I love working on cars. I enjoy working on my car with my older brother. When I’m not working on mine i find myself helping my brother work on his car or on my sister’s cars doing oil changes. I plan on opening up my own smog shop in the future.
I am proud of myself for not giving up in school. Even though school has been tough I have managed to stay on pace. With the help of my sister everything has been a little more manageable and I can’t thank her enough for being there when I have needed her help. I will continue to stay on pace and the day I graduate I will be even more proud of myself.
My only advice I give everyone who is a freshman or incoming freshman is to always stay on pace. Never let other people influence you to skip class, even if it’s a sibling or a cousin. I learned the hard way and I wouldn’t want anyone to go through the struggles i have been through. I’ve learned so much throughout the years and I know I did bad decisions in the past. From now on all my decisions will be positive ones