I cried my heart out, but I will always remember Mr. Zeke as a wonderful and helpful man, without whom I would not have been able to achieve anything at all in my field of work in Social Services.
Did I mention that all through my life, I have always been an above average student, in fact, an excellent one, and I have received many awards for my excellence form the schools that I have attended. However, at one stage in my life, when I was more interested in hanging out with my friends, and getting drunk and smoking marijuana, I did not concentrate on my studies, and when the Principal Mr. Correa threatened to expel me from the school, I took things into my own hands, and I managed to graduate with a 3.8 average grade. Later on, when I was attending the CCSU, I had to give up school because I did not have enough finances, and nor did my parents. When I returned to my old neighborhood, I found to my horror that there were many people selling drugs openly, and my father had become an alcoholic, and my mother was surviving on welfare. In short, things were all the same as they has been before; only I had changed to a certain extent, and I was now keen to study further and work, find a job, and earn a decent enough living.
This was also the time when I met the mother of my two children, Wanda Sanchez. I found that she was however quite unsuitable for me, and I had to move back to my parents' home and this was when I met Maria Tirado, who I feel is a gift from God to me. She is extremely encouraging, and not only did she encourage me to go back to College,...
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