About Me (Homework Assignment #1)

My name is Nicole. I am seventeen years old. I am currently a senior in high school. I was born in Hawaii and lived there until I was three years old. I then moved to Virginia and ended up in Maryland where I am now. My family is most important to me. I know that they will always be there for me and will never let me down. I can trust them. I can count on my family to be there when I'm in need or in distress.

I am a catholic. I believe that God created the universe, human beings, and everything natural in our world today. I believe that Jesus Christ did walk the earth and did sacrifice his life for us. God gave man the ability to develop our world today. He gave us free will to choose what we want to do with our lives, whether it be peacefully or violently. It's not His fault that some of our ancestors chose war over compromise, He trusted us to make the right decisions. Knowing all of this is very important to me because it gives some stability in my life. I take refuge in knowing that there is some supreme being looking at after me, who will always listen to what I have to say in my prayers, and who does love me.

I am Filipino. I understand the national language which is Tagalog, but I also understand the dialect spoken where my mother's side is from which is Ilocano. I can't speak either fluently, but I know words. My heritage is very important to who I am. I sometimes find it odd to identify with it so deeply because when you think about it, in the end we're all people. But I am proud to be a Filipino. It's who I am and I can't change that. The first thing you notice about anyone is their race.

I hope that I will be successful and achieve all the goals that I have set for my future. I hope to go to the University of Maryland in College Park. I want to go there to complete the prerequisites needed to get into the pre-pharmacy school at UMBC. I want to have the car and the house I want. I don't want to have to settle for something other than what I want because hopefully I will make enough money for what I want. I hope to have friends I can trust. I hope that I will live a healthy life. I hope that all the money that parents' sacrificed for me to go to private school will pay off and that I could even help them pay their bills. I hope to be happy with the life I have and live without stress from anyone or thing.