What Makes Me

Sometimes a person may feel that they have no purpose in life. Finding out who you are just takes the time of sitting down and thinking of the importance in your life. Who am I? I am Mercedes Kimberly Kingston, and I am a person with different personalities, characteristics, and identities. The many ways, in which I identify myself, in fact, are the ways that define who I am. My Identity is something only I can fully define. I have a little brother, which makes me a sister; I have two loving parents, which makes me a daughter; I am in college studying medicine, which makes me a student; and I have wonderful friends in desperate need of support, which makes me a wonderful best friend.

Before anything, I am a big sister to a wonderful little brother. I would almost consider him my son, because without him, I would be nothing. I live my life for him, and because of him. Sometimes I feel like giving up on school because at times, it's too hard and too much for me to deal with. Then, I think, what kind of role model would I be If I quit. I am only telling him that's its ok to do it. And nowadays, most males don't usually get far, and that's usually because they quit everything that they do. We don't live together, and that hurts me the most. He lives with our mom, and I live with my dad. His dad isn't in his life, and that hurts me. He doesn't have a male figure to look up to, so I play that man. When we do get to hang out, we play football, videogames, and burp; guy stuff and I love every moment of it.

Some say that student life is the golden life but nowadays pressure of being a student has diminished the fun part of being a student, especially for me. The pressure of being a student includes class work and lots of money, and for me, those may be the biggest problems that I have come across. Class work is sometimes very difficult when you are a student. It is seen as an essential part of learning and using what you learn in class. But when you get loads of class work and have very little time to finish it, then it becomes an unnecessary burden. Yet, sometimes, for me, it is the fact that I procrastinate that prevents me from completing a task. For college student, like myself who is working to pay for college, large amounts of class work usually brings lots of stress and fear of not being able to get good grades in many of my classes. Yet, I have support from my family, friends, and some peers who encourage me to put up a good fight in reaching my goal. I am a student that has gone through so much to get here, where I am. There were times that I had strong feelings that I would never be in college, just because of the negative energy I forced upon myself. Since pre-K, I have had this problem that if I can't do something I just give up, and stop trying. I still have this problem, but I have learned to get a control on it. The biggest problem was graduating from high school. I never thought that I would ever graduate. But I knew, as a student, I should at least try and show my teachers that I am putting effort. And now, I'm in college, studying pre-med, and hoping to become either a pediatrician, or a NFL Doctor.

Growing up as a daughter to a single mom, was, I think, the best experience ever. I was, and am still, very spoiled. I always had everything that I ever wanted. And now, that I'm living with my dad, its fun because I get to be a daughter to him as well. Even though