I have been through many trials and tribulation in my life. Ones that I have face that most average teenagers my age have yet to overcome. Now, I’m not proud of what I went through, but I can honestly say it has made me who I am today.
I’ve been in outstanding situations. I think it all started at the age of fourteen. I was a happy young girl. I wasn’t even happy at the fact, I finally made it to the 8th grade but, happier at the fact I will be in high school the next year and who wasn’t. I was your typical fourteen-year old. I went to school, came home, did my homework, got good grades and got rewards for my good grades. Everything Peaches and cream, right? No, wrong. Suddenly, my world crash. Problems begun happening in late spring early summer. My mother and stepfather were just continuously arguing about every possible situation. It was really the worse. Even as I sit typing this paper the memory just bring tears to my eyes. But, back to the story. I will later on learn that we will be evicted from our apartment. We had no place to stay. Luckily, it was summertime and I had not started eighth grade yet. Our church we went to at the time Reid Temple AME had paid for us to live in a hotel, the Best Western on Princess Garden Parkway. We had conjoined rooms. The room numbers were 426 and 428.Although, there was a bad circumstance my sister and I still had fun. We woke up early in the morning to a buffet-style breakfast, go to the weight room, for exercise and went to the indoor pool around 12:00 pm. Mommy quit her job to attend to us, while we were in the hotel and her estranged husband went to work. Sooner or later, days turned into weeks and weeks turned into months.
Once again, the arguing began. It was quite clear that everybody grew tired of being in this hotel. I remember my mother asking my stepfather why his parents couldn’t help us. The man went crazy; I can’t remember exactly what was said. I just know that there was a lot of yelling and screaming he packed his bags and left. From the hotel we moved, we moved with my aunt and uncle and their 3 children. After we live there we moved to a Family Emergency Shelter and we moved in there so fast because of a domestic violence case. While on a visit around our old neighborhood my sister and I was told that our stepfather was allegedly cheating on our mother. Can you imagine how hard it was to tell something like that to my mother? It was rough but, somebody had to do it.
Today I am in quite an amazing place. I am currently a senior at Bladensburg High School. I am enrolled in five classes. Those classes are AFJROTC, English 12, Environmental Science, Integrated Math, and Foods and Nutrition. In ROTC and English I maintain an AB average. In ROTC I learn how to deal with leadership skills as well as military life. My rank is Cadet Senior Master Sergeant and I am the Logistics Commander. I am in charge of over $20,000 worth of merchandise. That’s a really big responsibility but I handle it well.ROTC has also prepared me for college physically and mentally. By providing me with a road to walk down. Both my 11TH AND 12TH grade teachers have some kind of impact on my writing career. They have let me know that I have talent in writing and this is my niche. Now, don’t get me wrong I always knew I had talent but they let it be known that I what it takes to be a writer. That’s where I am as far as school. My personal life is as follows. I now reside in Mt. Rainier, Maryland. Our family is no longer struggling and we get by. I work at CVS/ pharmacy but, I don’t plan on working there forever. I plan on getting another job after I graduate high school. If it is possible then maybe I will work both jobs.
Now, my favorite subject to talk about my future. After I graduate from high school, I am planning on attending college. After graduating from college I want to start breaking down the door to my world in the journalism career. I don’t care what it is, whether it is working for a magazine, a newspaper, anything I will take it. I just know writing is my passion. I just want to work with some sort of journalist field, so I can open up my own magazine company.
Within 5 years of me receiving my degrees I will be 23 years old. By this time, I plan on beginning to working on my plans to open my own magazine company. The magazine will be called On-the-Scene. It will provide honest, straight from the source material. As well as all the latest celebrity whereabouts and award information. Whatever my readers want to know I will find out. I will be Editor-and-Chief and there will be many other journalists. The magazine will feature an advice column letters to the editor and a host of many other things. I want to use my magazine to allow me to travel, meet new people and expand my horizons. I want to build me a big house, I don’t really see children in my future, and I want my dream car. This is a candy-apple red convertible and I planning on getting it. After I succeed in all my goals, I will proceed and having a house built for my mother. I want to be the youngest, smartest, richest, journalist ever. So, the world will know, Montaria A. Robinson founder and Editor and Chief of On-the-Scene Magazine. It has a catchy ring to it, I know it does.
-Thank you-
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i love it that you took some negative experiences in your life and realized that it has helped create who you are now...which sounds like a pretty amazing person. alot of people can't do that. good luck with everything :)
MONTARIA ROBINSON
IT WAS HARD TO DO AT FIRST.BUT I FIGURED THAT I WENT THRIUGH THIS EXPERIENCE FOR SOME REASON. so i figure ishare it with people. guess like a testimony