Autobiography

"Life has its ups and downs, that makes an individual who she is, whether she learns through life experiences or her background". Many of the things I have experienced, and seen in my life have made me mature into a well-rounded individual. For the first few years of my life I was taught under the British education system in Nigeria, but when I came to America I experienced a different school system. The teachers in America taught differently, spoke differently, and were more lenient with discipline than the teachers in Nigeria. The teachers and students had different views based on what I learned. From this I learned that the culture in Nigeria is very different from American culture. To Nigerians a college degree is important and is required for an individual to be respected, and that goes for both men and women. Coming from a different country has made me very open minded about other cultures and has given me the opportuity to answer a lot of questions that I had about cultures, diversity,religion, and everyday life. For example, when I was younger I always thought that America was a country where all birds were white and everything was clean, because I always heard people on television talk about America being a free country, but when I moved to America form Nigeria I realized that these two countries were not all that different from each other, visual wise. I learned that the big difference between them is that things are more socially acceptable in America than in Nigeria. Through these experiences I was able to learn not to judge things, people or life based on what others said but to judge based on experience. Another thing that molded me into the individual that I am is the loss of my mother. My mother always tried to help me in every way that she could. She taught me a lot of things, and based on what she has taught me I tried to expand on it. For instance my mother taught me that in order for me to be a leader I have to develop good leadership skills and I needed to be involved in different programs so that I could have experience. I acted on situations in my life based on what she told me.