When I was first born I lived in Lindsay for about 2 years until I moved to Los Angeles, I went through preschool and 1st grade there. During that time we lived with my grandpa for a while until my mom and her boyfriend got an apartment. Later on my baby brother Derrick was born. When I was in 2nd grade we all moved back to Lindsay. By this time now I was having a baby sister. Being a sister taught me so many important things. It taught me how to be responsible, caring, understanding and now that i'm older, how to be a role model.
Starting high school was a bit rough, during my freshman year my dad went to prison. My father had been in and out of jail my whole life but this time he was sentenced to 4 years. He had never been in jail that long before so I knew it was really going to be a challenge for me. During my sophomore year, my mother and father decided to move to texas. I felt confused I didn’t know if I wanted to go or not, I had just started high school and thought the whole idea was scary. I have always been very close to my mom, she had me when she was only 16 years old so I've been with her for most of her life. For a few months I was really down and didn't really like going to school. I tried keeping myself busy with friends so I didn’t think about it all. This caused me to fall behind, I started to stop doing homework, I started acting out in class and getting in trouble with my teachers. Toward the end of my sophomore year, as i'm piled with all this work I really started to realize I had to start making better choices and staying after school, doing homework and studying, to get my things finished. That year I got all my classes done and went into Junior year on pase. During my last years of high school I dealt with a lot of personal problems, I was maturing and trying to figure out life.
Being a girl from such a small town brought me so close to people and taught me that there is no place like home. Also, I learned that there is nothing thicker than blood, and even though your family might make some wrong choices they will always have your back. Throughout my life I have learned that sometimes you only have yourself, you shouldn’t depend on other people or expect them to help you. At the end of the day you’re alone, so work to make yourself happy and enjoy the moments you have with people because time flies and you never know if it’s the last time you’ll see them or not. I plan on living my life to the fullest and learning from my mistakes so i can do things the right way and succeed in everything I put my mind to.
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Hello I’m Jennifer Barker 1677 E. Waddell St. LINDSAY, CA 93247 [email protected] Skills
Works good with people
Will help with anything
Knows how to take care of kids
Knows how to do labor work
Experience GARDEN WORK-
Cut grass
Trimmed bushes
Planted seeds
Watered grass and plants
BABYSITTER-
Babysat neighbors daughter
Babysat brother and sister
From 5-12
Work Related School Project FOOD BOTH-
Football
Volleyball
Worked with customers
Serve food
Education Lindsay High School - Will graduate June 2016 Awards