11/14/10 Brittany Latimer

Clark Atlanta Essay

On October 6, 1992 a baby girl was born to the parents. They named the baby girl *****; that is me. Intelligent, confident, and a hard worker, that is who I am. I am eighteen years old. I attend Martin Luther King High school and I am in the twelfth grade. The person that has the greatest impact on my life is my mom.

She is my greatest impact because she raised me for eighteen years and took care of me to the best of her ability. She did everything for my sister, brother, and I. My mother never let us down she is always here for us no matter what. I have seen my mom go through so much in her life, the pain and suffering and she survived it all. I have seen my mom get abused many of times. My sister and brother’s dad would hit my mom all the time right in front of our faces. There were times where my mom did not have a job and struggled to take care of us but she did. There was even a point in time where my mother was on drugs. That was one of the toughest things she had to deal with but she went to rehab and got herself together.

After the all the things she went through my mother is still standing strong till this day. My mother is now enrolled in online classes at University of Phoenix to get her degree in accounting. Another way my mom is my greatest impact because she is my motivation to go to college and to do better for myself. My mom told me that she wants me to further my education and go to college. She said live a better life then she did. My mother is always telling me that I am made for college; I have the skills to go. My mom made me realize my personal strengths. She told me that I am very organized, always on time, good at taking notes, and I have good study habits. She also motivates me to go to college because when she gets older, I want to be able to take