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Growing up in Houston it exposed me to a area that is very diverse with the ability to meet very unique people

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Growing up middle class in a nice suburb I was honestly blessed because some of my cousins and other family members was not as lucky as I am

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My parents are very hardworking individuals who thrive for excellence out of there kids they always push me to be the best me and be better than they were .

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Football is something I enjoy and have a strong passion for I’m either watching football, talking about it, or playing

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I am a Christian who struggles with desires of the flesh but I know my lord will give me everything I need and more if I live in his word

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I went to Atascocita high school a huge school (Texas 6A D1) which exposed me to a lot of different type of people and now I have friends all over the country in college

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Being a man has its struggles and benefits but I will say the main thing to focus on is getting all your things accomplished that you have to do even if you don’t wanna do it

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the outdoors impacted me a lot. Lots of my time as a kid was spent outside with my brother either playing basketball, boxing, or inviting friends over for nerf wars but it also taught me essential lessons like knowing if I get a cut from falling you have to clean it because It could become infected.

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Love my country with all the ups and downs I love being here knowing that it’s a overall pretty safe and advance country

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Agency has played a huge role in my life in many ways, some positive others negative. a positive way id say it effected me was in school I was lucky enough to get teachers who allowed me to take the time in class and always asked for help which really helped me understand but I think in my Homelife it could have been too hectic for me because I have 2 split families with two completely different households who did things very differently

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this played a role in my early childhood because in second grade I moved to a neighborhood that was 90 percent white and was the only black person in my neighborhood I've only experienced to my face one time when I was profiled by someones parents for bulling their child even though I didn't.

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this played a role in my together my gender affected the way I played when I was a kid I loved action movies and games and always wanted to play football and by time I was 10 my step dad was always asking me when I'm going to get a girlfriend, how many tackles will I get this game or how man zombies will I kill this game. trying to push masculine things on me

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my whole life ive ever only learned English this is because this is all my parents ever taught me I tried to learn asl once but I eventually gave up. this has not affected me too much but now that I have a bilingual girlfriend hopefully it can change spoon

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ableism has showed up in my life a lot more than I would've though. growing up I was a pretty smart kid but always struggled with my reading now that I know I am dyslexic I wish there were more attempts to help me in classrooms to accommodate for my reading issues

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in my family we place a strong emphasis on trust as one of our core values. It’s the foundation of our relationships with one another, and it plays a central role in how we support each other through life’s ups and downs. Trust to us means being able to rely on each other not just for help but also for understanding, compassion, and honesty. we try to encourage talking about your issues and expressing yourself.

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I think Piaget’s theory really relates to my childhood, especially when I was playing football. He believed that kids learn in stages and I saw that happen as I got older. When I was around five to eight years old if I couldn’t beat someone, my parents would just tell me to try again and keep practicing. Between the ages of ten and fourteen, my coaches started telling me to get stronger and lift weights if I wanted to keep up. Once I turned fifteen it was more about learning real techniques and figuring out how to stop what my opponent was doing. The way I was taught changed as I got older and looking back, it shows how my learning developed over time just like Piaget talked about.