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Stage 1: Infancy
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Stage 2: Toddlerhood
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Stage 3: Preschooler
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Stage 4: Elementary
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Parents got divorced
My parents getting a divorce changed me because it taught me how to cope and deal with not having both parents at home, and how to treat them seperately. -
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Stage 5: Adolescence
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Mom got Remarried
I had to learn to live with a new person in my house, and adjust to having to share my mom. It changed me becuase I was bitter and had never wanted to be in a blended family, and I had to learn how to live with him and my new brothers. -
Started Middle School
This changed me because it made me more social. I was always very shy and I had to learn to make new friends since I wasnt going to school with all of the same people anymore. -
Moved to Kansas City
I had to learn to adjust to new surroundings in a new place, and adjust to how different life was here than where I had lived for my entire life. -
First Day at a New School (Congress Middle School)
This changed me because I had to adjust to a completely new school in an unfamiliar place, and learn to make new friends when I knew zero people. It helped me learn to be more social and it gave me some of the important friendships I still have even today. -
First Day of High School
This changed me because I had to once again adjust to a new, and now bigger school, with older kids after just having been the oldest grade in a school. It taught me to know my place as a little freshman and how to begin to really act mature with all of the new responsibilities and expectations that came with beginning high school. -
Sister got married
After my sister got married, it was very hard to adjust. We were very close and alwys spent time together, and so it changed me in the sense that I had to learn to hardly ever get to see her, although she was still there for me and we were still just as close. -
Moving, again
We had to move suddenly due to issues at home with my stepdad, and so I once again had to adjust to another school in a new place (LIberty HS), but I was excited and new people there already and so it taught me to have more social confidence in making friends and be able to adjust to difficult situations. -
Home Sweet Home
I was able to move back home over the summer and start back at Park Hill for my first day of senior year. It changed me because although I had thought I didn't like it here, my experience away had made me realize how much I didn't want to be anywhere else and I learned to appreciate my education here and all of the poeple around me. -
Applying to College
This changed me because it sunk in the reality of starting life next year out of high school, and really starting to grow up and be independent. It made me start to think about my responsibilities and mature to the point of being successful in my last year of high school to prepare for college. -
Divorce #2
This event caused another dramtic change in my life, because I had to learn to live without my stepdad when I hadn't in 6 years. However, I gladly welcomed the change and it allowed me to be a lot happier and able to better focus on my schoolwork and getting ready for next year, without having the negative presence over me and my family. It also taught me how to forgive, although I don't have to forget. -
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Stage 6: Young Adulthood
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Stage 7: Middle Adulthood
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Stage 8: Late Adulthood
