This is very philosophical, but when growing up a person is thought to be the meter of a metronome, and on the right furthest side is one ideal, and on the left furthest side is another. The meter will begin in the center, just like the metronomes off position. Depending on what influences you in life, such as your parents, friends, or teachers, will decide which end you swing more towards. This thought also has to do if you relate to the people or things you are influenced by. For example, think of parents on one end of the metronome, if your parents have certain beliefs and are pressuring you to do things in life, you might swing towards that side of the metronome. Or, there is the possibility you revolt and swing towards the other side. Outside of school, I lived in a very rural town with very conservative people. Although, I was born in Houston and raised there until I was nine. I never sided with the small-town traditionalist, and always thought of myself as more liberal than most people in my small town. I always had the ability to see that there was more to life, more than what many other people my age were able to see. I never agreed with the lifestyle or the ideology of people who made up that town. I always viewed the town I lived in on one side of the metronome. The older I got, the more influence the town would have on me, and the more I would swing towards the other side of the metronome. I have an image of the life I would like to live, and know that it is achievable if I set my mind to it. This is part of my determination in school, because I do not wish to live the way these people live. Also, my interests differed from the people who made up the town. I was interested in mathematics, which is opposite from the large mass who were interested in agriculture or nursing. I want to be an engineer, and in an unconventional way the town I lived in has made me strive harder to