A "Stylish" Narrative

Devin Styles

“I live with my mother and my sister, I have a step-brother and a younger half brother. I mostly talk to my sister since I see her everyday and we argue a lot, I do think family is important but I’m not sure if I want a family of my own.

The biggest thing that ever happened to me was when I got appendicitis, after surgery I could barely walk or perform actions by myself. I had to have a tube inserted through my nose into my stomach, I had to get a lot of needles, it made me appreciate everyday actions.What I like most about myself is that I don’t really care what everyone thinks is cool, or whatever, I kinda just do my own thing and make decisions that will help me best later on.

My favorite subject is Biochem, only because it involves science and observations which I’m good at. I do think school is important, because life literally revolves around what you did in school, how you did and if you’ll get a well-paying job later after you’ve finished school.What I like most about school is being able to meet people from different places and of different nationalities than myself.

I do believe in a God, I don’t pray much though, nor do I follow an organized religions. This belief that there’s a God gives inspiration but not following a religion specifically feels like it makes me feel more free and less forced to do anything like attending church etc.

My ethnic background is African-American and most of my friends are of the same ethnicity.

The easiest thing about being a teenager is being able to express who you are, and what you stand for, because you can pretty much do this through anything, clothes, drawing, singing, rapping, writing.The toughest thing about being a teenager is probably having to try to balance your life between school and your own personal life, because this usually boils down to right and wrong, like I want to do my homework but at the same time I want to hang out with friends or play video games.

9/11 occurred during my lifetime, I guess it impacted my education some since we had to learn about it, otherwise it had no strong impact on my life. The attack has not made me fearful, honestly but it does trigger a lot of thoughts in my head. I don’t associate the attack with anyone around me, because that’d be offensive and they took part in none of 9/11. I haven’t changed anything in my life since the attack.

I’d say Playing soccer makes me the happiest, because I am freed from any stress that I might have especially from school. My biggest fear is definitely between heights and being stuck in the middle of the ocean. I don’t have anything that bothers me about myself.

Yes I could make an impact on the world/ life I could probably change the way every looked at things, because when everyone’s looking at something one way, I tend to bring attention to the other side of the situation.What I like most about myself is that I don’t really care what everyone thinks is cool, or whatever, I kinda just do my own thing and make decisions that will help me best later on.