Chapter 2 Jr

My name is Jr. I attend Beloit College in WI. I am currently a junior economics major interested in helping young men like myself escape the troubles of coming from a bad background. Typically the first impression people get when they see me is that I am a black male. This is wrong, really I am mixed with Filipino and African American. Those who have had past experiences with me may think I am an excelling student that has great potential in the field of economics. While this may be true my success truly comes from a great deal of motivation. During my sophomore year I lost a good friend of mines. His name was Jonathan White. He was finally putting his life back together and telling me how much he wanted to get on the right track. John and I were friends since I was a freshmen in high school. We played basketball together on the same AAU team and spent all of our weekends partying at clubs even though we were under age. When John was murdered it hit me like nothing else before. I was left empty. From that point on I knew that every time that I returned home that I would always drive past his house knowing he was gone forever.