Where Am I?

Where Am I?

I am in Honors Composition II as of right of now, and it’s a pretty fun class.  The question where am I can mean several different things form where I was in the past, where I am in the present, and where I will be in the future.  The past is the past and I lived a great one.  As of right now the present is pretty good.  I’m hoping that the future will be even better.  Where am I is probably a question that many people ask themselves.  Why I say that is because, students are always wondering where they will be in the future such as:  Where they are going to go to college, where they will be in ten or so years.  The main places I am now though are Aurora and Phillips, Nebraska.  Also I am proud to live in a country that is protected by men and women of our military.

            Right now I am in an English class that is supposed to set me up for college.  I am learning about how to write papers, and how to apply my life.  This class helps me remember where I was in the future and the memories that it brought.  I love reliving the memories that were important to me, because certain ones motivate me to become a better person.  It helps me think of the future more than I normally would, which helps my decisions come easier. 

    I have been born and raised in Nebraska since November 14^th of ninety four.  I have lived in the same house ever since I was born, which is nice.   My family and I live in Phillips, Nebraska located fifteen minutes west of Aurora, Nebraska.  We are a big farm family and have been ever since my Grandpa (Charles) invested in a farm.  As of right now my grandpa has retired because he is a little too old, so my dad (Randall) has taken over the farm.  Ever since we have started our farm business known as McDonald Farms, we have been expanding.  It’s getting harder and harder to expand now day’s because land is extremely expensive.  That’s alright though because we have quite of bit of land already. As farmers we don’t raise any cattle, we just raise corn and soybeans, but mostly corn.  Corn now day’s is the thing to raise.  Having corn over seven dollars a bushel is outstanding.  Back in the days my dad said if he saw corn above three dollars he would be happy.  When corn started going up to three dollars my dad’s eyes widened, so he sold his corn.  What do you know corn kept sky rocketing, and was close to five dollars a bushel.  My dad has never seen that before so he was set and stone on three dollar corn.  You could say that he was pretty upset that he ended up selling.  With today’s corn above seven dollars almost eight I would say he is pretty happy even though he made that one mistake.

            I am happy to live in the town of Aurora because of several reasons.  First off Aurora surrounds with me with love with all the people.  Everybody in Aurora is considerate of others no matter what their stature is.  I mean even if you have a broken leg, there nice to you.  Aurora is a town that is big on sports especially football.  We are so big on sports that we take charter busses to away games for the fans, and the fans fill the seats during the home games.  Every year us football players go out and do a fundraiser for our football program to get equipment and what not.  The only way that becomes possible is for our community to pitch in and buy the cards.  Without their money we wouldn’t be as current as we are now.  Then after the football season is over we do the best to give back to our community by volunteering. That’s the great about our community because we do thing for each other.

            Our country is way sweet. We have freedom to do whatever we want, when we want, and how we want.  For us to be able to do that, and to even go to school, is a privilege that has been given to us by the many sacrifices of the men and women who gave their lives for pursuit of happiness. 

Through all the good and bad I am happy to be a citizen of the great town of Aurora, Nebraska.  Where I am now is the place I hope to be the rest of my life, because there is no better country than the United States of America.  God bless the USA.