by Jairo Rivera
Porter
is a small town on the outskirts of Houston, which is one of the biggest cities
in America. I have a lot of people that support me and helped influence what I
have set my goal as. The community as well helped me want to become a civil
engineer.
The community of
Porter is very important to me because I have basically lived in Porter my
whole life so I am so used to the way of living in that area. It is in the
middle of wanting to be country and also has suburban areas it is basically a
mixture of both. We have people that live in the suburbs and others that own 10
acres so Porter has basically everything.
I look at all
around where I have grown up and I see old building, dirt roads, and
broken-down bridges in Porter. I would just look at all the stuff I have around
me and think I want to make a difference, that’s why it came to me if I become
a civil engineer I can help out with everything. The setting was very helpful
in what I set my goal to.
The school I am
zoned to is Porter High School, a pretty big school and it is
considered 5A. The school program made me choose what I have choose a career
path in what I have in mind to study for and they put I in courses that follow
that curriculum. I didn’t want to believe this but my high school helped me get
ahead with my civil engineering decision.
Porter’s
community may be a lot different from what people are used too. Regardless of
what is thought of it I consider this community my home which it is. These are
the reasons why the community is important to me and how it has influenced the
decision I have made in becoming a civil engineer.
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Jairo is currently a student in Professor Bruce Martin's writing course.
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