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AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY/PERSONAL NARRATIVE
Stephanie Jones
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My name is Stephanie Jones and I was bor
n in Small Town, MB in August 1971.
I am the eldest and my brother is three
years younger. The two towns where I have
resided most of my life are Sm
all Town and Middle Town, Manitoba. Different events in
my live have directed this pat
h depending on the circ
umstances I found myself in. Small
Town is a small town with a
little over 3000 residents. However, Middle Town is larger
with approximately 155
000 residents.
I grew up in a northern Francophone family
where the provider, my father, was
susceptible to layoffs every year. I quickly
learned about the powers
of an employer and
a union’s visions. Unemployment insurance, as
it was called back then, was a subject of
discussion over many dinners.
This way of life, caused a
great deal of stress for the
family. I remember my mother limiting certain
foods or extras such as outings to make
ends meet.
Later as an adolescent, I was an active
member of my hi
gh school’s student
council. Despite my future visions and
good intentions to pursue post-secondary
studies, many decisions and circumstances in
fluenced my path. When I did not receive
financial assistance to attend a post-secondary
institution right after high school, I had
to rethink my strategies. I was devastated that I could not pursue my dreams of
obtaining the education I had always desired.
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Another event, which shifted my life fore
ver, was accepting a marriage proposal
at a young age and marrying in
1988. I made it clear from
the beginning that my
education was very important to me and ma
rriage would not stand in the way of my
pursuing post-secondary studies or even co
mpleting high school. When...