Leondra Cooper

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`Autobiography:
The Life of Leondra Cooper

My name is Leondra Cooper. I was born on a very cynical day,in Florence, SC at

Mcleod Regional Hospital, and that day was October 2, 2002, reason for saying, the clouds in the

sky roared powerfully like lions, and the sky continued to frown even as the selfish clouds tried

to cover it’s dark-greyish face. After only 12 hours of hard labor, my mother conceived a 4

pounds and 3 ounces, baby girl. I profoundly remember a pink hat being put on my head that

day, now knowing that the pink hat was a part of a long going nature-nurture debate. Years

afterwards, I grew up in a city called Florence. I lived in an urban apartment, formerly known as

the projects. A place where people “gangbang” and happily wear colors that support their

imbecilic affiliations, sometimes I’d used to think why? But now I know that these gangs are part

of a bigger picture of what I like to call macrosociology. However, knowingly that my mother

conceived me she had not actually raised me. My grandmother profoundly did. I remember my

granny once saying, “A guilty hit dog and pig will holler first.” and doing my 16 years of living

her popular wisdom, never fails to surprise me, when it comes to humanity.

I firstly attended elementary school at Lake City Elementary School, then to J. Paul

Truluck Middle School and lastly to Lake City High School, in which I’m still currently

attending. In school it was completely a brisk mission that I always knew I needed to accomplish

so there was never such a thing as giving up. In a school filled with other’s of my opposite skin

tone I saw the true definition of what it means to be exploited by means of power and wealth.

Disadvantaged at many things such as rightful teachers, discipline, and unknown financial

discoveries uncovered my belief that if I really wanted to flourish in school I had to do it by a

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means, in the great words of sociologists Herbert Spencer of course. In my opinion, I would say

that in school I am quite shy, scholarly and excessively studious. I hang with the “right crowd”

profoundly known that a step in the wrong forest can burn my roots of greatness to the ground.

So far I’ve been quite a trooper through this fleshy phase of life. I wouldn't say life gave

me lemons and I made lemonade but profoundly that’s what everyone says. Life so far is giving

coconut and the juice is not inside them. By saying so, the culture I’m now evolved inside of,

isn't the culture that I want to live. The normal clothes that I wear are not things I would want to

wear in public. A long t-shirt and short shorts are what I call a professional look, but to my

culture it is by far a true taboo. Pretty sure, I’m living inside of my own subculture but for now

my thoughts on how the norms and values of how my culture should be changed around will be

concealed. In this surprising stage called life, it had taken me into places mentally I’ve never

thought I'd be. Wanting more for myself educationally, economically, and spiritual, forcefully

putting me into a mental habitat of cynicalization. For certainly taking me out of my current

world, and putting me into my future world of excellence, no matter the folkway or more I may

induce.

On rainy days, I enjoy staying in the house Hobbies and tasks such as riding horses,

learning CPR, and teaching dogs new tricks. I currently work at a restaurant famously known as

Burger King. By working, many people may think I have kids or a family to take care of, but

surprisingly I don't . Configuring and learning form imbecile mistakes inside of a maifest

working environment. Working at Burger King has changed my life in so many ways, the

manager I have a chance to work with is truly an instrumental and expressive leader all in one.
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Every now and then I get stuck in trying to find out what my future will be like. Wildly

thinking my mind is playing tug-of-war with what I should do and what I should continue to

explore. My goals are of high standards and of very cynical means, for example, I want to finish

both undergraduate and graduate at medical school, and also graduate with my Doctorates in

Biology. Five years from now, I hope to finish high school and also be attending Charleston

Southern University, also known as, CSU. Hopefully, meeting my very own secondary group, in

which, people that have the same goals as I do and would go by any means to achieve those

goals. Primarily, I do know that school will be the only factor in my product of success, making

success not an option but definite determinant.

Some may say I’m different and I am to be exact. I’m not like other teens that are

eighteen. I don't go out, I don't drink and I definitely do not smoke, so by far I would say that is

my best quality. My life is different and my dreams are meant to be reached and any obstacle

such as those listed above will not by any means get in my way. My worst quality would

probably be that I’m too cynical for my own good. A great feeling that I’m all about self. And in

this world that’ll never be a good way to be, but truthfully I’ll never change.

To conclude, I wouldn't say I’ll be this mentally advantaged forever, because

sociologically society attempts to change everything. The study of society has become more

than just a lesson being taught to me, but only being eighteen years old my thoughts before and

now has totally changed on how I view other people and why they do the things that they do, so

by saying that it really has helped me in this thing people call “life.” In this stage of life my

major socialization of this world will always come from my extensive will of cognition.

autobiography about Leondra Cooper.

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