My frist chapter

I am taking Leadership for change because I'm looking for self empowerment. In order to better myself and understand my purpose and role in life, I would need the understanding of what a leader is. I also took this class because Dr. Rock was teaching this class. I'm interested and excited for any class that she is teaching. Many people that are in my class now was in another class I had with Rock last semester, so I've become comfortable with them and very close with many people. I'm hoping to leave with new friends and experiences.
I loved living in Evanston when I was younger because of where it was located. Even though Evanston is a so-called suburb, a city right outside of Chicago, it never felt like I was limited from anything. I lived three blocks from Chicago. I loved walking down Custer St. in the summer. Standing in the middle of Howard Street, being in Evanston and Chicago at the same time. We lived by the CTA yellow line and Purple line, as well at the Metra station and Howard station and a hospital, so I love hearing the trains and the ambulances that passed by constantly. Standing at the bus stop in the mornings waiting for the # 3 bus, I always wondered where the trains were going because I was young and dumb and didn't know anything. I wanted to get on one and just travel to the end of the line and back, just to see what I was missing since I couldn't venture passed Howard Street.
I always wondered if the story about the guy with bumps all over his body and had a baby voice lived down by the train tracks in the alley. I was curious as a kid, so my friends and I climbed the fence to see, but he didn't exist. Growing up I loved that there was always someone outside to play with. I miss the noises that soothed me as a kid. I loved being old enough to walk to the corner store by myself and buy $.5 laffy taffys, banana and the green apple flavor. Going to the park on thursdays for girl scouts, where we jumped double dutch, played other sports, made arts and crafts, and eat cookies and drink red kool-aid. I loved going to the basket ball tournaments at Clyde Callan before they tore down the courts. Hanging and getting in trouble with my cousins in the summer when they were visiting from Canada. So many memories and good times. I was a busy body as a kid. I had to always doing something like playing the trumpet, making arts and crafts, playing cops and robbers and hide and seek outside, amongst other things.
Now that I'm older and there has been so many changes, things aren't the same. I don't have fun like I used to. Nothing is innocent anymore. People have changed and so have I. I can't do simple things anymore, it is no fun when you don't have any company. Having a alright childhood and going through the experiences that I did, it has help build character, responsibility, morals, and leadership.