Growing Up Research Paper

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Growing up was always a challenge for me since I’m the oldest of eight daughters. And with being the oldest comes consequences. While my father was strict, my mother took a unique approach with raising us : She always told us that we would wield influence in the world through the powers of beauty and love if we wanted to. My mother even made her own beauty creams. With me being the oldest, I didn’t have a choice ,but to help my father with his work, because of my high intelligence he forced me to study medical science. I liked the science laboratory work but was against to work in a hospital, and I was allowed to drop my studies as long as I agreed to marry. However, my dad’s idea of getting married is by an arranged marriage. As a 16 year old my first thought of act is to reject the marriage. Wanting to live like a free teenager not like a prisoner doing whatever my father tells me to. I packed up and decided to move to my Uncle in Australia taking along my mother’s beauty cream.

After working different jobs and getting great feedbacks from women who have used the beauty cream. I began selling the product. I soon had enough money and I founded my first shop in Melbourne. After the opening of the shop with a few months, I met a handsome man who is a journalist ,and we …show more content…

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