Caring, Intelligent, Modest, Confident and Fun. If somebody asked me how I would identify myself, these five words would be my answer. If I wasn't an individual with my own identity these five words most likely would not appear on this page. If it wasn't for my identity I wouldn't be Seth Adam Gabrielson. My background and experiences is what formed this person.
             May 25th 1983 was when my identity began and my mother gave birth to me. When I left the hospital I went strait to my current home in New City, New York. New City isn't much of a diverse town. Most of the residents are fairly wealthy and are of the middle to upper class. The ironic thing about my town is that it consists of mostly Jews, and Judaism is a minority, but in my town Jews are the majority. I am all of these typical factors of my town. My community is tight and is a very social community where everybody knows each other. New City is a place where most children get a good education, which results in a good career. Everybody expects everybody's children to succeed and if you take a different path in life and don't attend college you are looked down upon. This view has pushed me to the situation which I am in today, which is being a student at a prestigious college. My family has always have had high expectations of me and I want to make them happy. This is another reason why I am in college.
             Growing up with two great parents and a sister who is three years older then me, I learned how to be a good person. My parents have always had money but looking at our house, cars, and other luxuries you wouldn't believe we do. "Money is not everything, happiness is." That is what my parents always told me when this issue was brought up. The reason my parents don't generously spend their money is because they want to make sure they can put my sister and I through college, and pay all expected and unexpected expe...