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Home and Life
Does the area you live in affects your behavior? My father had to move to Jeddah because he had a new job. The first thing he was aware of is to buy a house. Since he is a business man, he had many stores and restaurants in Makkah which is a nearby city. He made his biggest mistake when he bought a house that is located in Gholail which is the worst neighborhood in Jeddah. He was new to the city, and as an old man, the area looked fine in his view. Besides, the houses in that neighborhood were very cheap compared to the others, so he decided to buy a cheap house in order to save money for the business he has. When I turned 17. I started to know more neighbors and same-age people, and I saw how bad all of these people were. One day, I was thinking and asking myself," What if I kept along with these bad people? Would I be a bad guy as they are?” Upon that, I immediately ran to my father and told him about everything those people have done. Then he realized that this neighborhood is going to affect his children’s behavior negatively, then he decided to move out to another place that is much better and safer. This was my father’s life lesson. I learned that I have to have enough information about the new place before deciding whether to live there or not. Therefore, People who are looking for a new place to live, they should put in mind that this place is where their children will grow up and they will defiantly interact with new people. So they should consider the community in that neighborhood, the services it has, and the activities that people do within the neighborhood, and they also should consider the educational services it provides.
People who are looking for a new place should have in mind that every community has its good and bad people. Therefore, it is not fair that they have an idea about all people’s behavior from their first impression about one person. However, they can have a general impression about all the people in deferent ages by observing the activities happening in the neighborhood. For example; smuggling, stealing, fighting and murders, all of these crimes happened in front of me. So it was very easy for a young person like me to notice that corruption. It is very important to live with good people in a good community and to avoid the mistake that my father did because at that time, being in that bad community had a negative impact on my personality, I was not able to talk to anybody, I could not even make relationships anymore. After my father decided to move to another place, he learned from his mistake and tried to find a safe decent place to move in. by the time we moved to our new home, I felt like I moved to heaven because being surrounded with good people has contributed to my communication skills, I could finally talk and get along with people who I can trust and feel safe with.
One of the most essential criteria for a good neighborhood people should be looking for is the services it provides. For instance, there should be at least one hospital and a few markets to help the people with their everyday needs because otherwise, it would be inconvenient for people to go the other neighborhoods every time they need something. For example, the neighborhood I used to live in, was so dangerous that people were afraid to establish any kind of store there because they want to avoid being winded up stolen every day. Transportation is also an important service that should be provided to help the people to mobilize around the city. I recall that it was too inconvenient for me to reach the grocery store without a car, I had to walk for at least two hours to get there.
As I mentioned above, a good way I found that contributed to my communication skills is to get involved in the activities that the neighborhood has. Those activities were so advantageous for me because they get me to know more people and encourage me to communicate with everybody. For example, there is a meeting at the first day of every month. All the people in neighborhood gather up in a specific place and meet the new people who just moved in, and to talk about problems that happened to anyone and try to find solutions for them. There is also a little place where we can play soccer, volleyball, and some other sports. Having activities in the neighborhood counts as a feature for people to consider in their moving plan.
Education has played an important role in my personality. In my old school, I was so rebellious that I almost had never done a homework for any class I had, because the school does not care about teaching the students they just cared about the money that they receive from my parents pay. Therefore, they give me perfect grades which make my father think that the school is excellent. However, in my new school, they have many rules that forced me to stop acting up and start doing my homework every day, they give very difficult tests and exams so that the students get the grade they deserve. In addition, its teachers are amazing, they really make the students excited to learn the subjects. Good neighborhoods should provide schools such as my new school and they also should have bookstores and libraries where students can study in quiet places.
