As I began talking to the girl next to me, one near the front of the elevator whipped her bleach blonde hair around, let me Louis Vuitton Sale, and then said, Where are you from My response was simply, Texas North Texas, to be exact. She chuckled, I can tell, she said as she stepped off onto the fourth floor.

Puzzled, I stumbled onto the Louis Vuitton Bags, my weight in clothing and shoes. It was then I explained the incident to my roommate, Leslie, who informed me of my accent. Accent? I said. I don't have an accent. Leslie replied, Rachel, you have a twang like I have never heard before It's fine, girl. We'll work on it.

We never got around to working on it, because I refused. I liked the way I talked, and it wasn't going to change just because I became surrounded by preppy people. After much deliberation, I realized that I was not alone. LV, currently a junior from Austin, helped immensely in my adaptation to Baylor. When having a conversation with her in the hall of Collins one day, she mentioned she had not always been from Austin.

She was raised in a tiny town in Illinois, and because of family reasons, she had recently moved to Austin. Although it had only been a year since her move to Texas, she had adjusted quite well. She was accustomed to the Louis Vuitton Monogram Collage La Rose Gm White, Walmart-20-minutes-away kind of lifestyle, but knew that sooner or later she would have to jump out there in the big city and see what it was like. We had that much in common and began to build a friendship on that.

My point is this: Take your background and embrace it. The past is the framework for what you become.If you were born with a thick accent, Louis Vuitton Monogram Canvas Neverfull PM, If you were raised not eating meat, don't change because your roommate does. If your parents raised you to not partake in drinking, don't feel obligated. Maintain your standards, maintain your composure and you will maintain the respect that people will learn to have for you.