Write a compare and contrast essay about Car rides when I was young (from home to school with my mother) and now (from the apartment to University alone)

Hello, I am writing a compare and contrast essay about the difference in car rides from my home to school and now from the apartment to Pepperdine University. I am in International English Class so my vocabulary must not be that advanced. I need you to please the essay flow better using different sentences structures. Also some of the words are repetitive, so please I need you to to use other words. Thank you