College Is Important to Me
Teresa
EN 110.6.3 Achieving Academic Excellence
August 25, 2013
Why College Is Important To Me?
Underachiever is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary, as a person or thing that performs below expectations. I was a pregnant teenager, dropped out of high school, and married shortly thereafter. I have felt I have been an underachiever ever since. My school-aged children ask me, “Mommy, why didn't you go to college?” I want to be a good role-model to my children and let them know to never give up on their dreams, no matter their age. That is why college is important to me.
In the year 2000, 10.9% of United States students between the ages of 16 and 24, were high school dropouts. My senior year of high school, I found out I was pregnant and decided to look for employment. I could not find a part-time job that would support my child and myself, so I decided that my only option was to drop out of high school to start working a fill-time job at minimum wage. As a high school drop out, my employment opportunities were very scarce in our small town. Before I dropped out, I was a good student who yearned to learn. I loved school and regretted dropping out . A year later, I decided to returned to high school to earn my diploma. I had high expectations and I did everything I could do so I could attend college. As a single parent, I still was not able to afford college, nor could I find the time to attend classes. A year had passed, and I married my high school sweetheart. He was in the military, and we were under the assumption that I could use his military college funding, but we were wrong.
Being married, raising children, and working for minimum wage, did not leave a lot of time or money for college. As I was working hard to make the best out of my family life, my dreams of furthering my education seemed to slip further out of my reach. My husband did not support the idea of me making advancements to better myself, but rather, put up road blocks
EN 110.6.3 Achieving Academic Excellence
August 25, 2013
Why College Is Important To Me?
Underachiever is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary, as a person or thing that performs below expectations. I was a pregnant teenager, dropped out of high school, and married shortly thereafter. I have felt I have been an underachiever ever since. My school-aged children ask me, “Mommy, why didn't you go to college?” I want to be a good role-model to my children and let them know to never give up on their dreams, no matter their age. That is why college is important to me.
In the year 2000, 10.9% of United States students between the ages of 16 and 24, were high school dropouts. My senior year of high school, I found out I was pregnant and decided to look for employment. I could not find a part-time job that would support my child and myself, so I decided that my only option was to drop out of high school to start working a fill-time job at minimum wage. As a high school drop out, my employment opportunities were very scarce in our small town. Before I dropped out, I was a good student who yearned to learn. I loved school and regretted dropping out . A year later, I decided to returned to high school to earn my diploma. I had high expectations and I did everything I could do so I could attend college. As a single parent, I still was not able to afford college, nor could I find the time to attend classes. A year had passed, and I married my high school sweetheart. He was in the military, and we were under the assumption that I could use his military college funding, but we were wrong.
Being married, raising children, and working for minimum wage, did not leave a lot of time or money for college. As I was working hard to make the best out of my family life, my dreams of furthering my education seemed to slip further out of my reach. My husband did not support the idea of me making advancements to better myself, but rather, put up road blocks