Journal: I Was Too Old For College
Garcia.Session 1.Journal
As a thirty-three year old, I truly believed that I was too old for college. After high school, I was in a home situation that required I enter the work field right away. I made excuses for not attending college, often blaming it on money or time. The more years that passed, the more I embraced those excuses. I told myself, ?It had been too long since I was in school, I don?t remember any of it?, ?there?s no way I could do it?, ?I?d have to start from the very bottom, and it will take too long to graduate?. It wasn?t until God opened my eyes to the little ones who were watching me that I realized, I was wrong. To explain what I mean, I have to back up to tell you that I come from a very broken home. The little family that I do have means the world to me, …show more content…
She is 16 years old and the smartest, funniest, kindest and most incredible kid I know. I want so many good things for her. When I think of her as an adult, I physically want to burst because all I imagine are these amazing and wonderful things for her and her life. Because I made the decision early on not to have children, I truly believed that I didn?t have little ones looking at me as an example. I was truly kidding myself by believing that because I was her Aunt and not her Mother, she wasn?t watching me, she wasn?t paying attention to what I was doing. One morning a few months ago, I received a text message from her stating she had decided she didn?t want to go to college. She had decided she wanted to go straight to work and be just like me. Wow. I felt like I had been run over like a truck. She sees me as successful because she sees that I have a good job and a nice home and a dependable car. However, she doesn?t see the many years I have struggled financially or the many set-backs at work I had because I
As a thirty-three year old, I truly believed that I was too old for college. After high school, I was in a home situation that required I enter the work field right away. I made excuses for not attending college, often blaming it on money or time. The more years that passed, the more I embraced those excuses. I told myself, ?It had been too long since I was in school, I don?t remember any of it?, ?there?s no way I could do it?, ?I?d have to start from the very bottom, and it will take too long to graduate?. It wasn?t until God opened my eyes to the little ones who were watching me that I realized, I was wrong. To explain what I mean, I have to back up to tell you that I come from a very broken home. The little family that I do have means the world to me, …show more content…
She is 16 years old and the smartest, funniest, kindest and most incredible kid I know. I want so many good things for her. When I think of her as an adult, I physically want to burst because all I imagine are these amazing and wonderful things for her and her life. Because I made the decision early on not to have children, I truly believed that I didn?t have little ones looking at me as an example. I was truly kidding myself by believing that because I was her Aunt and not her Mother, she wasn?t watching me, she wasn?t paying attention to what I was doing. One morning a few months ago, I received a text message from her stating she had decided she didn?t want to go to college. She had decided she wanted to go straight to work and be just like me. Wow. I felt like I had been run over like a truck. She sees me as successful because she sees that I have a good job and a nice home and a dependable car. However, she doesn?t see the many years I have struggled financially or the many set-backs at work I had because I