My Family: Working In A Cotton Mill

Dating back generations, my family has worked in a cotton mill. College was never discussed much. Rather it was just the unspoken assumption that you go to high school and just after graduation, if not before, you would start work at the mill. Going to work is just what you did to take care of yourself but many times helping to take care of the previous generation. Manual labor took its toll not to mention the constant financial uncertainty. Lack of education has inhibited by father from many opportunities for growth at the mill. It has been the perfect example for me to see how important education can be when a very young inexperienced person with a college degree is chosen for a higher position over my father who has thirty plus years of
You work harder yet you only tire, become weary. Barely able to make ends meet. Finances are a day by day worry. Will you be able to take care of your family? Particularly in the case of my parents with the number of medical bills they have accrued. I knew this is not what I wanted. I saw my father’s struggle to take care of a family of five while working at the mill. I knew I wanted something more, leading me to starting my own landscaping business. Eventually figuring out there were many other factors influencing my success in the area, the economy and weather. College then became more and more of a reality. Knowing that I have so much more to