Reflective Essay: I Want To Go To College
When Cayli, my daughter, started kindergarten I started talking to her about going to college and how it was the most important thing she could do for herself. In turn she would ask me what kind of degree did I get and I would look at her and tell her that I did not go to college and this is why I wanted her to so she would not have to live paycheck to paycheck like her father and I did. After awhile, I started to feel like a hypocrite every time I would insist she went to college and not going wasn't an option. I knew in that instance that I had to go back and get my own college degree.
I graduated high school in 1998 and told everyone around me that I was going to take a year off, work and save some money and then I would be going back to …show more content…
She came home that day and told me that she was not going to college, she was going to be just like me and if it was good enough for me then it was good enough for her. I told her that she was wrong and that I was starting school in the fall to finish my degree. Which at the time was not true, so the next day I went to New River Community College website and applied to the Business Administration program. After taking several classes I really started to enjoy the work and when school was out for the semester I really started missing the classes and with only having a few classes left, I started looking for schools with online programs that would allow me to get my bachelors without having to step foot on the campus and found Old Dominion University had one of the best online programs around.
Now all my daughters talks about is the fact that she is going to go to Virginia Tech and become a veterinarian. I truly believe that without me deciding to go back to school she would have never made the decision. I am not only enriching my life and my daughters as she is growing up but without me decidign to go back to school, I honestly believe she would not have the goal of being a vet herself. My daughter is my whole motivation in getting my degree and together there is nothing we wont be able to
I graduated high school in 1998 and told everyone around me that I was going to take a year off, work and save some money and then I would be going back to …show more content…
She came home that day and told me that she was not going to college, she was going to be just like me and if it was good enough for me then it was good enough for her. I told her that she was wrong and that I was starting school in the fall to finish my degree. Which at the time was not true, so the next day I went to New River Community College website and applied to the Business Administration program. After taking several classes I really started to enjoy the work and when school was out for the semester I really started missing the classes and with only having a few classes left, I started looking for schools with online programs that would allow me to get my bachelors without having to step foot on the campus and found Old Dominion University had one of the best online programs around.
Now all my daughters talks about is the fact that she is going to go to Virginia Tech and become a veterinarian. I truly believe that without me deciding to go back to school she would have never made the decision. I am not only enriching my life and my daughters as she is growing up but without me decidign to go back to school, I honestly believe she would not have the goal of being a vet herself. My daughter is my whole motivation in getting my degree and together there is nothing we wont be able to