Sean Countryman Narrative
Coming of age during an experience like losing something important in college can be a terrifying thing but for Sean Countryman, losing his innocence is what drove him to be the person he is today. Sean Countryman is a Senior Design Engineer for aerospace engineering at Honeywell, one of the top aerospace engineering companies in the world. He is a father of five children and lives a peaceful life in Mesa, Arizona. Sean always knew he wanted to go to college but what really drove his path towards college, was a “go to work with your parent day”. Sean’s dad, Jerry was a diesel mechanic for a bus company which is a blue collar job. As Sean watched his dad get covered in grease, oil, and dirt all day repairing buses, his desire to go to college was strengthened. He realized that he didn’t want a job full of hard labor. Sean received a full scholarship from the US Air Force ROTC program that was to start the first semester of his Sophomore year. Unfortunately, Congress passed a budget
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bill that gutted his scholarship money. Sean was informed about this and faced with a decision to stay in the ROTC program or leave with no consequences as he was not committed yet. “I chose to stay which dictated my life for the next 23 years as I finished college and went on to a 20-year career in the Air Force.” On his first assignment, he went to San Antonio, Texas and met his wife of 23 years. “I watched everyone else out having fun while I had to get going to get to either class or work.” After the loss of his scholarship, he was forced to work two jobs and didn’t have the time for extra activities.
After the loss of his scholarship, he realized that he had to work and get through these traumatizing moments without the comfort of free college. Even through his roughest moments in college, Sean can still say “it taught me many lessons and forged who I am as a person.” During this time he learned hard work, dedication, responsibility, perseverance, and who he is. Sean Countryman, a hard-working man who shows dedication and responsibility through everything he does. He made a difficult decision in a hard time but from that decision came to his life today. Losing the scholarship initiated his coming of age to shape him as the person that he is today. Coming of age can be one of the toughest moments in a person’s life but from that comes the life that the person
deserves.
bill that gutted his scholarship money. Sean was informed about this and faced with a decision to stay in the ROTC program or leave with no consequences as he was not committed yet. “I chose to stay which dictated my life for the next 23 years as I finished college and went on to a 20-year career in the Air Force.” On his first assignment, he went to San Antonio, Texas and met his wife of 23 years. “I watched everyone else out having fun while I had to get going to get to either class or work.” After the loss of his scholarship, he was forced to work two jobs and didn’t have the time for extra activities.
After the loss of his scholarship, he realized that he had to work and get through these traumatizing moments without the comfort of free college. Even through his roughest moments in college, Sean can still say “it taught me many lessons and forged who I am as a person.” During this time he learned hard work, dedication, responsibility, perseverance, and who he is. Sean Countryman, a hard-working man who shows dedication and responsibility through everything he does. He made a difficult decision in a hard time but from that decision came to his life today. Losing the scholarship initiated his coming of age to shape him as the person that he is today. Coming of age can be one of the toughest moments in a person’s life but from that comes the life that the person
deserves.