Why I Chose Post Secondary Education

A post secondary education, would not only mean a more opportunistic future for me, but a more stable one for my family as well. Growing up I was always expected to strive for and receive a college degree. Coming from the South Bronx, one isn’t really expected to achieve a post secondary education, for many don’t even make it past high school. The South Bronx is demoted and put on this non existing level with this predestined view that all who grow up here will remain here. Wanting to be better than those who surround me, wanting to work hard to be financially stable enough to get my family out of here is one of the things that really motivates me. I want to grow up believing that I did all I could to help provide for them the best I can. I
Although she’s my inspiration I know that a higher education would overall mean a better life for me, and that its okay to start elsewhere and work toward different goals. Already facing the roadblocks of race, class and family education level, I’m aware of having to work harder than many, and I’m prepared to do just that. I also, want my younger sisters to grow up, seeing my achievements wanting to do better and achieve more than I have. In addition to wanting to rise above stereotypes and encouraging my siblings, I also, strive to create better circumstances for my parents. Seeing them work long hours at labor intensive jobs, all so that they could provide for us makes me want to do better. They provide for our every need no matter what that means for them physically, and it breaks my heart knowing that at the moment there is nothing I can do. My father never had the option of going to school and the aftermath of those results is heart wrenching. Stuck with low paying jobs, with very little chance of promotion isn’t the road I want to take. I don’t want to regret not giving college a chance, the education would open doors that I’m not aware exist for me; working twelve hours a day seven days a week does not entice