Today is a wonderful millstone in my life , because I decided to go back to college and continue my education. I have been through many obstacles in my life and making the decision to go back to school will give me the opportunity to prove that just because you grow up in a bad environment does not mean that you can’t succeed in life or accomplish great things. There are others reason why I went back to school as well one of them being that it will increase my finical situation, and portray a positive role model for my daughter I grew up in Compton California which is a very poverty stricken area that is infested with crime, gangs, teen pregnancy and poverty. I was raised by my grandmother who tried to instill nothing but positive things in me. She made it clear to me that school was very important and without an education you may want to go far but won’t. I studied hard and obtained a full scholar ship to UCLA but I ended up getting pregnant with my daughter and quit.…
I have always been the type of person who has a tremendous amount of desire to achieve. I want to be somebody. I want to make a difference in my community. As a result I set four major goals for myself during my junior year in high school. The first of these goals is completing my high school education with at least a 3.0 grade point average or above. The second goal is to obtain a college education. The third goal is to start a lasting career for myself as a pediatric orthopedic surgeon. The last goal is to raise a family in the best possible atmosphere.…
I have many reasons for returning to school, to prove the nay sayers in my life wrong, running my own domestic violence safe haven, earning my Bachelors or law degrees or most importantly, showing my daughter that no matter what your circumstances it’s never too late or too hard to follow or achieve your dreams.…
I decided to return to school because of my financial situation, my children, and myself. All of these reasons above are why I decided to go back to school, and so I would like you to sit back as I paint you the picture of my life before I decided to go to school.…
One, even though I do have my masters degree, unfortunately along with that degree I did not have my teaching certificate. In order for me to be able to teach in State of Iowa, I needed to complete the certification. This will undoubtedly open the doors for more opportunities and able to broaden my horizons.…
Returning to school was a truly hard, scary, and exciting decision for me to make. Everything in my life had to be considered including my children, husband, work, and all my other obligations. With returning to school I am hoping to improve myself on a personal and work level. So I am returning to school because I already do the job but currently not being paid for it without a degree.…
Journal Entry #1 Most of my high school experience has not been pleasant. I have struggled with depression and anxiety, as well as physical health problems since the end of sixth grade. My attitude and attendance in school have been inconsistent up until the end of last year; my second junior year. Up until that moment, I thought that school was a complete waste of time, and that the only thing our education system was meant to do was condition people to give up their individualism and turn them into mindless sheeple. However, over the summer I began to realize that having a negative attitude towards my life and everything around me was only going to hinder me.…
Returning to school is a very big step for me. There are many things that I’ve realized in not furthering my education. Financial stability for my family is one. Many jobs don’t want to hire you unless you have a degree under your belt. My family is another reason. I want them to be able to see that anything is possible. If you have goals follow through with them and amazing thing can happen. No matter age or gender.…
After careful thought and consideration, I made the desire to return to school into a realistic goal. I had finally come to the conclusion, that it was time to take control of my circumstances, rather than continue to let my circumstances control me. For the first time in twenty years, I have a window of opportunity to fit a degree program into my daily schedule. Returning to school had always been a desire of mine, but in the past, I did not think I had the time or the money to pursue a degree. I was a single mother, I was working all of the time, my children were very young, and half of my wages went to daycare expenses.…
“You’ll never make it,” they all said, my boyfriend, family, teachers, and friends. It was like my life was already figured out for me, as if I didn’t have a say. The message was loud and clear. They all expected me to fail, to settle for a minimum wage paying job, to settle for just a high school diploma. For a while I went around believing that all I could do was the minimum required. But then I realized that I was capable of doing so much more. As time went on I realized that I did not have to live up to other’s low expectations and I started making a name for myself. I knew that studying a little harder for every test, joining clubs, volunteering, and running for leadership positions would later pay off.…
My journey starts when I leave Puebla, Mexico eight years ago without knowing a single word in English to being a first generation college student in the United States. My family consists of my mother, two older sisters, my twin brother, and left behind my alcoholic, abusive father. I have been working in the hospitality industry ever since I arrived, from being a dishwasher to becoming front of the house supervisor. Initially without English knowledge or particular skills I had to settle into working in the lowest paid and grueling position in a restaurant, dishwasher. I was able to move up the ladder by taking night English as a Second Language class at City College of San Francisco and working up to ten hours a day every day. Every semester I took ESL classes, went hand in hand with promotions at work or better employment opportunities, to all the way to becoming supervisor of the restaurant. For this reason, I found in education an exit to poverty and a path to mind enrichment.. My proudest achievements are getting a GED, obtaining a high school diploma after completing the transitional studies program and now a 4.0 GPA in my first semester of credit classes, which I took to transfer to a four year university.…
Dropping out of school was something I never imagined. At the age of 14, two years before graduation I had to drop out of school. Not because I chose to, not because I didn’t want to go and not because I was a lazy child and didn’t want to learn. I had to drop out of school for family issues. At the time my family was very unstable,…
I am a former 8th grader at the middle school and would like to tell you that i am thrilled to become a 9th grader at MHS and i can’t wait to take new heights and discover more interests throughout high school! I wanted to inform you that when I come to the high school as a freshman I will bring a positive, uplifting, and helpful presence! I am the oldest sibling in my family and i am always busy with sports, school, friends and family and helping with the community. Other qualities i hold are my management skills. I am a great problem solver like when my younger sibling are fighting or if someone is having trouble with things. I also manage my time well with sports, school, and other events and making sure i get all of my work done by setting…
As most college students prepare to go into a college after high school with no college during high school, they hope to have a good two to four years with the outcome of an education and soon after a job. As for me, my field of education and after college usually always wants more and more educators for the young. When my time is done at in high school and I move to college, I hope to have more beneficial happenings than bad.…
The more I think about why I am starting college I do not know myself maybe I took it because it was the next step right after high school or I want to have a successful career and have a sturdy income. Also, it could be that I saw my peers starting college and wanted to know what college is. Another big element is my ethnicity because my uncles, aunts, and family members all went to college and they are either in the medical or in the engineering field they expect the same from me. They also keep on asking me what I am majoring in even though I don’t know myself I say I want to be a doctor and it’s the answer they are looking for. These are the factors that are connecting me to college currently.…