I would like to join Year Up because i would like the opportunity to better myself. Right now i feel like my life isn’t headed into the direction that i want it to, i feel like it’s at a dead end just living paycheck to paycheck, and i know there's more to life than that. I would love the chance to expand my mind and a better, more educated person. I would like to obtain more professional and life skills, more than what i currently have. I currently work at Rhode Island hospital where i've been work as a laundry aide for two years, i'm grateful for the opportunity to work for a company like Lifespan, but i know working in laundry isn't going to get me anywhere other than where i am right now. Working in laundry is like working in a giant heat filled …show more content…
My math teacher never gave up hope on me he helped me as much as he could and although i wasn't anywhere as good at math as i would have like to be i was in a better place than what i left off. Once i transferred from hope to The Met my motivation, determination and and go getter attitude began to sprout more and i found myself finishing projects that weren't due for weeks ahead of time, i found myself helping my classmates complete work that i had already completed and it made me happy to have set goals for myself and accomplish them way ahead of time and it was nice knowing my advisor was proud of me too. I wish i would have had the mindset that i do now for my first 3 years in highschool a more mature, go getter, ready to learn and better myself mindset. I know that in life anything worth having isn't easy to attain so i am more than willing to work hard and push myself to get where i need to and want to be. I wanna see myself in a whole new light, i wanna look in the mirror and be proud of the person that i see. I wanna wake up everyday feeling accomplished. I feel as though Year Up would the path that i need to walk on in order to accomplish my