Growing up, I believed college was for everyone. School was so easy, so I thought everyone would continue going. To my knowledge in the past, if you went to college, then you will be successful. As I grew older, my eyes were opened. I found out how expensive college was. I found out how many people I was in competition with. Hundreds of thousands of kids trying to be in the same position as me. I was told of ten-page papers and due dates that were impossible to make. Yes, you may make more money if you have a college degree, but finding a job after college if you don’t have the right connections can be a challenge. I learned that college can be one of the most stressful times of your life. Many probably wonder, “why would you want to put yourself …show more content…
I often found myself breezing through classwork, quizzes, and test. I was always the first one done. I was always on the honor roll. I was the star pupil. My teachers always called on me for demonstrations and to help others in class. My teachers realized that I was a little more advanced than the other students, so I was placed in the gifted program. Looking back, I really appreciate being put in that program. It really pushed me and challenged me to think outside the box. I got experiences that I probably3 wouldn’t have gotten in the classroom. For the first time, I was challenged, but not enough to persuade me that I wouldn’t make it to college. I didn’t think of my future very much when I was young. I lived in the moment, but of course I believed I was definitely going to college. During this time in my life, I was a dreamer. I had dreams of going to a large school, playing sports, and becoming a professional athlete. I ended up at Virginia Union University studying criminal justice. Somewhere along the way, there was a plot …show more content…
The book we read was “The Mis-Education of the Negro” originally published by Carter G. Woodson. This piece of literature is truly what made me get myself together. The book discusses how in early times, blacks weren’t given a real education. They were given limited knowledge. They were trying to oppress all blacks and control the way they thought. Woodson said,” When you control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his actions.” They were basically creating robots to do undesirable jobs. In this day and age, we have the option to go to school and make something of ourselves and a large portion of us take advantage of it. This book really caused me to think. I came to the realization that I am privileged and should be