Honors College paper
The introduction to my college experience has been honorable. I have been presented with a breath taking amount privileges I never expected to come my way. For instance, initiation into the Kappa Sigma fraternity and the Phi Eta Sigma honor society, and now I have the opportunity to be a representative of the honors college at Florida Gulf Coast University. I could not ask for anything more out of my first semester of college. My desires to be affiliated with the honors college are due to my intentions to raise my potential as a student. I was bred to be a hard worker, the most important lesson I captured from high school is that there is always room to expand your knowledge. You are only as good as the people surrounding
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I never had a united family. My father moved out of my house when I was 3, at the same time my grandmother died. As a result, it left my mother depressed in a house with two children. She depended on my father for child support, who was very inconsistent with his payments because they never officially got divorced. This lead to my mother’s anxiety erupting everyday, worrying if she will have the money to support us through the week. My mother still suffers from depression today, and has not got back on top of her feet since her collapse. I want to succeed in college for my mother because in her current state of mind I do not think she will ever be able to do anything productive with her life. Once I have a job I will be supporting my mother through her old age. My dream is to one day sit around a dinner table full of beautiful children and my wife. I want to make it a religious event to spend time with my family every day. I want to spoil my family and make sure they do not have a worry in the world. I would not say I had a tough upbringing because of the neighborhood and school I was attending, but I do not want to have my family go through the stress I dealt with everyday of my life. The honors college will help bring me to a higher status that will hopefully lead me to a high paying job, therefore making my dream come