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Leaving High School Essay

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Almost getting out of High School I’m sure everyone tries to decide if they should continue their education or stop. I thought of that a lot before graduating in 2013 I’m not much of a school person there are many other things I rather be doing then homework or learning honestly if my parents let me choice for myself leaving High School I probably wouldn’t attend college but I’m thankful that they forced me to go so I can have a future. My reasons like everyone else’s to attend college were because I want a career for myself. I want a job where I don’t have to live from paycheck to paycheck like my parents do. Neither one of my parents have any type of degrees they barely have any school. Both my parents only finished 8 grades but it was different …show more content…

They know how hard it was for them coming here and looking for jobs and understanding the language and they didn’t want the same thing for us the only reason we even moved to the United States was because our parents wanted a better future for us they didn’t want me and my sisters to live the same life they did. When I was in 10th grade I was 16 at the time my first job ever was at a company on Court Street and what I did was make and pack boxes that are sent out to doctors and I remember having to go to work right after school at 3PM and working until 11PM sometimes even 12PM and the place was filled with people fresh out of jail that the city found jobs for I enjoyed the pay 11 dollars an hour that was the good part but working in a factory at that age was not the best part. Right now I work as a Pharmacy Tech at Rite Aid I enjoy my job on some days but it's not something I can see myself doing all my life though and I know I can't live a life I want with a minimum wage job. At the time that I was looking for a job I remember how hard it was for me to find a job I remember applying at every possible place that was hiring and going to interviews and never getting the call back that I got

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