Through it all I never gave up and I worked hard to get the grade I got and it taught me that I can do anything I set my mind to , and that One of the most difficult parts of life is deciding whether to walk away or try
My primary goal for attending college is to be financially fit and also use the knowledge I’ve gained to help underprivileged youth achieve their goals. I come from a poor background where I have struggled to make ends meet. I didn’t receive any scholarships to attend college after high school so I skipped it. The cost of college is a burden that I couldn’t have taken. I used the motivation of when I took time away from school surrounded by people in situations I never wanted to be in.
Through the experience of working as youth leader for freshman connection I have grown as a better leader. To help incoming freshman was incredible experience for me. I joined freshman connection to serve school and defiantly to get knowledge and team building skills out of it, so that it can help me make my college experience better. I think I have achieved all the goals that I wanted to through working as youth leader. Additionally, not only that but also to work on community service project on bullying has really allowed me to serve as teacher helper.
Returning to college has been an exciting and terrifying decision for me. My husband has encouraged me for 1-2 years, but my fear of failure overwhelmed me and kept me from pursuing my Bachelor’s Degree. I wasn’t even sure what I wanted to pursue. I’m now on this journey and ready for whatever it is that God has planned for me. I have worked hard encouraged my three kids as they transitioned their way through elementary school through middle school and on to high school and graduation.
In the book Lost Voices by Sarah Porter, the main character has taken on many challenges in her life, however she faces these challenges for a reason. While reading this book I decided to focus on the reasons why the author put that in there. To do this I took note of many different important things. However, after reviewing my notes I realize that three main concepts were social issues, author’s craft, and themes.
My whole life long, I have been trying to find a place where I can truly fit in. I have also been worried about what I would do when I grew up. I was torn between my passion for horses and my passion for performing. There was no way I could give up one for the other, so I searched the net for Christian colleges that had majors in both equine studies and vocal performance and there it appeared: Asbury University. It was manna from Heaven.
Something such as returning back to school was long gone and in my past goals. After a couple of years I never thought I would end up going back to school since everything that I wanted was going good and according to plan. However sometimes we are faced with tough situations where we must find other resources in order to improve and better ourselves. Going back to school was one of the most important and wise decisions that I have ever made. Finding well-qualified candidates for a job or career nowadays is a challenge, especially in the field that I am currently in; law enforcement.
MY SLEEP TIME IS ALWAYS AT LEAST EIGHT HOURS AND THIS DEFINITLY MAKES ME MORE ALERT DURING MY WAKE TIME. IN HIGH SCHOOL, I WOULD RARELY SLEEP AND HENCE I WAS NEVER FULLY ATTENTIVE IN CLASS, BUT NOW THAT I AM ABLE TO SLEEP DURING THE DAY TO MAKE UP FOR THE TIME I WAS AWAKE AT NIGHT, I WAKE UP WITH ENERGY AND CAN FOCUS FULLY ON SCHOOL WORK FOR MANY HOURS. SO, OVERALL MY SLEEP AND WAKE TIME ARE HEALTHY BECAUSE I can FOCUS AND CONCENTRATE PROPERLY WHEN I AM AWAKE. I ALSO HAVE EBERGY THAT I NEVER SEEMED TO HAVE WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHIOOL.
Being a first generation college student was a big challenge for me. A new life ahead of me had just started, it was like a new book with a new page on it. I started off going to community college which was such a big impact in my life, I was able to learn many valuable things that at the beginning I wasn't prepared for. I want to make a bigger impact not only for my self but for others as well. I want to motivate people that no matter what gets in the way, or the circumstances we are facing, we can all fight for what we want.
“Always driving around like idiots, tryna’ prove how macho they are… And they wonder why they get shot at.” This is what I have the pleasure of listening to when driving with my father. He spews venom towards every dark-skinned driver who runs a red light or changes lanes at the last minute, frequenting phrases like “gangsters” and “thugs.” In the passenger seat my mother chews her lip, never summoning the courage to silence him.
As a first generation college student, I have the desire to not only make my parents proud of my academic achievements, but to be the first person in my family to receive a college degree. At a very young age, I was always expected to receive A’s and B’s in my school assignments, as well as my final grades. However, I was never rewarded or congratulated whenever I did receive those grades because it was already expected of me to achieve them. Hence, a time in which I have experienced failure but also felt like I let my family down was when I received a D in my Critical Thinking course I was already retaking for the second time. The first time I took Critical Thinking was during the summer in which it was an 8-week long course.
My sisters were in high school, still teenagers. They convinced me that I should go back and complete my degree. This is why it was so important for me to continue in school. “The three of us, my two younger sisters and I had worked in a tomato factory that summer before I went to my field placement in Cincinnati. My little sisters gave me part of their money to get me to Cincinnati and have something to support myself until the agency gave me a stipend in October.
As a college freshmen, there is no doubt that I still have a long ways to go in order to achieve my academic goals. And through this journey, I know that I will encounter highs and lows just as I experienced in the past, most notability in high school. I keenly remember instances around this time where I doubted my abilities when subjects like math was proving to be difficult, even when I was trying to put in effort to stay on track. I was struggling in math because I did not try to identify my weaknesses, and never tried to come up with solutions to fix my problems. Rather, I chose to give up on math and settle with a grade barely passing.
Female. Hispanic. Raised in a poor, crime-ridden neighborhood. Anything as improbable as me graduating from college would not occur at all, according to some of my loved ones.
I check my watch as I race to catch my first ever Austin Metro bus home. My metro bus ride to school in the morning proved disastrous. Taking the southbound rather than the northbound bus had left me confused while waiting for the return bus and embarrassed while explaining the reason for my late arrival to school. It 's 4:33. Oh man.
