What does Mitt Romney, Demi Lovato, Jessica Alba, and Selena Gomez, have in common, can you guess what it is? They are all Mexicans who I would say have succeeded in life and made that “American Dream” come true, something I would love to say one day down the road.
Growing up, my parents only gave me one lesson, “Finish school so you don’t need to work as hard as we did.” My parents came to the United States of America weeks after getting married in Mexico around 1991. Coming with nothing, leaving everything and everyone they love behind, and no one to help them, all while my mother was pregnant. They only had one goal in mind, give their kids a fresh new start surrounded by education, an opportunity not given to them. In my parents’ hometown, work is all they know. People aren 't known to get out of this town and scrutinize other places.
At a young age, I did not take school seriously, I was known as the class clown always making jokes. It wasn 't until 1st grade when I realized I was relearning the same material. I found out I failed 1st grade, something I never thought was possible. This was a small wake-up call for me, thinking this is not as bad as I thought, maybe school would be easier if I repeated a grade. It
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This brings me back to the main question, “Why do you want to attend college?” I have seen my parents struggle from moving to a whole new country to dropping out of high school before even starting it. I am fortunate enough to be where I am today, all thanks to my parents and hope to make my parents struggles not go to waste. With the help of Goedeker’s College Scholarship, I will be one step closer to reaching my goals. To this day my parents are still struggling with financial situations. I was raised to be cheap, but yet there is one thing that always gets me: books. Books are getting more and more expensive and hard to come by. I hope to one day also make my own scholarship and help those who need it most, just like Goedeker’s College