Educational Goals and Aspirations

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My Educational Goals & Career Aspirations

From a young age, I’ve always tried to live up to my family’s expectations. A young hispanic from a middle class family, I wanted to be exactly what my parents desired of me. The second oldest in both families, my parents stopped their education in elementary school in order to work in the heat of the fields to keep their family economically decent. My parents told me stories of their hardships of growing up in El Salvador and they implored that I not be like them. The two wanted their children to have a better future than they did and so they implanted this idea into their three children, my two older sisters and I. Within my siblings, one accomplishes what the former couldn’t. My oldest sister didn’t graduate high school and then many years later, my second oldest did. My second oldest sister didn’t go to a university, but now I am going to be starting university in the fall. But it doesn’t complete what my parents set out for us. Their true goal, with us, was to help us to grow into adults with a stable career. That is the last step for me.

Being the youngest of my sisters, I always wanted to do the things that they never could. It was difficult to stay up many late nights studying for my exams but the result was that I am ranked 10 out of 504 students in my class, a feat that my sisters would have never fathomed. I have received the honor of being on the ‘High Honor Roll’ throughout High School. These achievements were made with many late night studying and hard work. It was well worth it because it has gotten me closer to my educational goal. My educational goal, as well as that of my family, is to graduate high school and move onto university where I can stud...

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...ry to help them have a better understanding of the matter. I aspire to help others no matter what the field is. It doesn’t work some of the times due to how I explain things. But the beauty of failing the first time is to continue another time until one improves. The purpose of university is to learn and improve. If I do decide to major in education, regardless of the field, I will attempt to bring the fascination to learning to new things to others.
No matter how long it takes, the amount of money it takes, I hope to complete my family’s dream of having a stable career. With this scholarship, if I can receive it, it will bring me one step closer. I may be able to fufill my educational goal and finally entering university and graduating and achieve my career aspirations in the whatever field I chose. I have the chance to make my family’s dream turn into a reality.

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