Everyone has their goals in life but college is one of those methods used to fulfill those goals. College was always on my agenda. Before I was even born, my parents had created a new pathway solely for me. This road took me on a journey filled with motivation, anxiety, and gratitude that ended up taking me to college. Ever since I was little girl, my parents had motivated me to get straight A’s on every report card that I should bring home. I, being the youngest of the family, never wanted to disappoint my parents. The despair on their faces if I ever brought a grade home lower than a ‘C’ was not a look I yearned to see. I knew I could not let them down. As I got older, I became a young lady of my own and started making decisions for myself. …show more content…
I feared I wouldn’t be able to uphold my family’s standards. All the work given to me from my five core gifted classes and the stress started accumulating. My life was spiraling right before my eyes. I lost control of the steering wheel and ran myself right into a ditch; a ditch, more like a bottomless pit of scum. I thought I was strong enough to hold on for the ride but apparently I wasn’t. I reluctantly handed over the wheel to my parents and let them guide me to where I needed to be. Eventually, tenth grade rolled around and I put myself back together. I was broken glass taped together trying to refurbish myself. At this point I just had to make it through high school. At the end of tenth grade, I aced every class I had taken from band to chemistry. Eleventh grade creeped around the corner and the anxiety started to build up again. I wanted more for myself. I was no longer satisfied with being every other person in Hialeah Gardens High School. My options were to either get into dual enrollment or finish high school all together. Dual enrollment was ruled out when my test scores were not at the new passing score they had recently made. There were two months left of school and it was until then that I decided
College is not for everyone, although, everyone should have some form of higher education. "Should everyone go to college?" is an essay meant to inform students of the pros and cons of going to college. Owens and Sawhill state that the cost of a college degree may not be worth the money that students put into furthering their education. In their article, Owens and Sawhill use three different rhetorical appeals; egos, logos, and pathos; to persuade the readers to think consciously about attending college. Their argument was effective because it forces the readers to look at the overall college experience in different aspects.
Being accepted into the four year, signature Honors Magnet Global Ecology Program was quite an accomplishment. I thought my strengths in both math and science would help carry me through this rigorous academic curriculum. I was wrong! I hit a brick wall and I hit it hard. Having a parent who was a special educator and dyslexic as well kept me afloat; however, I needed to use the resources available both inside and outside of the school to begin my journey to academic success. It took me until my junior year of high school to understand just how and what I needed to do to be all I could. I learned this the hard way on my own; it cost me admission in to the National Honor Society, being recommended to AP Biology and AP US History. I needed to begin to take charge of my life and set the goals necessary to get back on my feet. I needed to prove to myself that wanting to go on to a pre-med major in college was a possible dream.
About a little under a year ago I had questioned a strong belief of mine that I had my whole life; going to college. I had started to question this because my father had went to college to study business and he now sells insurance. I thought to myself, why would I need to go to college when I could get my license to sell insurance straight out of high school. It didn’t make sense to me on paying a lot of money for tuition when I could always just start a career and be pretty successful out of high school. I started having these questions run through my head because a while ago my father had worked for a company named Delta where he was in the business department. By him getting his masters degree in business it would obviously help him. However
I studied 2-3 hours a night and disconnected myself from the outside world just so I can make the grades. When the semester end and report cards were sent home, I once again disappointed my parents and didn't make the honor roll list. I felt hopeless and discouraged and thought to myself “I’ll never be able to do it, I’ll never be able to make my parents proud and make the honor roll list”. I was almost obsessed with the idea and it consumed my mind, body, and soul. But to my surprise, it was all about to change the following
College is an option for everyone from eighteen year old high school graduates with their hearts set on a specific degree to thirty year old past college graduates going back to college to make more money in their career or start a new one in a different field. It does not matter what the reason is to attend, college helps those who attend carry out it. College can be stressful and hard, but with hard work and dedication, the reasons for going will be completed. I chose to receive a college education for many reasons, but some include to make more money, have more career opportunities and make an impact.
"How do you feel about moving schools?" I stared into my bowl of cereal. "For high school, we would have to move to Albuquerque with your dad, do you think we should do it?" I didn't know what to say. I am the oldest child of three kids, therefore I make the decisions. I told my mom I would think about it and seriously consider the option. I could move to a new state and go to a new school and try and go to a better college than I ever could if I stayed in my small, sheltered, Arizona town and went to the one public high school that was available to me.
College is an alternative goal based on one’s self interest. College is used to support one self of getting a degree in a profession one chooses to obtain. It is a worthwhile task, but one must dedicate him/herself to the task. It is a process that can take up to several years or more depending on a career one chooses to do. Although some people believe college isn’t worth going to; however, college should be required for all U.S citizens because people will expand their knowledge of the world, gain skills needed for their dream job, and acquire a new independent life.
I moved to the United States in 2011, seeking a better life and a higher quality education. Surely, being a first-generation college student, I felt an immense amount of pressure to succeed because I was the only one in my family who was lucky enough to get the opportunity to earn a college education. When I initially arrived in the United States I did not feel a sense of belonging rather I disliked the transition as it made me feel lonely. Of course, a large move like this one had a significant social impact in my life. But through these challenges, I constantly reminded myself of the reason I moved here and that is to attain an education and pave my way to success.
College, it is a goal that many students dream of reaching from the time they are young. Often, the younger the person the more you can see their parent’s influence on where they want to go. “I want to go here because it is where my mom went,” or “I am going to go there because my daddy and I cheer them on every Saturday!” With age comes a more practical view of where to go and why a student wants to go there. For me, I have always known where I wanted to go to college and why I wanted to go there. I want to go to college to make the world a better place and prove everyone who said I couldn’t wrong.
Life is full of transitions, how they are handled and the choices made ultimately effect the overall outcome. College is a transition in which many students begin to truly discover who they are, and what they are meant to fulfill in life. Throughout my time at the current institution I attend, the journey has not been what I quite expected. My goals were afflicted, this includes several unexpected roadblocks throughout the course of it, which ultimately have been detrimental to my success. In order to truly discover the path that is right for me, I have come to the conclusion that the only way to fulfill this is to take my journey to another institution of higher education.
A college education is something that I have dreamed of from a very young age. To me a college education means more than just going to college. It opens the doors to opportunities that I never thought I would be able have. It gives me a chance to further my education and make positive lasting changes on a global scale.
It was difficult to accept that I was going into college undeclared. It seemed as if everyone else in my grade already knew their true calling in life; several of my classmates were planning to major in psychology, another in business, and even one friend going into a specialized art therapy program. Being an immigrant and a soon-to-be first-generation college student, I felt the pressure to choose something, anything, just to prove that I had at least stepped foot onto the path of success.
From a young age, I’ve always known I wanted to go to college. To be able to pursue what interests me and to study what I’m passionate about sounds like the opportunity I just can not miss out on. I have always enjoyed going to school and learning new subjects year after year, each year giving me a deeper understanding of the topics given to me. College would allow me to broaden my horizons and find new experiences, study new subjects, and deepen my roots in education.
I come from a family who has a very close bond. For myself and my family education is
In the beginning going to college was the logical next step that parents enforced, but now going to college is to learn about the world more and to understand it more as well. Learning about the subjects that look forward for a place in career as well as a way that fulfills the saying “when you love your job, you never work a day.”