My Motivation Essay

Throughout my educational life, my number one motivation is my family, as being a first-generation college student in my family, I do not want to let them down. During my senior year, my parents had separated. That was one of the hardest things to go through, especially your senior year because that’s supposed to be one of the greatest times in your life, but in my case it was not. It was a very hard time for both of my parents. I wanted to do something to make them both happy, and that was furthering my education and persuing a college degree. Now being in college, it is hard for me to pay for school. I have no help from my parents because since they separated they struggle to get back on their feet. So I am forced to take out subsidized and unsubsidized loans, which I wanted to avoid, but sometime you have to bite the bullet to go after what you really want. In life, seeing my parents struggle makes me just want to break down and cry, quit school and get a job in my local town and help them out. My family is my motivation, so when they are going through hardships so am I. But, there is a little birdie in my head saying “Is that what your family would want?”, and of course they answer is no. Even though I’m in need of financial support, I continue to still further my education but I know it will pay off in the

I participated in the Jekyll Island Beach Sweep, I also did Adopt-A-Highway, which is an event where we pick up trash, and we do that to help the community stay clean. I also participate in fundraisers we did for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. A scholarship will be such a blessing right now in my life to help me pay for my college expenses. My mom and dad separated in turn we lost our house because my dad couldn’t afford the bills anymore, he had to file bankruptcy, all this before I had to leave for