Road To Success

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Anna’s parents were immigrants from a communist country. The country was very poor, thus many objects considered expensive were seen as cheap in America; education is one such object. They would dream of starting a new life where there were no oppositions to individual freedom. When Anna’s parents came to America, they arrived with the few material items they could bring, including their high school diplomas. They went to college to learn English so that they could cope with living their new lives. However, they faced many hardships along the way. Even with the little education they had, they endured ridicule(s), linguistic and cultural problems, and tough labor with their little-more-than-minimum wage. They understood this because they knew hard work came with freedom, and with their level of education, finding a good job was difficult. They would never want their offspring to suffer as they did. For this reason, they vowed that education would be top priority for their children.

Ever since Anna could remember, she and her siblings moved from school to school, year after year, in hopes that their parents would stop forcing them to make new friends. Each school was supposed to be more challenging than the last. Every first day of their new schools, as well as every other day, Anna’s mother would say “Education is the road to success.” This was supposed to encourage Anna to continue working hard and to look forward to a bright future. It was supposed to help her think of the future, of why she receiving an education, and how this education will help her. Anna, throughout elementary school, never understood. Education is a “road”? She could “walk” on education? If that’s so, she will find success? It sounds easy! Of course, it wasn’t until junior high that she analyzed her mother’s favorite saying.

A road can be smooth or rough, and in America’s case, the “road” of education is rough. There will be rain, houses, obstacles, the sun and moon, wind and bumps. The rain represents the negative feelings Anna felt when her grades were unsatisfactory. The houses represent the places to be to learn, eat, and rest. The sun and moon represent the guidance provided by her teachers and parents. The obstacles, for example bugs, symbolize the need to triumph over a test or a bully in order to proceed through the day.

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