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I worked on a job that I believed that I would have until I retired from corporate America. Throughout my career, I received many promotions, accolades and raises. In January 1988, after leaving the US Army, I relocated to Dallas Texas began working for FoxMeyer Drug Company which was later purchased by McKesson Corporation. I stayed with the company for 24 years until I reached the glass ceiling that no one wants to talk about existing and was forced out.

Throughout everyone's lifetime, one will confront an obstacle. Obstacles can obstruct or hinder one’s process. Most of the time obstacles have a negative a affect on people because of how difficult they can be. Not making a team, loss of a loved one, loss of a job are some examples of common obstacles that occur to many people. Obstacles are barriers that block people from pursuing what they want to do. They are present in every journey of our life, no matter how big or small. The importance of overcoming obstacles is learning new skills, determination and creating new opportunities.

After working at McDonalds for three weeks, I began to make new friends and was glad that I didn’t decide to quit my job. I enjoyed that I could earn my own money and didn’t have to ask my mother for money anymore. Work had been great after the first customer incident happened. I had not received any customer complaints and my manager said that I might employee of the

I was grateful to obtain a higher paying job and I signed a lease for my off-campus apartment, and with those new responsibilities tied into everything I had to do for summer school it took a tole on my stress level and sleep. I was granted the higher paying job before spring semester finally ended, and I really did need that job to help me with providing for myself. My mother is on disability and she cannot help me as much as she wants to with the things that I need, and I would rather provide for myself so that I would not be a burden to her or anyone else. With this in mind, my new job was set in place to help me pay for food, rent, and other necessities during the summer months until school started again. My job called for a lot of extra attention with what I had to do for the job, so it was like taking on another class, and that is where the stress kicked in. I wanted to put my best foot forward with everything that I had set up for myself, which meant that I did not intend to put education on the waist side and I tried not to push myself too hard with my job. It seemed like that plan was able to be accomplished, but at the end everything just became too

A couple of months later I heard about a program that offers work experience, and helps with college assistance. I was excited thinking I finally found help. I went in to fill out the paperwork, and was told I wasn't eligible to receive college assistance; again I was disappointed. The doors to succeed kept closing. The good news was they were able to help me get a part time job with a housing agency. My coworkers encouraged me to continue my education. They also motivated me to keep trying. Since no one would to help me, I knew I would have to start doing something on my own. My only option would be paying out of pocket attending a community college, and holding a part time job. I knew I couldn’t afford to attend full time, so I decided to enroll in two classes and work part time. I told myself they were baby steps and I would eventually “get there someday”. In the very first month I got a slap of reality when all the fees were due and I had to buy textbooks and supplies. Still, it was worth it and every day I woke up and was grateful to be attending

mortgage was due, and I had not paid anything since they sent the check back to me in March. I received a letter stating that I had to send them both payments, or they would not accept it. I had believed that if I was sending them a payment, everything would be okay until I was able to catch up. When I sent February’s payment in March, the mortgage company sent the check back. I explained to them that I wasn’t two months behind because I had until the 15th of March to pay them. They would not work with me, and now I had a problem of needing at least another one thousand dollars to catch up with my mortgage payments.

I Jered Larkins 2262040 would like the opportunity to explain the extenuating circumstance that hindered my success in furthering my education. During the Spring Term 2013-2014 I was evicted from my place of residence. I have documents showing that I was a tenant at the time of the eviction. My uncle was the owner of the house and gave me permission to stay there so that I was able to attend school and find work to move into my own place of residence. Unfortunately my uncle fell behind on his mortgage and loan payments to the mortgage company that he received a loan from and I had to leave the premises. As for the Fall Term 2014-2015 my mother became ill and was admitted in the hospital for weeks at a time. My sister and I made sure that we

I had face financial problems during my first year attending C.S.U.B. (California state university of Bakersfield). I did not have any family members living in Bakersfield, so I did not have the option to live with a family member. Also, I was recruited by the swim team of C.S.U.B. I required to live in the dorms and I did not receive a fund from the swim team; because it was my first year on the swim team. Therefore, I learned independently how to fill in the F.S.F.A. (federal student aid) and it turned out that the grant I received barely covered for tuition, but it did not cover for housing. I had to accept two types of loans, which was subsidized and unsubsidized loans. However, I was still short in paying the full-debt for housing. I would receive notice in my mail from the housing department towards the end of the quarter because the payment was due. My parents did find a way to come up with the money by working longer-hours. I felt guilty that I was attending college and

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Starting my second semester in Modern I, I was really excited to see what new things I would learn and what new goals I needed to set for myself. I was definitely ready to push myself and work even harder than the semester before. During my second semester I set only two new goals and kept one from first semester. The two goals that I set included, getting stronger in my inversions and watching the alignment of my hip. The goal that I kept from last semester was making sure that I was coming to class alert and ready to work. After second semester mid-term, I started to work a lot on building strength in my arms. During class, Professor Hapke would always come over to me and fix my arms while I was in downward dog. To make sure I was gliding

My goal is to graduate from the University of Tulsa. For a variety of reasons, I need a ninth semester to complete the course work. I am pursuing an Accounting degree and expect to graduate in Spring 2017. Since I became aware on May 9 that I would not have financial aid, I have spoken to advisors in the Business College, Rick Arrington and Ralph Jackson, my accounting advisor Dr. Miranda and Jean Genske of Financial Aid. Additional conversations were with Dr. Cravens, Dean Sullenberger, and Provost Tanaka. Each conversation brought me closer to understanding the gravity of my predicament.

I wasn’t going to this university. The university made me promises and did not keep them, so I couldn’t afford it any longer. My parents credit history is very poor, and I couldn’t get anyone to co-sign for me, so I couldn’t get any loans for tuition. I also didn’t have a vehicle to move there or to get me to and from classes. Although we had previously planned

I lost my financial aid because my grades did not meet up to the Satisfactory Academic Progress that the school requires. What happened was, there were only two available options for the MATH 152 class during the Summer Quarter of 2015. I chose the night class because the morning class was taught by a teacher I didn't prefer. However, the night class was only two days a week for 3 hours straight. Because of my naivety, I assumed that I wouldn't have any problems with the set up. Around this time, however, was Ramadan, which suspended me from concentration within the class, heavily effecting my scores on tests. Besides this, my grandfather, whom I loved and cherished, had just passed away the month before, on May 17, 2015, requiring 40 days

So when I had come to CSU my financial status was for out of state and the cost had reached an all time high as I had to pay almost 5,000 dollars by the end of my first semester. So it wasn’t until early November that I had received in-state tuition and I had still owed 200 dollars. So to prepare for this, the next semester I had gotten a job at the testing center to help pay off my tuition for the fall and spring semester, until my mother had gotten a new job that had paid her less than her previous job, so I had to help her with her bills as soon as I had