Free College Admissions Essays: The Three Passions

My love of reading blossomed when I was a child, because my parents showed me how wonderful reading is. There were countless nights when I remember myself as a little girl refusing to go to sleep before ‘tucking dad into bed’ by reading him a picture book. Not only did I uphold that tradition though, but my mother is a preschool teacher, so she gets really into reading out loud, and she would help me read books such as The Boxcar Children set, The Secret of NIMH and The Chronicles of Narnia weekly until I didn’t need help anymore.

Many people have various valuable items that they cherish, some only have a few but everyone has that one thing that hey hold close to their heart over everything. My one item happens to be a necklace that my papa got me for Christmas right after he was diagnosed with liver cancer. This necklace means so much to me because of the character behind it, the many feelings it gives me and the heartfelt memories behind this one simple gift.

Passion has many definitions in the dictionary, most of which address emotion or strong feelings of desire. Another meaning is an intense driving or overmastering feeling or conviction.

Yes, college should be free. Unfortunately ideas that seem too good to be true usually are. Current democratic candidate Senator Bernie Sanders has amassed a great deal of support from young people who believe wholeheartedly that he will revolutionize America’s education system by eliminating all college tuition. In today’s competitive society a college education has never been more important, and with the rising costs of college tuition, the pursuit of higher education is becoming increasingly difficult to afford. Statistics from the Institute for College Access and Success indicate that an average of 69% of students graduate with student debt with an average amount of $28,950 per borrower. College tuition is a problem in the U.S. and Sander’s supporters have reason to be angry at the current system. The government making all college tuition free, however, will create more issues than will be solved.

When I first got out of the Marine Corps my friends and family told me to go to college. I had no idea what to study. So, like others, I started a Criminal Justice program. A few months later the September Eleventh attacks accrued and I found myself back on active duty. I did not return to school for twelve years.

Dictionaries describe passion as a strong and barely controllable feeling; however, I see the word passion with more meaning than that. A passion is something that envelops your life, uses your time and resources, and becomes a part of you. I am a person with a multitude of passions, ranging from music to books to workout routines. Nevertheless, there is one passion I have that has changed my life and will forever change my life. Seeing the injustices of prejudice and discrimination across the world and feeling the urge to help people gain equal and deserving rights is my passion.

I may only be fourteen summers old, but let me assure you, no aged woman could possibly have the experience that I do with getting rid of suitors. Some call me selfish or accuse me of not using my body for it’s purpose when I refuse to marry and man aged ten more years than I. What’s the matter if I don’t want to care for a child as a adolescent myself? Even so, I am burdened with the prospect of a husband, either a knight called Palamon or Arcite. While Palamon is a knight, I find him unschooled and thick-skulled. Muscular and brawny he may be, but I prefer the gentler, tall men, like the tender knight Arcite. Even so, I must follow the will of my sister Hippolyta and her husband, the Duke Theseus. No matter my detest, I will try to remain civil, polite, and ladylike.

Passion, by definition, is a powerful emotion, feeling. However, that only gives a minimal explanation. Passion like a small girl full of energy. She may give energy or even motivate anyone to survive in any situation by wishes to be in the world, feel it, discover new things, or do something personal. Passion will never sit at home. It is not Passion. She will always do what she loves to do, and succeed everywhere where she wants. However, Passion is always being the honest girl who reveals the true nature of a person.

Many Americans believe the solution for our lack of education, of which the trend for numbers of people attaining a college education is increasing, is free college. Although the fact there are still thousands of Americans with no college education can not be denied, the solution for this should not be to introduce free college education. Many people criticize those who do not believe in this free college education as being simple minded, and never knowing the struggle of debt, however if these people were to look deeply into the matter they too could see free college is not a suitable way to increase education levels.

This is what I thought to myself as I sat in class in January of 2017. I was terrified when it came to speaking out loud to the class. Is my answer correct? If I say the wrong answer, everyone will think I’m such an idiot. Little did I know that in a little less than a year, I would be opening myself up to a world of opportunities and personal growth.

“Where are you from?” is what people always ask me. I guess it’s a normal question that is asked frequently. And honestly, since I was a little girl, I have never known how to answer this particular question. Do I say where I’m originally from (where my parents are from)? Or do I say where my passport is from? Or where I was born and grew up? Where I’m from is a little more complicated and complex. Though, maybe you can say I’m from all over the world. See, I’m ethnically Filipino, nationally Canadian, and born and raised in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; and to add to that, I go to school in America. Now I know that not many people can say that. However, I only speak one language, English. Though, I can speak a little Arabic and understand some of it, but both my older brother and I can’t speak any Filipino whatsoever and barely understand anything.

Elementary was very fun and easy for me because my life was a whole lot simpler. I attended Henry W. Longfellow during my elementary years. My fourth grade year was great and my teacher, Ms. Alusshfa became one of my favorite teachers. She was so excited to have me in her class, and I was thrilled to meet her because I had heard she was one of the coolest ever. My best friend Teanna and I were happy to be in the same class and we were one of the funniest girls in our class.

For the first years at high school I was antisocial and don’t really talk a lot. Mostly because I was sick, tired and bailey had any no energy felt in me. After my treatment at home and at the hospital, I have kidney disease in which one or two kidneys don’t really work. And because of my disease it really effected my high school years. This cause many challenges in my life in high school to be one of my biggest obstacle was my health and oncome it.

When writing a personal essay about myself, I feel it would not be complete without including my foremost passion. This interest of mine has been ingrained in my being so long that I can’t pinpoint exactly when it began. This sizable part of my life is the world of sports. Many of my earliest memories as a child include moments from the sports I participated in. Some memories were good, some not so good but nonetheless I was always eager to try different sports, and growing up these included: soccer, hockey, baseball, basketball, wrestling, karate, football, golf, skiing, and tennis.

A wise man once said “Man is only great when he acts from passion.” When you hear the word passion, the first thing that might come to your mind is something related to love, and you’re not entirely wrong. According to Merriam- Webster’s dictionary, passion is defined as a strong feeling of enthusiasm or excitement for something or about doing something or a strong feeling (such as anger) that causes you to act in a dangerous way. All in all, it is a strong feeling, be it happiness, sadness, anger or liberality. You can be passionate about many things such as love, sports, food, or intimacy. However, it can also mean having a strong yearning for something.