I Am A High School Student

My mother’s divorce from my dad and her need to raise four children, which fueled and led her to a successful and profitable career. Her perseverance and urgency to change how women were seen in the workforce, led her to raise two daughters with the same affiliations and directions. Moreover, my mother’s belief in being a lifelong learner is a legacy my sister and I were proud to uphold. I value knowledge and finding ways to share knowledge with others. I believe that everyone has a right to learn using the methodology that works best for their own personal learning style. I believe that in higher education, we are too slow to change or keep up with modernizing how students are taught. Thus, my passion to share any insight gained is ever vigilant inside of me and the projects I choose to work on for this PhD program are centered around sharing knowledge with every type of student.

Since this essay seems to be getting a bit more personal, I might as well discuss the role I play in my family. I am the oldest child in a family of six children: five girls and one boy. The age differences range from one and a half years old to eighteen years old. I love children, but in a way I really don’t have much of a choice. It is only natural to be somewhat of a second mother to my

I was born in a dense, rural community where a strong emphasis in education was vital to appeal to American culture’s view of success. Children in my community were often tasked with the improbable duty of debunking the myth of the poverty cycle. To exacerbate my misery of such a soporific task being anchored from my shoulder, I would use written words to suffice those that fail to echo from my mouth. As a young girl, I was not interested in the literature of others; I choose to create my own literature through poetry, essays and a nonfiction book, which I failed to finish. Much of my childhood has been riddled with inner failure, but external success in my academics, which helped me graduate first in my high school class and win the Gates Millennium Scholarship. The temptation to give up was compelling, but that voice in my head pushed me to college.

I was always encouraged to pursue education and ambitions greater than myself. No matter the field, I was always encouraged to aim higher. My grandparents and mother worked hard and endured difficulties I couldn’t even begin to imagine to give me a chance for greater opportunities.

I have chosen to pursue an education not only for myself but to make my family proud as very few have actually gone. Raised from poverty most went into the workforce and never considered further education needed. With this inspiration and values passed down to me I have grown up with a strong sense of helping others. There are always worse situations than yours and it is up to you to change the path you’re on. I’ve learned that as time consuming as class may be it prepares you for a future job. Teaching you good work ethics and lessons to carry on. I have never wondered where I would go in life but knew that pursuing an education was my path. It is what I hope to do to never have to know the struggle my mother went through, or the feeling of being not enough while you have to fake it as if the situation was

My love for being a positive role model, incited my resolve will to have an honorable legacy. This kind of dower drives me to have faith in goals that I can control. Always trying my best when I am at home working in the family childcare center, once again gives me a successor role. I would also like to be an example of transcendence in my family. Also show that taking a year or two off of school will not always blind your decision to better your education. I personally, was unable to start my education and commit to my overall goal due to my father not lending a helping hand. I needed financial aid to pay for my education and didn’t know where to go to get set up, or who to ask for help. Without his help and tax information I was unable to

Whether it be saving money to help with bills, groceries, gas, supplies, and more, cleaning up, cooking, and help raising my siblings and even my mother. I remember every christmas , every birthday, and every shooting star wishing for one thing, to have my mother’s financial problems go away. Since then, i've been working on one main goal, to take care of my family for the rest of their lives. In spite of having this mindset at the age of seven I have never lost track if that goal, continuing my education would not only help me sustain my goal to be a role model it will help me get farther in life to help my family more than I ever

The birth of my son was the most life altering experience that I have ever had, and I want to strive every day to give him the happy childhood that he deserves. To further my education is to both become a more proficient provider and pass on the values of higher learning that will, hopefully, inspire him to want a quality education. Another major event impacting my life was the recent loss of my grandfather, who never stopped encouraging his grandchildren to excel academically. He was forced to drop out of school at an early age to help out on his family’s farm, and always regretted not having the opportunity earn a diploma of any kind. He never failed to share stories such as these because he had no desire to see younger generations of his

Education has always been an important aspect of my life. Although there have been trials and tribulations I have surmounted them. My story is not one of a privileged life not wanting or wishing for anything. Instead it is a dream, a dream to be able to fulfill what is my destiny. On December 14, 2005 I will have my associate's degree; it has been a long time coming, and it is finally here. I have managed to maintain full time work to support myself and my family while attending to school to accomplish one of my life long dreams.

I once believed teaching was the least gratified, but most important career until I remembered motherhood which is more arduous yet less appreciated than any other job. Mothers serve for at least eighteen years, everyday, sunup and far past sundown, without sick days, and arguably no pay. My mother, Manola Jean-Mary having eleven children has done the impossible for twenty-two years with seventeen more to go. There has been countless opportunities missed, many decisions questioned, even hospitalization because of the side effects of stress, however with no regrets she continues to do her absolute best for every one of us. A dissertation could be written about her strength, hardships, and how she has prevailed, but this essay only briefly explains my mother as my source of inspiration. I reached a point where I lost all motivation, any urge to accomplish anything. I was convinced that everything I did was unsatisfactory, that my role in this world, and my efforts were unimpactful,

One’s past, background, and childhood experiences tend to play a major role in their future career endeavors. Personally, my childhood upbringing and experiences in life have greatly swayed me into the career of education. Growing up I was not only the first grandchild in my family, but I was also the first to attend school in America. My parents had immigrated to the United States when they were in their late teens, so they were too late to attend K through 12. Nor, did they know much about higher education, so they went straight to work. Due to being the first grandchild and the first to attend an American school, I was looked upon as a role model to my younger siblings and cousins. As a child, I did not learn any English till I was about

Life challenges us and we, intuitively, will try to make decisions facing the obstacles in the least possible burden. After completing my associate degree as an honor student at Houston Community College in May 2014, my family took priority over my studies and I had to work full time instead of going to school. After my father was diagnosed with arteriosclerosis I started working full time as research assistants in a biochemistry lab at Rice University and attending graduate level courses till fall 2015.

The comfort of learning wrapped my life like a blanket on a cold night. The finically background of my mother and the absent was of my father led me to turn to education as meaning in life. Due to all the finical difficulties of my family I worked myself towards my education. I am still pulling myself up from the boot straps. The financial position that my family underwent drove me academically.

Growing up the majority of society wished to be an adult just do things when and wherever they wanted. However, growing older and becoming an adult has made many people realize growing up is not all fun. Sociologist helps us identify the struggle of balancing all the roles in our life through role-strain or role conflict. Role strain is the tension experienced when there are contradictory expectations within one role. Moreover, role conflict is the experienced when we occupy two or more roles with contradictory expectations. With roles comes status. Also with status comes either achieved or ascribed. Achieved status is the status we earn, and ascribed status is an unborn status things we can not change. As mentioned before, we all have roles

When I was growing up, I remember my family situation as extremely chaotic. I was one of eight children and my father and mother had little time to devote to me individually. Most of the time they spent trying to earn enough to support us with their meager resources. I was often called upon to act as a surrogate mother to my siblings. I felt I had little time to develop my own unique perspective and voice when I was very young. Even as a preschooler I remember doing chores to help out at home. However, this situation did foster some positive aspects of my character. I learned to be mature at an early age and gained a sense of competence because of my responsibilities. But I also was taught put the needs of others second to my own. I feel that I did not learn to value my own, legitimate desires to an adequate degree as a young girl and have only recently acquired a true sense of worth [THESIS].