Influence Of Age And General Influences

Have you ever thought you could be great in a career… if only you had the funds? As a seventeen year-old DACA student, I have faced many financial obstacles in my college application process. As a non-citizen, I am unqualified for financial aid from things such as the FAFSA.This means that I have to depend on my family for support on paying for college. I have always tried my hardest in school to keep my grades as high as possible and learn as much as I could, knowing that one day I would need this education for a better life and career. I am currently in the process of applying to college. However, as a member of a low-income family, it has become apparent that the biggest obstacle between me and professional future is my financial necessity.As

Both of my parents worked full-time when I was growing up in jobs that paid near minimum wage salaries in Brazil. Although I never experienced extreme poverty, I was deprived of a quality education, stimulating environment and activities that foster an interest in academics, art, and professional success. In Brazil school is only four hours a day, which meant that I was on my own for the bulk of the time during the week with no one to help me or interact with me.

I have come from a struggling background. My parents never attended college and my mother has been the sole provider for my family for many years. I have watched her struggle trying to provide for us and I determined long ago that I would strive to do more for my future family than what she was able to give us. My dreams required that I attend college. It is because of the financial hardship my family faces every day that the financial burden that comes from attending college rests solely on my shoulders. Although I am employed, I do not make enough money to pay for the cost of living and my school expenses. My goal is to become an attorney and I do everything in my power to attain that goal. I excel in all of my classes and have become a leader on my campus and in my community. I rely on scholarships like the Silas Purnell Scholarship to recognize these attributes in me and with the help of this award I will be able to take my last step in my path of earning my baccalaureate degree and making my goals my

My financial status means that I have a warm home and a bed to sleep in. Those who are not as privileged have taken to the streets and half way houses in order to survive. My financial state is a double ended sword in the fact that I am well off, however it makes it difficult to obtain government funding to go to school even though I do not see a dime and support myself. Some one who is less privileged will have better access to funding but life will be substantially more difficult. I am not wealthy nor am I poor but I am able to not only

As an immigrant, life was very difficult financially. With just the clothes on their backs my parents left their home country, Haiti, and came to the US in pursuit of the American Dream. They wanted a better life for my sisters and I, however, we faced many challenges growing up. It was difficult adjusting to a new country, language, and culture. My parents did not speak English nor did they have a formal education, so it was difficult finding a stable job to sustain us. We became dependent on public assistance in order to survive. We lived in a low-income, underserved area and attended low performing schools. Our family income was well below the poverty level but this did not stop me from pursuing my dreams. I was determined to not let my

Neither of my parents attended college nor did they finish high school. My family is a one-person income family. I had to get a job to help pay for my expenses because my parents cannot afford to pay for everything. I use the money I earn to pay for my gas, my phone bill, and my other living expenses. Even when my parents can not afford to pay for something my younger siblings want, I pay for it. My parents will not even be able to help pay for my college. The reason for them not being able to pay for my college is because they have two children going to college this year.

People who come from a family of poverty usually have an extremely tough time breaking out of family cycles of being poor. I feel everyone knows this either from experience, or simply from history classes at school. I personally come from a very poor family. My grandpa had to poach animals just to put supper on the table for my mom and her siblings when they were young, and my great- grandfather had to do the exact same for my grandpa, and my grandpa’s siblings. Now, we are still barely staying afloat, so I understand the difficulties that come with living

In this essay I will explain what the affect of the main charcaters age's have on the story, and if changing thier ages will have a large impact on the story.First of all Percy's age of around twelve is one the reasons he met grover wich is a very large impact on the story. Another key part of the story of percy being found by grover is dependendant on his age.

The struggles I've faced have made me mature into the ambitious and goal-oriented individual I am today. I've suffered economically to the extremity of homelessness which revealed the harsh reality of life and drove me to work harder for a better life. Moving countless times also gave me the ability to adapt to anything and take charge of my circumstance. Also, my unstable life never stopped me from accomplishing my goals or contributing to my community, on the contrary, I’ve worked harder to make an impact and pursue a better, more stable life. Firstly, being homeless really opened my eyes and made me realize that if I wanted a better life I had to put in the work. I worked a couple jobs throughout the week while trying to keep my grades up

I am the child of a teenage single parent and low-income household, the first in my family to attend college and graduate. Compared to my peers my academic background may not be equivalent, however, I make up for that academic shortfall with real world experience. I payed my way through college with a full-time job, while being a full-time student. Having to start from scratch twice helped builded character. I bring not only my academic skill set, but, also knowledge of what it is like being on the receiving end of public aid. I am the product of someone else humanitarian aid, which allows me to be able to relate and empathize on a personal level. With being from a low-income household I have been on the receiving end of outreach programs,

I have been raised by a single mother overwhelmed by the demands of bringing up a family. Growing up in a single-parent household meant that my younger sister and I were more likely to live close to or at the poverty line while our mother tried to make ends meet. This was very difficult for everyone, and growing up fatherless brought its own set of difficulties. Despite being a very brilliant student, my future seemed hopeless because my mother could not afford to finance my secondary education. That was however overcome by a sponsorship opportunity from a charitable trust, The Palmhouse Foundation, that finances the secondary education of bright but needy students. Through the mentoring sessions held by the foundation every school holiday,

Growing up in my family, I’ve had to watch my parents struggle to make a decent life for us. My father used to do deliveries for Steak Out, before getting his job that he has had for around fifteen years at Augusta Blueprinting. My mother has worked at many different Krystals. She once had a decent paying factory job, before getting laid off. She also worked at Wendy’s once. She has a management position at Krystal now which she received by completing online testing, most of which was done by myself.

The majority of family on either side are heterosexual. I do have a niece who we think is a lesbian, however her dad has never said anything and I am not around her enough for that type of conversation to ever come up. I have learned from this project that this is a conversation that I have very little with my family. Last semester when we were talking about sexual identity I would talk with my parents about what I learned and mom was more comfortable with the topic than my dad was. He is pretty open-minded compared to those in his same generation, just every once in a while I can see biases come out of woodwork that he got from his parents.

Once I was determined to prosper and attend a four-year institution, I still had to think about the underlying barriers, which included the lack of parental support, since they were both resistant to the idea of having their last child move away from home. Another common barrier I had to think about was money. My parents’ lack of salary discouraged me from applying to college because I knew that they would not be able to send me far. However, my sisters encouraged me to apply for the Gates Millennium Scholarship. I was

I located a job for $35K a year while I returned to school to earn my MBA, for which I graduated with a 3.9GPA. I worked my way up to making over $80K a year and was fortunate enough to meet my best friend and my husband of three years. I am now the mother of three very intelligent, beautiful, teenage boys. I do not find it necessary to whine about my hardships or believe that anyone owes me. We teach our boys to regard all people with dignity and respect, to work hard, to respect God, guns, and Country and to accept responsibility for their own actions.