My Education And Education : My Journey To College

heaps of knowledge from educating generations of learners. I feel that the best place for me to nurture my intellectual seed will be at college. I have proved that I have the basic capabilities to learn by finishing high school as the valedictorian of class. Many look

coming from my family and peers, who don’t want me to further my education. My parents do not expect me to further my education, considering none of my family members have furthered their education beyond a high school diploma. Aside from these obstacles I have improved myself academically by staying away from bad influences. Coming from a Latino background, my parents cherish tradition. Traditionally the man of the house goes out to work in order to sustain the household. Education isn’t as valuable

responsibility and dedication to be able to complete this development; from personal experience I can confirm that it is not an effortless task. My own firsthand contact with this component of life occurred at the age of sixteen as a junior in my high school career. Around the time of the eleventh grade, a vast majority of the students enrolled in my high school seemed to acknowledge the fact that we were going to graduate in as little as four semesters. Competition for valedictorian and salutatorian

earn a college degree, other priorities in life required my education to take a back seat, until recently. There have been several events over the last four years that have influenced me to go back to school and start working toward a college degree. Two of my children graduated high school and started college, my husband went back to school earning a degree and was promoted at work, a large part due to his education. Not only have each of these events encouraged me to start this journey, but each

Student Profile Paper College? I don't know why I am attending college at this point of my life, currently as I write this paper my Summer Break just started, as I scarcely finished my Sophomore year at Anderson High School. I guess, I could say, the reason is that my Mom compelled me to take this college class. However, I would be lying to myself, because I could've simply impeded my registration for my first college class. The true reason for me taking this course is to find the answer, I have

Tragedy struck on a Kansas oil rig, leaving a family without a second income. My grandfather, severely injured, could no longer work to support his family. Needless to say, family finances became tight. For a family of six, the only income was from my grandmother, who worked as a receptionist at the local hospital. As the second youngest of the family, only older than her twin sister by four minutes, my mother was only ten years old. To help with finances, every child was responsible for having their

Importance of College Education to Me Stephen Nuamah Ashworth College ID: AC1209774 Health Care Administration Why College Education is Important to Me Am I free? I asked myself over and over again after reading a quote “Only the educated are free.” As concluded by Epictetus (55 AD - 135 AD), Discourse. I then realized I was not free. I want to be free, but how? I asked myself. Do I need to be rich or do I need to be the happiest man on earth? It finally occurred to me after pondering over

Admiration, reverence, and sincere appreciation are all the feelings I’ve felt for my African American ancestors who were the first in our race to achieve their dreams. Most people are familiar with the story of Jackie Robinson as he was the first African American person to play major league baseball. Others know the story of Shirley Chisholm. She was the first African American women elected to Congress and the first to run for President of the United States. Even fewer people have heard of Sarah

Higher education is important to me and probably many other people because it gives a person new dream, outlooks, greater job opportunities, and most importantly, it is self-improvement. Going to college takes someone on a journey; a journey of finding one 's self, learning responsibilities, and finding the inspiration deep inside that says, "no matter what comes my way I will fight, I 'll fight to the end because this is important to me". I respect and hold the following quote in my heart to help

developed my motivation to pursue a college degree. First being my drive to have a successful life with struggle, many Americans struggle to succeed without an education. Secondly it is hard to advance in many careers without a degree in the area you are working in, even so sometimes with a degree it is still difficult to improve in a career. Lastly, my family is my strongest motivation to succeed in achieving a college degree so I can support them when I get out of the military. Purpose- My main purposes