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Overcoming Obstacles In My Life

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As a naïve of Richmond City I have struggled through many obstacles. The biggest obstacle I have faced is observing the children in my family suffer from lack of parenting skills and as well as the absent of a figure in the home. From my personal experience, I did not grow up with my biological father in my household, but instead my grandparents stepped in to assist my mother with my upbringing. However, my grandfather dropped out of school in the third grade to work on a farm that his parents owned; without an education the only job he able to obtain and keep was a carpentry job, which he held for 65 years. My grandmother also dropped out of school in the twelfth grade and later returned to obtain her General Education Diploma (GED) and a Commercial Driver License (CDL) to help her obtain a position with a nursing home. My …show more content…

Based on my observation I see that many of family members never got the opportunity to complete high school due to their environment or personal issues. When I was in the twelfth grade my little brother and baby cousin were born three months apart. From watching them both grow up I begin to notice they would ask me to read to them, help them with numbers and letters and now they’re learning to write. It amazes me how they both looked up to me as their role model; I never thought that I can be someone’s role model. I want to become an Occupational Therapist and I am taking the necessary steps to work towards my goal. As previously stated, I graduated from Open High School with an advanced studies diploma and now I am currently enrolled at Virginia Commonwealth University majoring in Science on the track of Occupational Therapy. With this degree, I will be able to provide everything possible for my siblings without worrying about the stress of student loans. I can’t imagine my life without

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