What if you don’t ever get to be with your family again? 2. Well one of my cousins came illegally to this country when he was only 2. His parents thought that coming to the United States would give him and them as a family a better future. Until my cousin because a teenager was when all the problems started because he was not able to have a driver’s license neither get help from the government or take out a loan to pay for his college tuition.
Before I finished the high school, I started to work for a big tools company as a salesman helper (where I learned many new things). After one year I had, the opportunity to become a salesman. That job gave me many opportunities to continue studying because I had a flexible schedule. I finished high-school, and I drop out of school for two years because I liked to make money and I forget the school. Fortunately I changed my mind and went back to school to finish the university.
My name is James Dela Rosa, and I’m a ‘Straight A’ student. 7 years earlier, we moved Stanford for my mother to go to University. My parents divorced when I was 1 years old and I have not heard of him since. My Mother, Ellie Dela Rosa is a caring person who inspired my love of learning. “This paper says you’re a doctor.” I said while looking at my mum’s diploma.
. ‘That left me, at thirteen, the head of the household’. Walls thought she was able to handle to the family and her father when her mother was away. She took care of the family and bought food and handled the money, but soon she realized that her father was always asking for money, money for cigarettes and alcohol. ‘“You can’t just live like this”, I said.
At the age of 14, he was forced to drop out of school, and began working at an insurance company to support his family. Over the years, the only other thing he ever spent his money on was his hobby of amateur photography. His goal in photography was to make it an overall easier process. He said he wanted it to be as convenient as a pencil; wanted it to be something everyone could use. At that point in time they used the process known as the wet plate
Cole Kinsey Mr. Adams History 12 3 January 2012 Occupy Wall Street’s Potential Ray Kachel, a man in Seattle, lost both his parents and only had $400 in his bank account and could barely survive. He had skills in optical character recognition, transferring printed material into digital records for storage. He was then laid off from work. The economic system failed him ”when the recession hit” (Packer 32) even though he was trained and hard working. Someone facing the crisis that this man faced should have support from the government because it’s the government’s job to protect its citizens and support them if they cannot survive on their own.
That was the last I heard from him till 2004. Left alone, my mother had to take up a second job in order to make ends meet as her salary was meager. Accordingly, I had to help her with daily chores, and saw no hope for my future. Moreover, my maternal family pointed out that since my mother entered my father’s family, she
I always lack on my homework and watched movies instead of studying. Every after school during my middle school year, I’m always at the fields working with my parents. Because my parents struggled to earn enough for this big family of fourteen people, my grandparents at an old age also have to work at the fields, enduring the hot
I was sixteen when I got pregnant. I moved in with my boyfriend and later got married. I didn’t worked through my pregnancy but after the nine months, my husband couldn’t pay the bill any longer so I had to go back to work. I applied in different restaurants and I finally herd back from a Native American Restaurant. I wasn’t happy with my life, but that is the life I chose.
He also maintains a small balance for household budget because he thinks my mother lacks business knowledge to manage cash. Therefore, before I came to American for college, I always thought I needed to learn from my mother because I would occupy a similar position in future. However, this changed when I discussed family matters with my American friends. I learnt that each of their parents have separate bank account. Also, I discovered that most American couples pay tuition of their children or dinner bills from separate accounts.