I tried going to alternative school while working and pregnant but that did not last but a semester either. I was to worried about what my child’s father was doing that I also quit going to that school. Six months after having my first child I ended up pregnant with my second one. I knew from then that I had no chance of ever going back. So I got married at 17 and started just playing the house wife and mom, till it came to me having to find a job.
I try looking for a job first to take care of my daughter and pay for my finances but that wasn’t successful. I needed to have a high school degree and a few years’ experience. It was a few days before I contacted Student Services at a nearby school and enrolled immediately. My journey has just begun and I never knew the road to success could be so difficult. I had many sleepless nights and so many assignments I thought I would never finish.
I dropped out of school when I had my first child and I didn’t get my high school diploma until I had my 3th child. I was very determined to at least get my high school diploma that was a successful day when I received my High School Diploma. My next challenge was to go to college staying focused. I’ve been part of activities and would stop right in the middle, only because either it wasn’t interesting or I would get frustrated. But I came to find out that it was not a great idea to start something and not finish, only because it would start to become a habit and your life would always be flip flop, plus it wasn’t a good example.
The material was not interesting, teachers didn’t seem to care about students as they once did, and I found myself looking for answers that just weren’t there anymore. I dropped out and then went on to obtain my General Education Diploma (G.E.D.). I am the only child out of four to have done such a thing. Doing such a thing I felt I lost my ambition, my goals and my dreams. Here I am today almost ten years later after dropping out pursing a college degree.
When I first found out I wouldn’t be graduating, it was an Eye Opener for me. I had no clue what I would do, Consequently, I couldn’t pass the algebra 1 EOC test, along with the SAT or ACT. I thought to myself if I could at least have good enough grades I will get by. I don’t know why I thought that. I just really hoped for the best, later down the road 2 months have passed, I was sitting in 7th period and then my teacher got a call telling me to head down to the guidance counselor called me down, we talked about the direction I was going, my GPA was right where it should be.
I was unable to complete it as again I was faced with another setback. I was forced to quit school in order to move from Trinidad to the U.S. It didn’t help that I also lacked the moral support of my family (my mother) at the time to push through the difficulties. In fact she encouraged and even pushed me to quit. According to The Condition of Education 2011 (2011), it was stated that, “In 2009, the median of the earnings for young adults with a bachelor's degree was $45,000, while the median was $21,000 for those without a high school diploma or its equivalent, $30,000 for those with
The Struggle Neither of my parents received a college degree. My mother did not even graduate high school; she dropped out in the ninth grade. As any parent would, my parents wanted only the best for my sister and me. They always pushed us to be the best we could be. It was definitely a struggle to get us to learn to read.
Jose Ramos Blk. 2 Personal Statement Response for Prompt #2 Word Count = 510 When I was still in my mother’s stomach, she told herself that her son has a gift given to him from god. It all began in the summer of 2009; I was 15 years old but full of lots of issues that I had to take on during that age but it all changed after I switched schools. Soon after arriving to my new school in Santa Cruz, I met my assigned counselor Lue Lutz. He was quite tall so it felt awkward at first because I never had a counselor so tall and also I was shy to talk with him.
A child spends eleven years in education and in that time they are to achieve levels of A* to C grade, then go onto University. What we neglect to remember is twenty six thousand students per year will leave school with no qualification and one in six, seventy five thousand fifteen year olds will have insignificant literacy skills (Education failure 2006). Many will seek employment and find jobs, but will not be able to attain the job because they lack the essential skills they need. They will feel the education system has failed them leaving them defeated and disappointed. These children come from all different background, low income families, single parent families, some ethnic groups, live in disadvantage areas, children who have special educational needs and children who are in care.
My injury occurred on May 28th 2012 and I started to struggle in school instantly. The lights bothered me, loud noises were unbearable, I could not concentrate or remember anything and worst of all I couldn’t read. So school and a concussion seemed to not add up. Unfortunately the concussion was taking over my schoolwork and I felt vulnerable. I missed the last three weeks of my sophomore year; however I got the grades I earned the whole trimester, consequently all A’s and B’s.