I can say that my worst fear is being a failure Being a grown man wishing I finished high school or college, stressed out trying to figure how I’m about to pay my rent for next month and not being able to provide and help my family when they really need it. Both sister and my brother and even my father have recently had children. This has made life a little more stressful and hard. My brother and sisters has dropped out of college and started work at minimum wage jobs to provide for their children. I sometimes wish I could show them that their lives don’t have to stop
Tracy Chapman - Fast Car Release Date : June 1988 Title : Fast Car Composer : Tracy Chapman Type Of Text : Song Source : School Handout Synopsis Of Text: Tracy Chapmans Fast Car tells the story of a young girl with big hopes and dreams looking to make a good life for herself. Her father is an unstable alcoholic with no job. Her Mother left them in search for a better life. This girl wants to pursue her goals and dreams but due to her sense of duty and responsibility to her Father cares for him. She dreams of a high-paying career, a big house in the suburbs and a family but quickly finds herself pregnant after and on the way to becoming a single parent.
It took me twice the time to read an assignment or to do homework than my classmates took. Everything was a new start to me. Thanks to my diverse background, I received the honor of the diversity scholarship. My parents cried on the day that I was awarded the scholarship because I was the first child go to college. It was a really big surprise for me and my family.
Capitan Mark Kelly Ever since I was a young girl I have always had great dreams and high expectations for myself. Anytime I was asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I would quickly reply” a lawyer” As the years went by I still had that goal in mind, but I began to realize that I was not exactly Ivy League material. Though I did work really hard in my classes, I was still at best average. During my junior year I took my SAT’s, and cried when I got my scores back. For many years I was scared to go to college because I thought I wasn’t college material.
What he had said got me kind of furious and sad. Cross-country started and our first race was coming up I thought that I would get a good time. Turned out to be that I didn’t get the time I wished for because it was my first year. Through out the year I couldn’t get close to his time at every race. Sadly, Cross-country ended and track season was coming up.
She gets stopped at a red light and happens to look over and see her mother digging through a dumpster. It alludes to a story of courage and success through a challenging childhood. Being a first generation student, I do find it hard to relate to my parents who have not been through all I am and will not experience the success that is building itself in my favor, simply by gaining higher education. I feel that college has gone a step above and beyond where I already am as a literary producer and consumer and that my abilities as a student will be challenged and forced to
Every day, people are faced with having to make difficult decisions in their lives. At sixteen most kids are trying to decide what kind of car they want to drive or outfit they are going to wear on a date. I was challenged with making a decision that would affect not just me but my unborn child for the rest of our lives. In this paper I will discuss the circumstances, the choices that were available to me, the actual decision I made and the reason why. I was a sophomore in high school that had many dreams and goals to look forward to.
Orlando Montes EOP ESSAY The most difficult challenge I have had to overcome during my life time was not being able to communicate correctly through the written word being able to transfer thoughts from my mind to a piece of paper might sound like a brainless task to most people. This on the other hand is one of the most difficult things I have to overcome whether if I’m texting my girlfriend, writing something for school, or even posting a status on facebook, that is what I find to be a big challenge. Just knowing where to start so I can move along makes my head hurt and I get distracted too easily. But I’m sure soon enough, God can transform me into person with a clear mind. A personal experience that has made a lasting impression on me has to be when I moved out of my parent’s house.
I knew that wouldn’t be the case anymore because I now lived in Dayton. The first school that I attended in Dayton Ohio was Trotwood-Maddison High School. It looked like a big college from the outside witch was intimidating to me. On my first day of school, I was very nervous, because I didn’t know anyone. Walking the halls, not knowing where to go was very frustrating.
If we so desired to leave camp, a pass was required; this rankled many of the men, who were used to being independent. Training lasted three long months until, in a sudden flurry, we were placed on a train, heading for Maryland, straight for the bloodiest battle I thought fathomable. I didn’t think much of it on the train ride there; I didn’t have much to think about rather. I’ll spare you the details of the battle, (I can’t remember much of it anyways) but know that my life was in the balance more than once that day, and it seems impossible, really, that I left that meadow