I am willing to give up my spare time to set a good example for my family by going to college. The only thing that annoys me the most is when you hear girls out there talking about how they could not finish high school because they were teenage mothers. A little tip is I was a teenage mother and graduated from high school. I had a son and was pregnant for my daughter while I was going to school and I graduated. I was working, taking care of my son as well as going to school.
I have experienced a destitute life, and now I have transferred to an unbelievably privileged life. The deficient nurture I had as a child has encouraged me not to make the same mistakes my birth mother made. A long term goal I have is to create a family of my own one day. I promise to make sure my own family is safe and secure, and I have the proper education to provide for them. I view my experience as a learning experience because I know exactly what not to do when it comes to mothering a child.
Throughout the stories the children are faced with the expectation to succeed. Amy’s mother wanted her to become something great, or just be the best at one thing. She wanted her daughter to be seen as a prodigy, not just an ordinary girl. Mark’s mother just wanted Mark to attend school so he could get a better job and stay off the streets. Both parents wanted to see their children become successful, but they took different routes to achieve this.
She currently lives at Salcedo province at the house where they where raised. Maria Argentina Minerva Mirabal (March.12.1926- Nov.25.1960)was the third sister she was very outspoken.Minerva always dreamed of becoming a lawyer. And she wanted to end Trujillo’s dictatorship. She refused Trujillo’s romantic propositions and as a result she was decline the necessary licenses to work as a lawyer. Minerva was the first to get Involved in a movement against the regimen call the‘‘fourth-teen of July’’.
I knew before returning to school that it would be hard to accomplish everything but somehow I will find the time to be a great mother as well as a good student. I live paycheck to paycheck to paycheck and I want more for my children and myself. By returning to school, I am able to show my children that it is never too late to go after your dreams. The only thing stopping you is yourself. I want to be an example for my children, so they will see how important a college education is.
Unfortunately though, somewhere while attending college that passion began to stall. At the conclusion of my time in college I found myself at a crossroad and really questioning whether this was what I really wanted or if I had just glorified the whole dream and healthcare field. I made the decision that if my heart was not in it completely, I could not go through with pursuing it. For the next five years I bounced from job to job convincing myself that the next one would be the one I would fall in love with. After continued talks with my mother the question changed from "what do you want to be," to "what is going to make you happy?"
I never thought my life would have turned out the way that it did. I have been through a lot of hard times but have overcome them with perseverance and determination. Becoming a single mom of five has helped make the decision to return to school an easy one. The joy of accomplishing a goal will be great and will show my children that anything that can be imagined can be achieved. Going back to school to get a degree will allow me to make a better living for me and my family.
These are just some of the things I am looking forward to do when I grow up. This is one dream I am going to strive for and work to get. This is why this scholarship is very important to me, because it may be the one thing that gets me to where I want to be and be a start to the dream I have been working for. Many people in the world don’t get a chance like this. But I am very lucky to have this opportunity.
The American dream is to be free and not under anyone else’s rule. This farm is similar because George and Lennie would have no boss to serve, and they would have control over their own lives. Curleys wife is also another example of how dreams keep you going. Later in the novel when her and Lennie are in the barn she tells him about how when she was 15 she dreamt to be an actress but she couldn’t continue with it because of her age. Her mother then forced her to marry Curley since she didn’t believe that she could make it in the acting career.
It seems as though it can truly be said that identity is inborn, overtime I started drifting back to my prior self. My family and friends all supported me and helped me through such a misfortunate era of my life. If Ive learnt anything from this experience its that you must know where you belong, you will always belong to some form of family. Ive become a better person out of this experience, it is through this that my inner core is strengthened i not only the see the world differently, I myself am different. I took a grasp of my life and I transformed my identity from one that was constantly fearing for the worst to someone who cherishes every moment of life because, you just don’t know how long you may have