One of the many reasons why I came back was that I did not was to continue being in a factory the rest of my life. I saw all my co-workers who are older and I definitely didn't want to be an old factory worker. At my current job, there is always room to advance and move up in the company, so that is why I choose going to school for business management because I eventually want to be in the office. The most important reason why I decided to further my education is because I want to be a positive role model to my son Kaleb and show him that college is something you need to do to further your goals and accomplish dreams in life. Yes, I have had many obstacles that crossed my path but I want him to see that I didn’t just settle for less and that I am in charge of being able to accomplish my dreams and goals.
In addition of going to school, working class students also have to get a job to be able to help out their families. Working class students have always struggled to get by during their years in college but most of these students have families who support their dreams of coming out of poverty and become somebody with no pressures. However there are also students who lack family support and deal with these issues alone throughout college. According to the New York Times article For Poor, Leap to College Often Ends in a Hard Fall, “Likely reasons [that low income students drop out of college]
If the slum residents want to attend the ninth grade and beyond, then they would have to pay for a private school. This is not possible for a lot of these people. College is even more unthought of because how competitive it is. Since school is not required the majority of the parents do not want to send their children because they believe that they would be better off helping the family sort through garbage. For example Abdul’s parents took him out of school in order to replace his father as a garbage sorter when his father became ill with tuberculosis.
I always wanted to go to workwith him. I never thought about going to work just to make a living, but it did make it a little clearer for me to understand. My father would let me know that I will be out on my own one day, and in order to live life comfortably I will have to work to earn a living. I now realize what Russell Baker meant in his quote “go to work and make a living.” There are so many children out there that are clueless about work in America. Most don’t understand what their parents work for.
I can’t get a good high paying job that supports my future family and I with just a GED. I can’t even get into the military with just a GED. The GED was my fault, because I didn’t pay attention in school and because of that I had to drop out. It took me forever to get my GED and thank god I got my GED, because if I didn’t it would have been a bigger problem for me to obtain any kind of job with out
As a child, I grew up in the migrant environment. It wasn't easy moving back and fourth to different states, dealing with school and having to work in the exhausting fields is not an easy task to do. Growing up I was aware of my parents struggles to sustain our home and needs. I then realized that education is imperative to economic well-being, despite having little of monetary value my parents never gave up on my sister and I. The fact that my parents grew up in a time that working was the only option being that they were not educated.
Then the student decides to drop to a part-time worker, register for less class hours to find more time to work on improving their grades. But what they soon fail to realize, is that now they will have to hold off on graduation a little longer. Also there are other students who just can’t afford the expenses of college, so they may end up dropping out before they even reach the second semester. These are all real examples of what many college students go through, across the
I say limit you’re spending. Well here’s my logic you shouldn’t go into college spending a lot of money unless you’re on an academic or athletic scholarship but for the regular paying student no. The reason why you should limit your spending is because your money has to last you for a long time. If you’re the type of person who likes to spend a lot then there will be some lonely days for you. Remember you have to eat and unless you’re on a meal plan (which is still basically paying) you will have to go out and buy your own things to eat there is no mommy or daddy there anymore to help make sure your mouth is fed so you’ll have to try to save as much as you can to provide for yourself.
While I have had a pretty successful career thus far I know that not having a degree has held me back from reaching my full potential. I settled into a nice comfy position and tried to make myself believe that I did not need a degree. As time went on I developed a fear of returning to school and always found an excuse to not go. Now that two of my children are attending college I realize it’s time for
I knew I couldn’t handle the stress then because my family was demanding to much of my time. I would discuss with my husband that I wanted to one day be supervisor of business services and he would always say to me do you think you can handle the pressure and responsibility that come with it. I really didn’t understand what he was saying then; I just thought he was trying to talk me out of it. I decided to go for it and apply for the supervisor position that came up at my job. I knew I was skilled qualified for the position but I wasn’t degree qualified for the position.