American Sign Language Scholarship Essay

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To this day I believe that I am like a majority of young and modern American people. I take my education very seriously, I have dreams about my future, and goals for how I want my future to be ran. I am very determined to make these dreams and goals happen and I expect to do it myself, I don't expect anyone to do all the hard work for me. My background is pretty normal, my parents are divorced and I live with my mother. I recently met my father and I don't see him too often considering he lives in another state. Other than that I feel very fortunate to have such a supportive family and a set of friends behind me. The one thing I think makes me different from anyone else is how I use up my free time before and after school. I come from a middle …show more content…
English has always been a challenge for me because grammar would always confuse me but I have learned through the struggle that quitting never feels as good as winning, which is why I took higher classes to help advance me and get a better understanding. Taking my American Sign Language class helped with some challenges in english, even though Sign Language was pretty hard it helped me with a better understanding. I am now on the verge of attending college and preparing myself for my career, and my determination that has made it this far will grow stronger as college and my career become more of a challenge. At this point I made up my mind that I want my career to focus on law because I found much interest in our legal system. I want to focus on the justice and rights systems, preferability on becoming a lawyer. I know that i’m young at the moment, and the career path that I see myself on after getting my undergraduate degree may be completely different from what I see now, but I plan on making my education a widen one that will let me explore many different things so where my path takes me I will be able to

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