Essay On Why I Didn T Forget This College

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One of the reasons I didn’t finish college originally was due to lack of finances which was the ultimate cause in me not finishing. The reason for the financial problems I had, came when my mother suffered a financial setback due to having a gambling addiction. Unfortunately the money that I had saved for a year of college in my junior year had to be given to her, because she was about to lose her apartment due to being behind on rent and would be going to jail for writing bad checks to create time to pay. This situation proved to be costly and set me back for a while because I soon started at my previous job and never went back to school.
Another reason for not finishing was a lack of commitment, because I didn’t get to go to a school that
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I should have stood because I was raised in a Baptist household and was making her look bad. I always thought that if she fought for me that I wouldn’t have been kicked out of class and wouldn’t have received a failing grade in a class that I had an A in before I was removed. So later when I had to lend her the money that I was going to use on tuition, it stayed on my mind that the one time I needed her to stand up for me she wasn’t willing to assist. Although I’ve finally made it back into school and am on the verge of finishing at the end of this year. I think I would have finished if I went to a school that I planned and selected a major outside of accounting I might have …show more content…
In order to be able to complete college when finances or time is low you have to make sacrifices. You have to research which institutions are right for your wallet and your future. You also have to select a field that you are willing to give your time to as well in order to make sure that the degree you will be receiving is the right one for you to avoid having regrets in the future. This was a mistake I made when I originally started college and even with the financial problems and having to help out with my mom I believe I can say that I would have either finished sooner or maybe even made the time to figure out a way to pay for school with little to no debt or made a better commitment to finish years

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