Jorge Villalobos

After reading every essay in the booklet, I’d have to say that Jorge Villalobos’ essay stood out to me the most. The reason I chose it is because I was able to relate to him. I was able to learn a few things about him that I wouldn’t have been able to know just by looking at him.

By reading Jorge’s essay, I was able to learn about the relation he had with his mother. He and his mother butted heads at times but in the end, he knew that he will always be his mom’s baby boy and both will always love each other no matter what. I was able to relate to that a lot. There are many times when my parents and I don’t see eye to eye. Towards to end of high school, when receiving all the college rejection letters, my parents began to ask when I would be getting a job to pay rent. Both of my parents have always been very busy people and worrying about the which direction I was a heading towards after high school brought more stress upon them. Jorge had the same situation going on. My favorite thing about his essay is when says that he prioritizes giving back to his mom which I really admire about him. That is my favorite thing …show more content…
He knows what he wants. He has something to motivate him to do great. With that motivation. I’m sure he will use it to push him to keep fighting through all the struggle college drops upon us. In the part of his essay when his mom tells him to get a job because she thought he wasn’t going to college , Jorge told his mom that he might have a chance to get in through EOP. That to me was admirable because he kept a positive mindset despite the times when his mother didn’t. I think that will also get him far throughout college career because it’s all about being positive and confident that it’s not the end of the world during the times when we our at our lowest. Sure enough, after remaining positive, he proved his mother right and made her