Essay On Single Parent Home

Throughout my entire life, I have had an entirely different life than most of my friends. Unlike most of my peers, I come from a low income, single parent home. Because of this environment, there have been some times when I have had some challenges. Despite these hardships that I and my family have faced, my mom has taught me how important it is to go to college and prepare for a profession that I will enjoy for the rest of my life.

Every since I have been a child, I have not had the chance of owning objects that I could call my own because my family did not make enough money. My mom could not buy my sister and I nice accessories because all the money she made went towards providing everyone with a stable life. My sister and I did not have the luxury of keeping up with the trends that my peers had. Instead, we would get hand-me-downs from my cousins and from my mom’s coworker’s families. Instead of having a house, my small family shared with my cousin, living in one room where I slept …show more content…
Every year, despite the hardship we go through, my mom brought me to different activities in order to broaden my career view. For example, during elementary school, I applied to a science camp, Camp Galileo. The camp taught me about the diverse science the world offers and what we accomplish with that knowledge. A group of friends and I would do projects together, like use a microscope to examine what is inside an onion cell compared to an animal cell. Not only would I just learn about science, but the program also provides other activities for the students to do. For example, I learned photography, taking pictures of anything and with a computer, I was able to modify the image to what I would like it to be. After the experience, I grew to love science and what it can be utilized to improve the world we live