Coming from a broken, home trying to be successful and make it in this world is a struggle I live with every day. I have plenty obstacles in my path to jump over to make this happen.
All I ever wanted to do was be intelligent and learn things I knew nothing about. Being a single parent and having a job and school is a hard thing to juggle throughout the week. I want the knowledge of knowing anything I do not know right now. I will have a lot more doors open for me in my future. I first decided to go back to school when I was studying for my GED. I failed test after test I felt like I could not get it right. Three years later after not giving up and going back to the studying I finally passed. I received the certificate in the mail I knew then …show more content…
The support system I have is great, the feeling of someone else caring about your education not only for yourself but for your family is a blessing to have. Coming into class and everyone else is able to recognize different words and the …show more content…
The KKK was around back in those days so it was defiantly very frightening for him. Later as Malcom got older he got into some trouble and had to be placed in a prison. Only completing eighth grade he was not very bright with books or words. He wanted to broaden his vocabulary and be able to write and speak sophisticated. After studying the dictionary page by page copying word for word and reading his own hand writing he could not believe how many different words there really was that he did not know. I relate to his situation because I myself want to better my vocabulary and writing skills. He studied and studied just like I am. Totally different words we lived in but the same goal is there. “I knew right there in prison that reading had changed forever the course of my life” (444). Malcom realized what he has accomplished and what he has to offer the world on the outside of prison. He knew from knowing all these different words and being able to use a whole new vocabulary he already accomplished what he wanted to do. “I don’t think anybody ever got more out of prison that I did” (445). Going to prison is horrible, but to see someone learn a lot by going into prison shows a lot. Defiantly gives me hope on my school work, if he can learn on his own in prison then I most defiantly can go to class
All I ever wanted to do was be intelligent and learn things I knew nothing about. Being a single parent and having a job and school is a hard thing to juggle throughout the week. I want the knowledge of knowing anything I do not know right now. I will have a lot more doors open for me in my future. I first decided to go back to school when I was studying for my GED. I failed test after test I felt like I could not get it right. Three years later after not giving up and going back to the studying I finally passed. I received the certificate in the mail I knew then …show more content…
The support system I have is great, the feeling of someone else caring about your education not only for yourself but for your family is a blessing to have. Coming into class and everyone else is able to recognize different words and the …show more content…
The KKK was around back in those days so it was defiantly very frightening for him. Later as Malcom got older he got into some trouble and had to be placed in a prison. Only completing eighth grade he was not very bright with books or words. He wanted to broaden his vocabulary and be able to write and speak sophisticated. After studying the dictionary page by page copying word for word and reading his own hand writing he could not believe how many different words there really was that he did not know. I relate to his situation because I myself want to better my vocabulary and writing skills. He studied and studied just like I am. Totally different words we lived in but the same goal is there. “I knew right there in prison that reading had changed forever the course of my life” (444). Malcom realized what he has accomplished and what he has to offer the world on the outside of prison. He knew from knowing all these different words and being able to use a whole new vocabulary he already accomplished what he wanted to do. “I don’t think anybody ever got more out of prison that I did” (445). Going to prison is horrible, but to see someone learn a lot by going into prison shows a lot. Defiantly gives me hope on my school work, if he can learn on his own in prison then I most defiantly can go to class