Personal Essay: My Importance Of Higher Education

A daughter of middle class working parents, I grew up in the Indian desert state, Rajasthan’s historical city of Bhilwara, which folklore says was founded nine-hundred years ago. Growing up in a loving household, my younger sister and I, imbibed the importance of education early, from our parents. In our still conservative patriarchal set up, where girls are denied basic privileges, my father, who attended school up to grade ten, ensured that we went to school and insisted that I join high school, against the wise elders of our community. A forward thinking person, he took over the running of our household and facilitated my graduate mother’s three-hour journey one way to the local public school’s primary wing, where she taught the sciences. Today, she is the headmistress there. Abba made that happen by getting Rubina and I ready for school and being home when we returned. He also helped us with our homwork, took care of us, when we fell ill.

My parents are a team. They complement eachother. Abba and Ammi have distributed the daily chores and respect eachother. I have learned the importance of higher education, good work ethics, hard work and …show more content…
Although, we are a nuclear family, I am close to my grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins, most of who live in the same city, not far from our house. Therefore, we meet every alternate Sunday and celebrate all festivals together. I look forward to collecting Eidi from the elders on Eid and showing off my new clothes, which I sew with my mother’s help. I am an empathetic person, as I have seen my parents helping people, especially, with regard to education. I also understand that life is full of challenges and that a person’s character is tested when he or she faces them and overcomes them. Also, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s autobiography has inspired me, greatly and like him, I too am keen to use my education for the benefit for the common