Personal Expectations

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The world I come from is not like many and not that different, I see my world surrounded by the people who push me to do better with obstacles that have shaped me to who I am today and growth along the way. My world consists of friends, school, reading and art and with obstacles that I’ve gone through to get to where I am and dreams that I’m working hard to achieve. My dreams have been shaped by my life throughout the years due to fact that I have not only grown from a kid to a young adult but mentally too. My world has made my dreams become reality when I started working for what I want in life which is to become an english teacher. My aspiration is to become a english teacher and one day look back knowing that I made it this far with the hard work I did. …show more content…
They have done everything they can to ensure I have a good education by supporting me. Both have sacrificed thier time and money so I would be able to have a higher chance of going to college and have a better living than they did because of that I’m grateful and want to return the favor by winning a schoalrship and in a way paying them back all the money they have put into my education. Since both of them weren’t able to continue their education I want them to be proud of all the time I contributed to my education and make them happy by being the frist graduate and college bound member in the family. My biggest motivation in my life would have to be my mom becuase ever since she was in high school she dreamed of being a doctor but her parents didn’t let her continue her education which caused her to drop out. This gives me the motivation to continue to study and work hard because I have parents who are letting me focus on my future and support me, so I want to show them how grateful I am by graduating high school and going to

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