Personal Narrative Essay About Living In The United States

Living in the Philippines gave me an insight of how poverty was and how it felt like. I remember times in which my siblings could not take their final exams because their tuitions were unpaid. Times like these forced my parents to put their pride down and go to different neighborhoods asking if they can lend money for the tuition of my siblings. It was hard to see my parents go through the hardest jobs just to provide for my family. As the bills rise high and my siblings going off to college, the small amount of money that my parents were both making was barely enough to put food on the table. This forced my mother to go to the United States and find an opportunity in which she can get a better job that will be able to put food and support …show more content…
The life we live in the United States was far from imaginable when we lived in the Philippines. As I get to know the currency, cost of living, and even the way oh how people lived in this country, I started comparing it to the Philippines. In the United States, there are many opportunities that can be given to you even under poverty such as government housing and EBT in which the government gives you an allowance to be able to spend on groceries. However, as my mother worked overtime shifts to be able to try and pay back our loans and debt, we were not able to benefit from these governmental support because we were classified as …show more content…
One day, I would hope to become a lawyer in order to have a voice in the state legislative branch. My goal is to pass and support laws that will not just focus on a family’s classification but the welfare of these families. In addition, I would also like to put more attention at the education of the youth because I believe that the youth is the future of the world. I would not want another child feeling like the only thing keeping her away from his or her dream is money, which should not. Education brings our society to the world together and having knowledge will only create greater things. In addition, I believe that the only thing that cannot be stolen from a person is education and knowledge of the world. My goals do not end here. I would also help eradicate the number of poverty around the world especially in the Philippines by incorporating with humanitarian organizations such as the United