Ms. Milliner
EES21QH-02
In life we all deal with our own kind of tragedy, we all go through our own pain. In fact it is the things that break us and unmask our true identity that then mold us into the people we are destined to be. The leaders of the future, the innovators. Those scars we are taught to hide because we believe make us weak are in fact the driving motivation we sometimes ignore and forget to channel that makes us stronger. The scars we wear in our hearts and have left imprints in our souls remind us every day where we came from how we got from point A to point B.
My mom sent me with strangers on an airplane to the United States two weeks I came to the United States when I was 7 years old 2 weeks before my 8th birthday. I remember how heartbroken I felt watching my mom drop me off at the airport with people I barely knew to take …show more content…
But I don 't think I 'd have the drive that I have if I did. I 'm excited for college, college will be a fresh start. No one knows my past, I don 't want to be pitied because I know everyone goes through pain. My pain has helped me mature, it 's given me endurance. I will never give up in myself because I deserve everything I work hard for. I will never allow myself to let anything stop me.
My whole life I 've been at a disadvantage, but I have never let that stop me. Not having my mother there for me allowed me to come into my own faster. I 'm more driven, my focus is different. That 's what I think makes me even more ready for this new chapter, college will be clean slate. The level of maturity I 've gained and my drive will only be an addition to what I have to bring to my campus life and academic life. I hope to inspire other foster care students so that they never allow bumps in the road to be their downfall but a point of growth and a harder push to do better and be