My parents came from two different worlds, yet they share the same apathetic view …show more content…
As high school progressed, so did my GPA and the rigor of the courses I was taking. I set aside what I could not control and focused on what I could. With the help of some incredible teachers, my passion for science blossomed and my drive to get good grades, take challenging courses, and explore my passion for science grew. It was an honest passion interest and love for learning, not something forced upon me by my parents or my school. I think for many high school students their schedule and classes become something that will make their parents happy or look good on college transcripts, but it is something so much more for me. every time I think about my future I know that it involves going to college and pursuing my interests in science and mathematics. Although my family's experiences with higher education have presented me with some challenges, their experience has also helped me test the integrity of my own desire to go to college and has helped me prove to myself that I will be successful in college because I am doing it for me and not for anyone