Growing up in a low income community has affected me greatly by the surrounding I am exposed to like the underfunded inner city educational system and the lack of safety within my neighborhood. The schools that I attended when I was younger always had to deal with large class sizes and constant teacher layoffs that affected my ability to learn efficiently with everyday in school, a new problem arose. For one whole semester in high school i sat on a chair every day on the side of the classroom and was forced to use my lap as a desk because the class was overfilled resulting in my inability to learn properly. The lack of a proper efficient educational system lead to an increase of students dropping out and I didn’t want to become a statistic.
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I can 't let my parents lives go in vain of the sacrifices they have made to put me in the position I am today. In high school I had to financially support my family for a short time which resulted in my grades dropping dramatically and I was now on a troubling path if I didn’t do something. In 11th grade I turned my whole life around and began to invest all of my time in school taking challenging course that even teachers doubted my potential, but I excelled academically in my advanced placement courses. I then ran and was elected to be Associated Student Body treasurer and joined 4 other clubs in my high school and as well as other community organizations that had an important role and purpose in my community. This was my way of giving back to my community. Everything I did was beginning to seem not to be enough to reach a higher education. I then applied to the California State University of Northridge Educational Program who accepted me and this was something I thought I would have never been able to say that I was now a student at a 4 year …show more content…
Graduating from college is going to be one of the most important moments in my life because it will verify that even through all my life 's difficulties I faced, I can still prevail and achieve greatness. In the future I want to become a political leader that will allow me to use all my power to ensure my community doesn’t stay the same as how I grew up and ultimately give back to my community. I want to make change for those people that are living the difficult life I 'm living in and hopefully revitalize my community. One of my dream goals would to become Mayor of Los Angeles and change the dynamics of this city, especially my community. I would improve the economy, improve public safety, and fix our city 's broke. infrastructure, including public schools and improve funding for public organization that help the youth in low income communities like myself achieve greatness in higher education as EOP has done for me. After i receive my bachelors degree i ultimately want to move further and receive both my masters degree and my doctor 's degree because i believe education is the most important investment i will ever make because no one can take my knowledge
I can 't let my parents lives go in vain of the sacrifices they have made to put me in the position I am today. In high school I had to financially support my family for a short time which resulted in my grades dropping dramatically and I was now on a troubling path if I didn’t do something. In 11th grade I turned my whole life around and began to invest all of my time in school taking challenging course that even teachers doubted my potential, but I excelled academically in my advanced placement courses. I then ran and was elected to be Associated Student Body treasurer and joined 4 other clubs in my high school and as well as other community organizations that had an important role and purpose in my community. This was my way of giving back to my community. Everything I did was beginning to seem not to be enough to reach a higher education. I then applied to the California State University of Northridge Educational Program who accepted me and this was something I thought I would have never been able to say that I was now a student at a 4 year …show more content…
Graduating from college is going to be one of the most important moments in my life because it will verify that even through all my life 's difficulties I faced, I can still prevail and achieve greatness. In the future I want to become a political leader that will allow me to use all my power to ensure my community doesn’t stay the same as how I grew up and ultimately give back to my community. I want to make change for those people that are living the difficult life I 'm living in and hopefully revitalize my community. One of my dream goals would to become Mayor of Los Angeles and change the dynamics of this city, especially my community. I would improve the economy, improve public safety, and fix our city 's broke. infrastructure, including public schools and improve funding for public organization that help the youth in low income communities like myself achieve greatness in higher education as EOP has done for me. After i receive my bachelors degree i ultimately want to move further and receive both my masters degree and my doctor 's degree because i believe education is the most important investment i will ever make because no one can take my knowledge