The Pros And Cons Of Being Born Hispanic

Being Hispanic to me means that I was naturally born blessed, but also cursed. I was born blessed because I was able to raised by parents who had an endless work ethic. They stopped at nothing from trying to keep food on the table and clothes on our backs. I remember growing up, both of my parents working endless hours of hard labour with minimal pay just to have enough for our family to survive. Even though we were struggling most of the time, my parents always woke me every morning to the same speech, "Son, I want you to succeed in life, I want you stay in school and earn a college degree so you will not have to struggle like us in the future." At the moment, that speech almost became irrelevant because I heard it every day, but now that …show more content…
On the other hand, I was cursed being born Hispanic because I was put at a disadvantage against other students at my school. I was born and raised the first few years of my life in a household where we only spoke Spanish, meaning that when I entered school at a very young age I didn't know how to speak English putting me at a disadvantage to those who already knew the language. Not only was I put at a disadvantage at a young age, but as I grew up I noticed how different academically I was being raised compared to other people. Many times throughout middle school and high school, I noticed some of my classmates struggling with a certain assignment or topic that we learning in class, but shrugged it off stating, " It's okay if I don't get the material, my parents are paying for a tutor to help me at home." I always thought to myself, "Wow, how would life be with a tutor?" Truly it would make things a lot easier because instead of putting endless hours in the math or literacy lab trying to understand a difficult topic, I could just ask my tutor to help