My Journey To Go To College

Important events in one’s life shape us for the better or worse. In my journey to attain higher education, many people, especially family members, had to make sacrifices. From the several different reasons that added up to motivate me to have higher educational goals, being the first generation college student in my family tipped the scale. Yet, as a first generation college student, my family members have expectations that I will go far with my education and attend the best college they can think of. Living up to their expectations is one of the ways I want to make my parents and family proud of me, especially my mother. The drive to make them proud gave me the motivation to work harder each year I was in school. I also want to be a good role …show more content…
My older brothers and my mother tried to go to college during the time they completed high school, but they failed due to the difficult obstacles they faced. When my turn came around, I had to face similar troubles and make it out as the one to go to college and break the cycle. Because my mother did not make it to college and because my brothers did not either, every day I see how my family leads life and their financial deprivation. They couldn’t get the jobs of their dreams because they didn’t have the qualifications, the biggest qualification being a college degree. I don’t want to lead my life as a minimum wage worker, because it is like being stuck in a hole where I don’t have a means to get out, and I only have broken dreams that only play in my mind but cannot get me out of …show more content…
She has sacrificed too much to give me a chance at college and a life better than hers. My mother was a brilliant student back in her days, she even got certain scholarships, and she was an active participant in girl scouts and many after-school activities that should have helped her go to college. But sometimes life takes unexpected turns. My mother ended up fortifying her chance at college due to personal issues that she could have resolved if she had asked for help. My mother and I are very similar in a lot of ways and even our behavior is mostly similar. I see myself in her and I don’t want to make the mistake she did. She is my advisor that she didn’t have when she was my age. . Looking back at her life, she feels low at the high achievements her friends were able to accomplish, such as becoming doctors and engineers and leading better lives. So, I wanted to go to college and go further than my mother did, educationally, and be better because of her because she helps me so