Arod_2011
Nov 15, 2010
Undergraduate / "My family supports my academics" Prompt #1 [3]
Although my family has gone through many hardships, we have always come through together. I always knew I would become an adult, but I never thought I would become one so soon. Recently, my dad became too sick to work and became disabled. Being the only to work, we were afraid we would lose the home we recently bought. His condition of hyperthyroidism slowly made him lose his strength and vision and our hope in keeping our home. The person that I always saw as strong, hard working, and confident transformed before my eyes into someone who had to rely on my help to do his everyday things.
I always relied on him for help and dependence but now the roles have reversed. I wasn't told of what I had to start doing for my family because I felt the need to step it up and do it. Juggling school, homework, and home was stressing. I would come home from school to help clean up the house because my mom did not have time to clean up and take my dad to the specialists constantly. I began to do the things he would usually do such as cut the lawn and fix things around the house.
At the end of the day, I would be exhausted but I would have to do homework. I couldn't afford falling behind in school. I knew school was something I had to do myself and work hard and that is just what I did by obtaining straight A's that semester. My family is the one that keeps my dreams and aspirations of becoming someone successful. They have always supported me in my education and I believe it was my turn to support them. I had bigger responsibilities than before when I would have to only throw away the trash. I was becoming an adult and was the one filing my dad's papers for disability and his bills.
I would stay up really late doing homework and helping out with my siblings' homework as well. I never thought about dropping out or resigning myself, I felt the need to push my family forward and have faith in my dad recovering. I believed I needed to help my family and not give up on my dad because he was the one who helped me all the time. This adversity made me become more responsible. I did not have to rely on my parents for everything; on the contrary, I began to help around and be of aid in taking care of my siblings when my mom needed to take my dad to the specialists or when she too became stressed out. I became an adult who could deal with bigger issues and become more responsible and reliable.
I believe my dad's condition gave a more positive effect on me than a negative one where I learned to be responsible and help around to make things easier and also made me a more reliable person for my parents with things they needed help with. After months of treatment, my dad slowly began to recuperate and was soon able to start working again. When he began to work again, I was more content of how we overcame this adversity and how I became an adult that my parents could rely on unlike how I used to be always relying on them. It helped me understand what it was to be an adult and how to really deal with problems rather than simply running away from them. My family has always been supportive in my academics and is the one who makes it possible for me to keep my dreams of becoming a criminal investigator.
Although my family has gone through many hardships, we have always come through together. I always knew I would become an adult, but I never thought I would become one so soon. Recently, my dad became too sick to work and became disabled. Being the only to work, we were afraid we would lose the home we recently bought. His condition of hyperthyroidism slowly made him lose his strength and vision and our hope in keeping our home. The person that I always saw as strong, hard working, and confident transformed before my eyes into someone who had to rely on my help to do his everyday things.
I always relied on him for help and dependence but now the roles have reversed. I wasn't told of what I had to start doing for my family because I felt the need to step it up and do it. Juggling school, homework, and home was stressing. I would come home from school to help clean up the house because my mom did not have time to clean up and take my dad to the specialists constantly. I began to do the things he would usually do such as cut the lawn and fix things around the house.
At the end of the day, I would be exhausted but I would have to do homework. I couldn't afford falling behind in school. I knew school was something I had to do myself and work hard and that is just what I did by obtaining straight A's that semester. My family is the one that keeps my dreams and aspirations of becoming someone successful. They have always supported me in my education and I believe it was my turn to support them. I had bigger responsibilities than before when I would have to only throw away the trash. I was becoming an adult and was the one filing my dad's papers for disability and his bills.
I would stay up really late doing homework and helping out with my siblings' homework as well. I never thought about dropping out or resigning myself, I felt the need to push my family forward and have faith in my dad recovering. I believed I needed to help my family and not give up on my dad because he was the one who helped me all the time. This adversity made me become more responsible. I did not have to rely on my parents for everything; on the contrary, I began to help around and be of aid in taking care of my siblings when my mom needed to take my dad to the specialists or when she too became stressed out. I became an adult who could deal with bigger issues and become more responsible and reliable.
I believe my dad's condition gave a more positive effect on me than a negative one where I learned to be responsible and help around to make things easier and also made me a more reliable person for my parents with things they needed help with. After months of treatment, my dad slowly began to recuperate and was soon able to start working again. When he began to work again, I was more content of how we overcame this adversity and how I became an adult that my parents could rely on unlike how I used to be always relying on them. It helped me understand what it was to be an adult and how to really deal with problems rather than simply running away from them. My family has always been supportive in my academics and is the one who makes it possible for me to keep my dreams of becoming a criminal investigator.