rudeboy
Oct 27, 2010
Undergraduate / "immigrated to America from Barbados" - Summer Bridge Essay: [3]
The prompt is why im intrested in the program. It's not completed but please give feedback...
My Name is Vernica Williams, i am an 18 year old Senior at Forest Hill High School, and a resident of West Palm Beach Florida. I come from a family that lives off the government.My dad immigrated to America from Barbados in search of a better life, with no education he only found strife.My mom never took an interest in school and became a high school drop out.My mom stressed how important getting an education was and how we can get a better life then what we was born into but not seeing her as an prime example, my siblings choose to take the path my mom once took and all led to destruction except me, who took her advice and ran with it.With my dad being a foreigner with no education and my mom having no education, at an young age i new what poverty was. I knew of struggle.And felt my mother pain when she didn't have the means to get by.Watching my mom make sacrifices and provide for my brother and sisters who refuse to do anything with their life taught me to be hardworking,determined and independent. I know having an college education is very important part of life. It would guide me to be a better person and help prepare me to face life challenges.Through your CARE program I would be given the tools to succeed in life and the guidance and support needed to get through each day.I Will meet people and not be ashamed of where im come from.
The prompt is why im intrested in the program. It's not completed but please give feedback...
My Name is Vernica Williams, i am an 18 year old Senior at Forest Hill High School, and a resident of West Palm Beach Florida. I come from a family that lives off the government.My dad immigrated to America from Barbados in search of a better life, with no education he only found strife.My mom never took an interest in school and became a high school drop out.My mom stressed how important getting an education was and how we can get a better life then what we was born into but not seeing her as an prime example, my siblings choose to take the path my mom once took and all led to destruction except me, who took her advice and ran with it.With my dad being a foreigner with no education and my mom having no education, at an young age i new what poverty was. I knew of struggle.And felt my mother pain when she didn't have the means to get by.Watching my mom make sacrifices and provide for my brother and sisters who refuse to do anything with their life taught me to be hardworking,determined and independent. I know having an college education is very important part of life. It would guide me to be a better person and help prepare me to face life challenges.Through your CARE program I would be given the tools to succeed in life and the guidance and support needed to get through each day.I Will meet people and not be ashamed of where im come from.