Scholarship / My financial situation. Sometimes I need to send some money to support my parents. [3]

I am an immigration and I have been in america for 3 years. I am taking the high school program in college and almost complete.I also taking a college math and need to pay by myself because I can not apply the financial aid without a high school diploma.This is one of the reasons why I want to apply scholarship, I also have some financial problems.My situation is I have been married and my husband is a marine.But I do not have a job cause I don't have a high school diploma or a GED certificate.It is so difficult for me to find a job, so I decide to go to school. All the living expenses depends on my husband' s income. He has a loan and need to pay $1,900 a month. My parents living in a small town in China, both of them do not have a high school education, they worked in a small factory and earn the hardest and worst paid. Unfortunately, they lost their job one year ago because they were too old.Right now they get a temporary part-time job to support my sister to go to college in china. Sometimes I need to send some money to support my parents. In these three years,I kept going to school to earn the high school credit and I did the part-time job at the some time. I got my first job in Chinatown. I worked in a bakery as a waiter and the boss just paid me 5 dollars per hour. My second job is to be a cooker and worked in a Japanese restaurant, this job required me to work very fast, it is too toilsome for me. I tried to keep my part-time job, but it is to difficult for me to be a full-time student and do the part-time job at the same time.Even though my family is undergoing this adverse situation, I still want to continue to pursue and further my education, regardless of financial hardships.School is expensive, I don't know if I'll be able to continue if I don't get a scholarship. I reply need this money to go to school and stay in school. College is really important and I know that with this scholarship I will figure out what I want to do in life and how to succeed.

Scholarship / My math struggles - I could not understand a lesson, and didn't know how to do my homework [2]

Can anyone help me to check this essay?Is this OK to apply scholarships?

When I was in Junior high school sophomore in China, my math was so bad and always fail in the tests because I did not like math. I was very depressed at that time, I could not understand a lesson, and did not know how to do my homework. In China, the school system was very different from United States, school would be based on academic to place student. I was so lucky to assign to the class with good scores.I knew that if my math kept going down, I would be kicked out of this class.At this time, school deployed a new math teacher to my class, she was also in charge of our class. She was beautiful and has a mild temper, she made me feel that she is not a terrible teacher.

In fact, I didn't think this new teacher will have any impact on my math at the beginning, she didn't use any special methods to teach me math, just like the other teachers. However, a decision that she made changed my aversion to math, and even affect my life. She chose me as an actress in school performance, I was so surprised, I even cannot believe it because I was a very shy and introverted person, I had never express myself in the public, I didn't have any confidence. Then I ran to asked her:"why do you chose me?" She smiled gently and said: " Because you look pretty and I believe can do it." Finally, I did my best on the performance and was commended.

Because of her decision, I began to have confident and more people knew me in school, I wasn't afraid to express myself in public. She changed my life and also my math, I liked my math teacher and I wanted to use my math progress to appreciate her. Later, I found out I got a lot of interest on math and I wanted to be an accountant in my future.

Now, I leave everything behind in China to start a new life in United States. I do not give up my professional goals, so I keep going school and taking classes here at XXXCollege. In order to get my high school diploma, I am taking the high school classes on campus. I almost complete my high school credit and this is make me so happy because I had overcomed a lot of struggles on it. I also taking a college math class on campus this semester because I pass the math placement test in college. Although I have a lot of homework and test on math, I do not feel any stress on it just because I love to calculate. I go to school in daytime every monday though friday and do a part-time job in weekend in order to make money to support my living expenses and tuition, I feel substantial about my life even though sometimes I feel tire.

In the five years future, I going to earn my AA degrees and transfer to a four years university to get my accountant certificate. If I become an accountant in future, I will use my professional knowledge to help this community. But school is expensive, I don't know if I will able to continue my education if I don't get a scholarship. I really need this money to go to school and stay in school. College is very important and I know that with this scholarship I will figure out what I want to do in life and how to succeed.