Prompt: write on a topic that is of importance to you and reflects who you are (maximum 500 words)
The day my brother received news that his result was cancelled, was a sad day in my family. It was my family's first attempt in sending someone in my family to university. My brother had attended a two-year pre-university course but his results was withheld because he couldn't pay the full tuition. On that day, my mom had cried and so had my brother. After that incident, my burden to finish college intensified.
I dream about the day I would walk up into our living room to a wall with diplomas and accolades reading congrats on getting your B.A in economics hanging on it rather than stories of unfulfilled dreams. In this present age a college experience was vital to succeed, but this wasn't my major motivation for it: it was my family and the community I lived with.
Growing up with parents that did not have college degrees, I witnessed the struggle my parents underwent each day to provide for the family. My dad, for instance, suffered at an early age from arthritis due to his dropping out from school and working in construction sites as a labourer at a young age. That this problem has continued to haunt my family is a major concern. For example, after graduating from high school, transmitting into college was always difficult. No one in my family have been able to get a college degree.
However, It is a common trend in my neighborhood to see kids drop out of school because of financial hardship. Hence, the high number of highschool and college dropouts which make up a high rate of poverty. Growing up, I never wanted to be part of this trend. I wanted to be different; I wanted to go to college. To my family, my college degree would be a great accomplishment but to my community, this would mean much more than that; it would mean answers to its numerous economic problems as I hope to address issues such as illiteracy, unemployment and inflation which are the major problems it faces.
It is for this reason; I sought for a scholarship to study economics. I want to be an example to the youths that no dream is unattainable. I want to be a motivation to these individuals to pursue their dreams and this includes going college.
no dream is unattainable
The day my brother received news that his result was cancelled, was a sad day in my family. It was my family's first attempt in sending someone in my family to university. My brother had attended a two-year pre-university course but his results was withheld because he couldn't pay the full tuition. On that day, my mom had cried and so had my brother. After that incident, my burden to finish college intensified.
I dream about the day I would walk up into our living room to a wall with diplomas and accolades reading congrats on getting your B.A in economics hanging on it rather than stories of unfulfilled dreams. In this present age a college experience was vital to succeed, but this wasn't my major motivation for it: it was my family and the community I lived with.
Growing up with parents that did not have college degrees, I witnessed the struggle my parents underwent each day to provide for the family. My dad, for instance, suffered at an early age from arthritis due to his dropping out from school and working in construction sites as a labourer at a young age. That this problem has continued to haunt my family is a major concern. For example, after graduating from high school, transmitting into college was always difficult. No one in my family have been able to get a college degree.
However, It is a common trend in my neighborhood to see kids drop out of school because of financial hardship. Hence, the high number of highschool and college dropouts which make up a high rate of poverty. Growing up, I never wanted to be part of this trend. I wanted to be different; I wanted to go to college. To my family, my college degree would be a great accomplishment but to my community, this would mean much more than that; it would mean answers to its numerous economic problems as I hope to address issues such as illiteracy, unemployment and inflation which are the major problems it faces.
It is for this reason; I sought for a scholarship to study economics. I want to be an example to the youths that no dream is unattainable. I want to be a motivation to these individuals to pursue their dreams and this includes going college.
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