Struggling thru her journey my mother Maribel’s; parents decided to move to the United States. Created a major impact in her life, since she had leave her dreams, her culture, her family to have a well been of her family altogether. It broke her heart into so many pieces because she didn’t want to leave what she had already started, but her parents have already made the choice, there’s nothing to do other than to accept it.
I admire my mother in every single way. She’s a strong woman that was able to adapt herself in this country, which she didn’t know a bit about it. She started from scratch by going to school to learn the language because she only knew her native language. Once she overcame the language barrier, she later attended a public college to get some unites to be a teacher’s assistant at a school. It took lots of courage for my mother to do that, she had other responsibilities waiting for her at home like taking care of my sisters and I and doing the house chores as well, but these didn’t stop her. It made her stronger and gave her more courage to do her schooling and more, to become a better person. Because she’s persistent in what she wants to do in live.
Even though my mother was brought from Mexico as a resident later on she wanted to become a USA Citizen which she need to study the whole history of America and how it functions, because you’ll get asked questions, that need to be answer. I would see my mother studying every single night after she was done with her homework she would lose some of her sleeping time in order for her to study. She taught me to be prosperous in what life has to offer to every single one of us. My mother is my inspiration, the person who has left a trail for me to follow.
Therefore my mother is the main reason why I’m in college. She’s the one that motivated me to pursue my education to a next level, to be someone, to leave a trail for the future generations. Like she did with me, she wants me to do the same. She’s the one that motivates me when I’m down or when I feel like giving up; her charismatic acts bring me back up. She was born to be the perfect mother.
In conclusion I considered my mother to be the most magnificent women on earth. No other woman could be compared to her under my eyes she’s unreachable. She’s the person who has taught me what I know about life like traditions, cultures, my language, morals, and everything. I know that my mother has gone thru some hard times in life, but that doesn’t stop her from been the best mother under my eyes. She’s the mother that everyone wishes they had. I love you mom.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Friday, April 9, 2010
Struggling to go to School
Coming to college was one of the biggest struggles I have ever gone thru. Leaving your house, family, friends and the people you love is one of the hardest things you could do. Seen tears in your mothers and fathers eyes as they see you walk away, breaks your heart into billions of pieces. Starting from scratch in a strange place full of millions of people, and not knowing a single one of them. Paying for college; signing your life in debts with bank. These are some struggles that I had and is still going thru till these day.
Leaving my family was one of the biggest challenges I have ever had. The unity with my family is very sincere and very close .I have never left the family circle, so I wasn’t use to, not having their presence around me .I still remember that very first day when my parents dropped me off at school on Saturday night when it was time for them to leave, they didn’t, but they had to and as they saw me walk away tears of sorrow came down their eyes. Seen their mixed emotions and mine crashing together made things harder for me I ended up been homesick for weeks.
Starting from the beginning not knowing a single person in a huge city makes you feel inferior to everything. You have a feeling of ignorance of not knowing your way around, knowing the basic structure of how the city is. Getting used to the fact that you don’t live in a small village anymore, and that now you take part in very well known city. It breaks your heart, because you leave your traditions behind to start a diverse of them in your path. Meeting new people, when cultures, rules, environment taking the opportunity of getting to do things that you didn’t do before.
Another struggle that I had was finding a way to pay my college education. Once you sign the contract that your coming to an expensive school gets you thinking of what you need to do in order to play your way thru. Since you’re a recent high school graduate your teachers counsel you to not get loans .So when you don’t have any other choice, but to take out some loans it get you thinking of how you’re going to pay it back. Therefore many of us students don’t have the guidance to make those choices in college so we face a major problem, because at the end there’s always some type of misunderstanding or problem.
Saying good byes to friends, family, traditions, and the way of lifestyles were my major struggle when I came to college. I didn’t have no experience of live on my own I learned several things here in college it made me a better person .It open many doors for me as and for my siblings, I am the experiment in other words. I’m going thru different types of stages to get everybody aware of how things are in some other place while your attending college. Life is about making sacrifices are family friends, and debt, but at the end it will be all worth it because life is about learning about your struggles.
Leaving my family was one of the biggest challenges I have ever had. The unity with my family is very sincere and very close .I have never left the family circle, so I wasn’t use to, not having their presence around me .I still remember that very first day when my parents dropped me off at school on Saturday night when it was time for them to leave, they didn’t, but they had to and as they saw me walk away tears of sorrow came down their eyes. Seen their mixed emotions and mine crashing together made things harder for me I ended up been homesick for weeks.
Starting from the beginning not knowing a single person in a huge city makes you feel inferior to everything. You have a feeling of ignorance of not knowing your way around, knowing the basic structure of how the city is. Getting used to the fact that you don’t live in a small village anymore, and that now you take part in very well known city. It breaks your heart, because you leave your traditions behind to start a diverse of them in your path. Meeting new people, when cultures, rules, environment taking the opportunity of getting to do things that you didn’t do before.
Another struggle that I had was finding a way to pay my college education. Once you sign the contract that your coming to an expensive school gets you thinking of what you need to do in order to play your way thru. Since you’re a recent high school graduate your teachers counsel you to not get loans .So when you don’t have any other choice, but to take out some loans it get you thinking of how you’re going to pay it back. Therefore many of us students don’t have the guidance to make those choices in college so we face a major problem, because at the end there’s always some type of misunderstanding or problem.
Saying good byes to friends, family, traditions, and the way of lifestyles were my major struggle when I came to college. I didn’t have no experience of live on my own I learned several things here in college it made me a better person .It open many doors for me as and for my siblings, I am the experiment in other words. I’m going thru different types of stages to get everybody aware of how things are in some other place while your attending college. Life is about making sacrifices are family friends, and debt, but at the end it will be all worth it because life is about learning about your struggles.
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