Education

                 Growing up in a family were nobody had ever gone to university developed some sort of weight on my shoulders. Everybody wants me to do what they never did and become somebody in this life. When I was in school if I didn’t get straight A’s I’d be in serious trouble. For example, I once got home with 5 A’s and 1 B, that caused me to get grounded for a month. My mom is very liberal but very strict when it comes to my education. I was really frustrated but now at university things have changed. Experiencing this new step in my life I realize that grades are important, no doubt on that, but there are greater things to learn out there than what they teach you in classes like moral values for example.

                

        I have never considered myself smart but I am very responsible so I always try to do my best even if it takes every drop of my energy and strength to do my work. Difference now is that I don’t do it for my family, I do it for myself. Yes, I will graduate, become a professional in my area, marry and have a family of my own… But that is because I want to, because I will work for it, not because of the pressure they give me or because they want somebody of the family to grow like they never did. I get that don’t have the wrong intentions but in the level that they express it would give anybody stress and anxiety.

                

        It will be hard but I’ll focus on my education, persevere and become the full independent woman that I always wanted to be. Someday I’ll finish and I’ll see my name in shinning lights.