Struggling for Education

    There are many struggles to face when you are going to school. There are thousands of reasons why to not go to school and one reason to stay in it. It's crazy that most of Chabot students don't talk to anyone, myself included, I am a get in get out kind of person. But I do have experiences that I can share with younger people to help them to learn from my mistakes. There are deal breakers for not going to school and each are different to each student. One of my deal breakers is if I lose my job. If I don't have a job then I have no money to pay of anything; rent, food, my car, school, books. I would be stuck. Luckily I do have a good job and I have a little sense of job security. If I didn't have this opportunity than I would be at my job for the rest of my life but they could always shut down and where would I go after that. I need a degree to have job security to show what I can do and what I went through. There is a line between poor and rich people, rich people wondering  why it's so hard that the poor is poor and why would they live like that. And poor people struggle and live paycheck to paycheck. 

      Another struggle is family. I am living with my parents and I try to help out financially but all my extra money goes to school. I wish I could do more and I could do more if I dropped out of school. Its difficult all around. My days are pretty tight. Monday-thursday school 8am-3pm the work from 530-1030pm I get two days off and those days are during the week because weekends are our busiest days. I work about 30-32 hours a week and I have a personal life; not much of a personal life but this is what I have chosen. I'm tired most of the time and I go to sleep late but in the long run when I am in my mid 30's I know that it will  be worth it.

People don't know how amazing we can be because we are constantly shot down. We are determined and when we have something in motion nothing can stop us, one foot in front of the other. Struggles are just there to show you if you really want it are you going to go through with it or is that roadblock is going to deter you from going over it. My obstalces showed me that I really want this and have helped me to go forward and had given me more strength from it. I have been through so much to get where I am here today and nothing can hold me back from get my education, my degree, my purpose, and my passion to learn.