“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” Nelson Mandela. Using your knowledge as a weapon is up to you on how you use it or if you want it to become your weapon. Everyone wants to become  someone in life or change the world in a way. Many people don’t have the satisfaction to finish school or the opportunity to attend why give up on school when we are given the free opportunity to have an education. Many Sacrifices are made from our love ones in order to give us this opportunity. Anyone who has the privilege to an education should take advantage and keep studying to Succeed in life.

One Summer I had a conversation with one of my closest childhood friends  we then started  talked about our goals in life and spoke  about who we want to become. I want to become an Architect  and he wanted to become a Police Officer or apart of the Forensic field.  He then asked me what college I was going  to attend I told him I want to get into City Tech because My Architecture Teacher had told me that City Tech  has the best program for Architecture. I also asked him the same question he was planning to go John Jay College because they are best know for those majors . After taking about school we both  decided to make a pack that we  both would graduate with our college degrees whether it was with Associates or with our Bachelors that we both will motivate each other ,that we both will try to get houses for our families and we will check on each other. Unfortunately he was killed at the age of 15 and he is unable to do his part of our pack , our pack is a constant reminder that he isn’t able to achieve his goals . I’m not just doing this for me anymore but for him also because he won’t get to achieve all his dreams and goals.

During the pandemic I just wanted to forget about school because its really hard online its not the same experience as in person. I decided to take a semester off which made me realize that college will help you in the long run with the career that you really want not everyone has the same opportunity as most of us whether they are undocumented or they are unable to attend because of financial struggles. Seeing My mother sick in the bed made my realize many things on how she struggled and came here to give me and my siblings better opportunities and to have a better life me giving up is just a slap on the face for theses sacrifices  my mother has made. My Mother has raised us through struggles and has maintained us together. Every person had gone through their struggles and is going through them now but my mom has always told me to never give up and to keep my head up high and to keep on trying until I succeed. Which is why it one of the reason why I decided  to reenroll into college because my mom is my motivation for all her hard work and also because no female in my family has gone to college.

My Educational life has never been easy I’ve accomplished many things on my own or with the help of others who believed in me and helped me through everything to get where I am today. In high school I was taking AP U.S History which was really difficult because we would go over topics but at the same time study for the AP exam I wasn’t really doing good in the class because we were going fast through the topics. My teacher told me to wait after class to speak to me she was concern because I had started to slack on my work she said who are you trying to become why and how are you going to get there. I said I’m going to college to get there she said how if you start slacking you wont get there i could help but you need to put in more work in order to get there she also motivated me a lot to get into college I’m grateful she talked to me to help me stay on track not just her but to those who help me get there.

It is important to continue your education for many reasons the may be negative or positive effect but the events you go through is a motivation to do your best. Take advantage of your opportunities they can help you become a stronger person with motivation and gives the purpose to continue on fighting for your goals in life. Many will give up anything for that same opportunity.