Month: August 2020

College Stories #4

Chores

So growing up, my sisters and I had chores, and one of my chores was yard work. So I’m still living at home after high school and I still have these chores. One weekend day, as I’m walking from my car to the campus library to study, I get a call from my dad yelling at me because the lawn wasn’t mowed. Since I’m already at the library, I said that I’ll mow the lawn later, which gets him even more upset and he demands that I mow the lawn immediately, knowing that I hadn’t even walked into the … Read the rest

College Stories #3

Financial Aid

So, when it was time to apply for financial aid, I received letters for federal loans that I could apply for as a student, but I also received letters for federal loans that my parents could apply for as parents of a college student. When talking about paying for college, my father would tell me that he would pay for my college tuition after I graduate. His reason was that he had a relative who was spending his father’s money acting like he was going to school, but wasn’t actually. And I was okay with this, I understood. … Read the rest

College Stories #2

My Father

So my father motivated me when I was young to do well in school… but then I actually started to do well in school. He still encouraged me to do well, but he was covert with his actual feelings, until he wasn’t, which was confusing to me. For example, when I was in the 11th grade, supposedly the most difficult grade of high school, he told me if I got straight A’s, he’d buy me a laptop. I got straight A’s, and he never bought me a laptop, but I didn’t think much of it because I was … Read the rest

College Stories #1

Going to College

So when I was young in elementary school, I didn’t get good grades and I always feared failing, until I got to middle school. In middle school I started to do better because I really wanted to be smart. I even asked to go to summer school after the 6th grade. I would pray to God at night to take care of my family and to make me smart. When I was in elementary school there were a group of students who were part of the G.A.T.E. program and I always wanted to be smart like them. … Read the rest