Stacy Mills
Professor Kelly Warren
ENC 1102
February 25, 2013
Mistakes
The American Dream by Mauricio Garcia was an excellent
speech. I really enjoyed listening to him. Mr. Garcia told his life story about
his ups & downs, his progress and his mistakes. It was very interesting. He
came to America and followed what he thought was his dream. Through trials and
tribulations he found out differently. He admitted to making many mistakes in
his life. “When it comes to the American dream, no one has a corner on the
market. All of us have an equal chance to share in that dream.”
(searchquotes.com/ JC Watts)
During the course of my life, I have made many decisions
that some I wish I could go back and change. It all started when I was 15 years
old. I fell in love and got married two months before I turned sixteen. I
dropped out of school and thought life would be so easy. Two years later at age
eighteen, I gave birth to my beautiful daughter. Life for sure changed then.
When she was eleven months old, her father left. Now I’m left with no job, no
education and rent is due. The landlord told me I had ten days to come up with
rent or I would be evicted. I sat and felt sorry for myself for a couple of
days. Then one day I opened my eyes, went looking for a job, had an interview,
and was hired on the spot. Three years later I decided I wanted to finish my education.
I acquired my diploma and started college hoping to become and interior
designer. I made it through three semesters and gave up again.
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next stage of my life involved another marriage, twin boys and a divorce ten
years later. Again no education, nor a future to look forward to, I had to move
into my mother’s house. I sat around for a couple of weeks feeling sorry for myself
and then one day I realized I needed to do something with my life. I enrolled
into a ten month Medical Assistant program with a dream of becoming a
sonographer. I later moved out, finished school, got a job with the City and was
employed there for a couple of years before I decided to go back to school.
Fifteen years later from when I first started college, with a dream to become a
Registered Nurse. I decided to get my AA, so I would have one goal under my
belt. After that I will apply for the RN program. I have done this being a
single mom with a full time job and twin boys who are now fourteen.
If
I had only done what my mother asked me to do, life wouldn’t be so hard or such
a
challenge today. “I am
living proof that the American dream still exists. It is still alive and well.
There is only one trick, you have to be willing to roll up your sleeves and
work very, very hard.”
I
feel that as long as you learn from your mistakes and don’t keep making the
same ones over
and over you come out being
a much better person. I found a quote
and really wanted to share it. “After all these years, I am still involved in
the process of self-discovery. It's better to explore life and make mistakes
than to play it safe. Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.”(Sophia
Loren)(Great-inspirational-quotes.com)
Wow! Deep story of your journey in life. Unfortunately it's all too common in our country. When things get tough, I remind myself of these two things: A test of you character is what it takes to stop you......and.... A winner never quits and a quitter never wins.
ReplyDeleteI admire you for all that you have done and dealt with in your life thus far. You have taken every trouble or negative you have gone through and turned it around. That takes a large amount of determination and desire for a bright future.
ReplyDeleteI like how you put your life's challenges in to your paper. You've come a long way, keep it up.
ReplyDeleteWow, nice essay! This was awesome, thanks for sharing. You are right about hard work!! I am just glad you're back and doing very well at doing it!! Good job :)
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading about your journey to the American Dream. I too have been in and out of college for about fifteen years and am just finally at a stage where I might actually be able to finish for once. You never really know how hard it actually is to try and get a degree while raising children until you actually have to do it yourself.
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