Now at the age of thirty-one I am back in college in the pursuit of a Master’s Degree in Science and Nursing. It has taken me many years to figure out how my life should be and where I want to go. Many would analyze this and say that the lack of a proper parental presence in my life that caused me to become lost. Others would say that statistically I had no chance, being Hispanic with only one parent and living in what now is known as low-income neighborhood. I would have to argue against all these and say that I beat the odds that were against me. I knew that my mother could not spend too much time with me because she had to put a roof over our heads and food on the table. I knew my neighborhood was dangerous but I still never got into gangs nor did I do drugs. I failed to fall into the pressures of sex to be popular or have false love from a boy. What I did do is graduate High School and became a Medical Assistant to make my mother proud. Now I have gone back to College to make me proud and finally get the degree I know I deserve. My childhood was fun and it thought me a lot about loving your child unconditionally and most importantly having a positive affect and presence in their life. I know it was not an ideal upbringing according to all the experts and all the research. All I know is I got lucky and because of this when I get married and have children I will know what is right and what is wrong. I hope to provide an appropriate atmosphere at home were my children know they can come to me with fears, doubts and questions about anything. I will strive to be present physically and in mind to all of my child’s
Now at the age of thirty-one I am back in college in the pursuit of a Master’s Degree in Science and Nursing. It has taken me many years to figure out how my life should be and where I want to go. Many would analyze this and say that the lack of a proper parental presence in my life that caused me to become lost. Others would say that statistically I had no chance, being Hispanic with only one parent and living in what now is known as low-income neighborhood. I would have to argue against all these and say that I beat the odds that were against me. I knew that my mother could not spend too much time with me because she had to put a roof over our heads and food on the table. I knew my neighborhood was dangerous but I still never got into gangs nor did I do drugs. I failed to fall into the pressures of sex to be popular or have false love from a boy. What I did do is graduate High School and became a Medical Assistant to make my mother proud. Now I have gone back to College to make me proud and finally get the degree I know I deserve. My childhood was fun and it thought me a lot about loving your child unconditionally and most importantly having a positive affect and presence in their life. I know it was not an ideal upbringing according to all the experts and all the research. All I know is I got lucky and because of this when I get married and have children I will know what is right and what is wrong. I hope to provide an appropriate atmosphere at home were my children know they can come to me with fears, doubts and questions about anything. I will strive to be present physically and in mind to all of my child’s