Tiffany Hughes
Mr. Gallagher
English 12 cp per. 6
10/29/09

College Essay

I’ve always wanted to help people, start charities, build schools in foreign countries like Haiti or Africa, make sure people had shelter and food on their tables and have every child taken care of. That has always been my dream
When I was younger I never really thought about going to college. I’ve always thought about graduating high school and getting a job like any other person, but the reason why my thinking was like that is because my parents did not go to college. They didn’t even graduate high school, so for me I thought that was the life I was going to live as well. Continuing to go to school and getting an education made me realize that there is more to do than just get a job, I can achieve and become something better, I can be successful.
Even though my parents didn’t go to college they’ve always encouraged me to continue my education and to go far in life. June 6, 2007 was the day my oldest brother graduated from high school; he earned himself a scholarship in football and in academics in was so proud of him he was the first to go to college, I was so inspired by him, he made me rethink my ideas about life after high school, and now I believe that anyone even from a poor broken home can graduate and go to college and successful.