I’m a 20-year-old a mother, wife and full time employee trying to become a student at a local community college. I graduated with good grades, good SAT scores and scholarships. I have always wanted to attend college and have never imagined it would be so difficult.
I attended community college right out of high school and found that I was still unsure of what I wanted to do with my life, so I took some time off. I have at last decided what I want to pursue and feel now is a great time for me to begin attending school.
The schools in the area think otherwise. The four-year universities will not accept me because I have been out of high school too long. And at the local community college I was told, “You’re going to kill yourself! You’ll never be able to work, have a family, and go to school.”
I’ve enrolled in the community college and it has been nothing but a struggle. I’ve yet to find support from anyone. Women can and do attend school, raise families and work. Without a college education I will never make enough money to live comfortably. All I want is to better myself so that my family and I can have a good life.
Our local higher education facilities are looking for tuition and for students who perhaps have nothing else to do but attend school – students who will make it easy for them. It is not my job to make it easy for them; it is their job to make it easy for me. What happened to, “You can do anything you want and be anyone you want to be?” I certainly do not want my daughter to ever be told she can’t do something and I only hope that when it is time for her to attend college she finds more support than I have.
Marysville
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