American Dream Job
Like many immigrants moving to America, seeking the land of opportunity and obtaining the American Dream is an ideal goal that many bravely fight to pursue in order to escape the destitution of the past and achieve happiness for not only themselves, but their family. I’ve personally encountered it and seen it all around. As a result, growing up, the self-less and preserving nature of my parents has been an admirable trait that awoke me to the realization that every second spent with them is precious, but fleeting. Nothing can be taken for granted, and every second should not be wasted.
In my parent’s case, they both work non-stop, every two weeks for 80 hours during the night shift. By working night-shift, my parent’s have the opportunity …show more content…
Volunteering at a local hospital always proved to be enriching and educationally inspiring way to spend my time since it gave me a glimpse of the working environment I would eventually be exposed too. It is only extremely heartbreaking that this hospital where I first became exposed to the medical world closed this year. I lost a place that played a part in driving me towards my ambitious dreams, but my mom lost one of her two jobs. This job, paid substantially more than her second one, resulting in a big loss in her salary, increasing the financial burden of the family and also increasing the pressure on me to figure out how I can help support them …show more content…
They help pay for older sister’s college tuition of about $15,000 per year, totalling $60,000 by the end of four years, and my cousin’s college tuition of $2,000 per year in the Philippines. Both my older sister and cousin unfortunately have not had received scholarships that lessen the burden on my parents. With my dream school of University of Texas costing about $26,626 a year with additional expenses, averaging about $106,504 in four years, I have become filled with dread on the weight that has been placed on my parent’s shoulders. Just thinking about the expenses my younger sister will have when she goes off to college in the following years brings lines of worry and
In my parent’s case, they both work non-stop, every two weeks for 80 hours during the night shift. By working night-shift, my parent’s have the opportunity …show more content…
Volunteering at a local hospital always proved to be enriching and educationally inspiring way to spend my time since it gave me a glimpse of the working environment I would eventually be exposed too. It is only extremely heartbreaking that this hospital where I first became exposed to the medical world closed this year. I lost a place that played a part in driving me towards my ambitious dreams, but my mom lost one of her two jobs. This job, paid substantially more than her second one, resulting in a big loss in her salary, increasing the financial burden of the family and also increasing the pressure on me to figure out how I can help support them …show more content…
They help pay for older sister’s college tuition of about $15,000 per year, totalling $60,000 by the end of four years, and my cousin’s college tuition of $2,000 per year in the Philippines. Both my older sister and cousin unfortunately have not had received scholarships that lessen the burden on my parents. With my dream school of University of Texas costing about $26,626 a year with additional expenses, averaging about $106,504 in four years, I have become filled with dread on the weight that has been placed on my parent’s shoulders. Just thinking about the expenses my younger sister will have when she goes off to college in the following years brings lines of worry and