College Admissions Essay: Moving To Texas High School
The education I have received from my parents has been fundamental in my personal development. “I will give my best and I will not accept less than that” that was how my father made me start my day. Since I was little my parents erased the words “ I can not” and “I do not know” from my vocabulary. They taught me that I had to face my responsibilities and problems no matter what, for this reason, I was astonished when we moved to Texas two years ago and they told me that I could not be in 11th grade.
For 15 years I lived in Mexico, during the summer of my tenth grade, my parents took the decision to move to Texas. When we arrived in Texas it was the beginning of a storm. Supposedly, I was going to start eleventh grade, however, the school district I was part of did not think the same. Apparently I did not have the credits required and also they thought I was too young to be in that grade. Given that, they wanted me to repeat ninth grade as if that was even an option for me. Therefore, my options were: stay in Texas with my family and lose two years of high school, move to California or Mexico where I could be in 11th grade. Of course, I did not want to leave my family, but also I did not want to hurt my future, thus why I decided to move to California.
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What I lived in the past two years taught me that I have to be open minded and make every situation as a learning experience. Sometimes things do not go the way we wanted them to, but that does not mean that that is wrong. I got mad when I was pulled down one year, but I realize that having another year gave me the opportunity to prepare myself better for college. I was able to take courses of my interest and that probably I would not have taken if things had happened in a different way. I now know that I can face any problem with determination and hard work because giving up it is not an option for
For 15 years I lived in Mexico, during the summer of my tenth grade, my parents took the decision to move to Texas. When we arrived in Texas it was the beginning of a storm. Supposedly, I was going to start eleventh grade, however, the school district I was part of did not think the same. Apparently I did not have the credits required and also they thought I was too young to be in that grade. Given that, they wanted me to repeat ninth grade as if that was even an option for me. Therefore, my options were: stay in Texas with my family and lose two years of high school, move to California or Mexico where I could be in 11th grade. Of course, I did not want to leave my family, but also I did not want to hurt my future, thus why I decided to move to California.
I lived in …show more content…
What I lived in the past two years taught me that I have to be open minded and make every situation as a learning experience. Sometimes things do not go the way we wanted them to, but that does not mean that that is wrong. I got mad when I was pulled down one year, but I realize that having another year gave me the opportunity to prepare myself better for college. I was able to take courses of my interest and that probably I would not have taken if things had happened in a different way. I now know that I can face any problem with determination and hard work because giving up it is not an option for