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My Personal Goals

For many years I have been a part of the working class world. Had my first job when I was thirteen years old, not including babysitting. I have always dreamed of becoming an interpreter when life got in the way! I have many changes in my life with financial problems, family issues, and my education. Until now I set short term goals, never long ones, for long seemed out of reach. As a student of the University of Phoenix I want to reach for accomplishments that supercede Tri-C.
My parents have always stressed the importance of going to school and doing my best. I went to Catholic schools until college. We had a strong church upbringing and yet I stray at times from that now. I went to Akron University right out of high school but dropped out after two semesters. This was mostly because of my fear in not being able to succeed. So I went back to work and became a bill collector. Financially I could not go to school even when I thought I was finally ready to take the plunge. I got married, had a baby, got divorced found a new love, had three more children and still could not go back to school. Finally, I was laid off from my $13.00 an hour job from hell and decided there is no time like the present. I jumped in head first took out student loans and went back to school.
I started at Cuyahoga Community College in the summer of 2003. No one explained to me that the summer classes were shorter and harder. Here I find myself again feeling overwhelmed and doubting my ability to finish. Needless to say I stuck it out. Through my children's problems, my parents illnesses and my sister learning she had cancer three months ago. I clean houses and live off of my loan money. Everything seems to be a struggle for me. I have cried many tears in the last three years and never thought that I would make it through but I have persevered and graduated May 18th, 2006.
Here I am, a University of Phoenix student, going through the same...