My Educational Journey Research Paper

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When hearing the idea of school, many people my age can be seen rolling their eyes of sighing heavily, but that hasn’t always been the case for me. For as long as I can remember, I have looked forward to attending school and obtaining a high level of education. Although there has been times, especially this year as a sophomore in Governor’s school, where I have felt like school is nearly impossible, I can still proudly say that I’ve never given up. I have experienced an obstacle that even though it occurred in my early life, has motivated and assisted me throughout my educational journey, and it still continues to do so. When I was about six months old, I experienced multiple severe asthma attacks and was soon after diagnosed with chronic asthma. The doctor told my mother that I should be supervised from hour to hour, so she quit the two jobs that she had been working to watch and care for me around the clock. Until I was two years old, she remained unemployed, single parent of three children, but through it all, she always had family to help her. When I was three years old, my mom attempted to enroll me into preschool, but I was turned down because of safety issues regarding my severe asthma. I was so devastated that I couldn’t learn and experience the things that other children my age did. …show more content…
She gladly accepted because she saw it as a free shot to make me do whatever she wanted. By the time I could finally enroll in preschool which was the following year, I could count past 100, identify shapes and colors, write in cursive, and even read kindergarten level books. My teachers were very impressed and suggested that I begin with kindergarten, but since I desired so deeply to attend preschool and thought of it as my reward for never giving up, my mother let me

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