Graduation For Immigrant Family

Throughout our life we encounter many significant moments, but our families look out for the most important moment of all, our high school graduation. Graduation for immigrant families is something that not many have achieved. Thus Latin families worry and wait the most for their kids to graduate. Although not many get to live that dream of seeing their kids graduating, some families do and that moment becomes very special to them.
First of all, it is common to not have a college or high school education in an immigrant family. Due to the poor opportunities and circumstances in many Hispanic countries, most of its residents don’t study in order to work. Immigrant families sacrifice their education and well-being in order to translate their

families to the United States. Parents take these steps to provide their children with a better life and future. Thus, it is significant for them to see us graduate and thank them that way.
For what I know about my family, they experienced very harsh moments, like my great grandmother being thrown out of her house or my grandmother and her mom having to escape from her father. Thus, they weren’t able to achieve a high class education since they had to work. Although my grandmother did go to college and study she never graduated. On the other hand, my father never finished high school, he came from a strict family and was forced to work early on. Therefore, my grandparents and parents dream of seeing me go to college and graduating one day.
Last year, I graduated from high school. It felt fulfilling seeing the happiness in my family’s eyes; it was the day they had been waiting for. That day they were convinced and filled with the thought that for once they would see part of their family achieve the American dream and go to college and graduate from a university with a career that would provide them with everything they need. They were also assured that if one day they couldn’t help me, I wouldn’t need their financial help and I would be okay. I couldn’t imagine a better way to honor my family than y living out their dream.
Finally, graduation, whether from high school or college means improvement for our families. By graduating we provide our families with pride and guarantee of a better life. Immigrant families fight for our lives and give up their comfort every day. Thereby it is only fair for them that we make their dream come true by graduating and demonstrating that their effort was not in vain.