I believe that I should receive the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo scholarship because of the dedication and love for stock shows and pigs. In addition, it will help supplement the rising tuition cost to attend Texas Tech University. My family's income relies mainly on my family’s unpredictable financial income. Our income stems mostly from my father, who farms. His earnings fluctuate from year to year due to variables that come naturally with farming. Though he is an extremely hard worker, there are times that his cotton yields are low thanks to weather, pests, and other things that can be detrimental to a crop. Farming requires diligence and a family that works together. Thankfully, I have both. Sometimes, however, no matter how hard he …show more content…
Because I am a senior, my parents have helped me even more this year in an effort to bring me more success at major livestock shows. Consequently, we have had to spend more money for better quality hogs. I have shown at the Houston Livestock Show, as well as other majors that are far away. We have driven many miles and spent much money toward travel costs. Despite the expenses for these trips, I could never regret going on them because of the lifelong memories I have made in the show barn.
It has been a dream of mine to attend Texas Tech University, thanks mainly to their agriculture program, but I also chose it because it is the closest university to my home, a small farming community around eighty miles from Lubbock. I will be living in a dorm, which creates another financial need. Housing and dining are not cheap, and this scholarship would help lighten this financial load.
I plan to work while I attend college. I believe this is so important because I can help with my living expenses and contribute toward my education. For years, I have been under my parents’ wings, and I would love to help them by financially giving back to them. Working in college will improve my education as well as my family’s finances, and I think that it is crucial. Working will make me want to study more and make better grades and it will prepare me for my
The Texas Student Housing scholarship will allow me an opportunity to work towards a clear foundation of my future business – one which I am determined will ameliorate the world. Without this scholarship, much of my efforts will be used towards paying for housing and tuition. However, with this scholarship, I will be able to efficiently allocate my time and resources towards my business, which I hope will help elicit happiness from people in Austin and eventually, countries across the world. As a result, I value this scholarship as a necessity.
Secondly, students understand the payment for college, which takes responsibility from taking job. In addition, the pressure of deficient funds for education can cause problems between the parents. Working students can relieve the financial
I am Hispanic, and I am different. Being different is something in which I take pride in. Therefore I believe that the University of Houston is where I belong. This scholarship will give me the opportunity to study in the place in which I belong while achieving my dreams of becoming a doctor. I was given the opportunity to study elsewhere, but since I heard the University of Houston is ranked second in the nation at diversity; I want to study and achieve my dreams here.
Although college students have to work while in college to pay for tuition, they should not. Working while in college can cause harm to your education. Quentin Fottrell (2013), from MarketWatch, states that, “Nearly four out of five U.S. students… work while in school, survey by Citigroup and Seventeen magazine found, with the average working student putting in 19 hours a week during
In a world where most college freshmen do not graduate or dropout, i feel like it would mean to much more to me to graduate and be able to say I got my degree. studies have said that half of freshman will not complete there degree, another study said that 25% of freshmen will change their major before they finish their sophomore year. If i was given this scholarship money it would put me in a place where hopefully I won't become just another statistic. Another reason a college degree is important for me to achieve is so that i will be respected in my work industry of choice. When you are in a place of work, there is always someone who everyone looks up to because they know the most about certain things, but more often than not that person has the highest degree in his or her field. If I was awarded this scholarship i would be more capable of being that person because i would not have to worry about leaving school to figure out how I will pay off my
This scholarship would help me be able to afford going to college and getting a doctrine in Psychology. Having this scholarship would mean I would not have to take a loan or could take a smaller loan to pay for collage. Loans, especially school loans, have caused many individuals to be in debt. I do not want to graduate college and already have an enormous amount of debt to try and pay off. Collage is expensive especially for a one income family. My mother has no savings at all and barely makes ends meet each mother. This year she had to file bankruptcy so she did not lose the house. There is no possible way she could help me with college. Getting this scholarship would lessen my mothers worries and give me peace at mind knowing my education is payed for and debt is not looming at my door.
College is an expensive investment nowadays, and financial aid is not enough to cover everything that is going to be invested. That is why many college students get a part-time job while attending college. The main reason why students prefer to work a part-time is because they benefit in some important fields, not only with expenses. College students who work part time most likely are to benefit on transportation, time management, and have workplace experience.
Having a job has many benefits. One of these benefits is obvious, earning an income. With an income comes responsibility. When a student becomes an adult, he or she has to learn to depend on their own income, and there is nothing they can do to prepare themselves for that except to begin to get a feel for the responsibilities earning an income brings. Students can gain experience by working through high school. This brings the opportunity to learn how to budget money, which is a vital part of being independent. Budgeting takes a lot of self-discipline and trial and error, but is possible to learn. It is also important for students to start making purchases that result in monthly payments, such as cell phone or car payments. Not only does this give...
College can be a fun and exciting part of your life. But fun and excitement usually cost money. You have to pay for movie tickets, the late runs to Taco Bell, snacks, soda, and all the extras you want to decorate your new place with. Money is hard to come by in college. You spend most of your day in classes and if your parents have decided to not give you lots of money, you spend most nights working part-time. Working while attending school is not fun at all. It leaves you with little time to study or get homework done. And the little time you have is usually in the early hours of the morning, depending on how late you stay up. But you have to work in order to buy the things you want and to be able to eat out instead of eating the dorm food (which is surprising just as bad as high school lunch).
Not only is Texas A&M a more expensive college, this scholarship will ease the financial burden of college and will help me to continue my education while taking on as little debt as possible. Being successful is something that I have always wanted, and without being able to pay for college or be drowning in debt, I would not be able to get a good job or be able to support a family. I have already put in countless hours of long nights and late study sessions to do my best in school. Continuing my education will validate my hard work and make college an even more rewarding experience. With my education, I want to be a petroleum engineer, who can make a difference and change the oil is collected and refined. This will give me the opportunity
No matter how long it takes, the amount of money it takes, I hope to complete my family’s dream of having a stable career. With this scholarship, if I can receive it, it will bring me one step closer. I may be able to fufill my educational goal and finally entering university and graduating and achieve my career aspirations in the whatever field I chose. I have the chance to make my family’s dream turn into a reality.
It is very common that many high school students hold part time jobs while going to school. When these teens work, they are able to learn and experience life lessons from ethical and moral work. Knowing that school is aways and should be a priority, students should work while in high school because working helps students be more responsible with their lives, help them practice time managment, and also helps students see and experience the real world.
Livestock farming plays an integral role in the lives of individuals all over the world. Despite the magnitude of animal agriculture, research on its environment effects has been severely lacking in the past. Recent studies have shown that greenhouse gas emissions from livestock play a much bigger role in global warming than was once thought (Gill, 2009; Miller et. al 2013). The session that I propose will look at the greenhouse gasses emitted by livestock farming and the effects that this has on the ecological environment. Topics will include human reliance on domesticated animals, greenhouse gasses emitted by livestock farming, indirect ecological effects of animal agriculture relating to biodiversity and the water supply, and
Being a college student alone can be stressful enough, but attending college while working a job can be quite stressful in some cases. College itself is not too bad and working a job typically isn 't ridiculous, but unfortunately most students have to attempt both if they wish to further their education. Usually students who juggle both are not doing it for fun. Attempting both at the same time, can become a very stressful life with lots of negative effects. There are two major negative effects of working while in college, however, there is one positive effect working while in college. The two adverse effects that most college students who work are dealing with is struggling to maintaining grades, with the possibility of dropping out and learning to function on a low amount of sleep. The one positive effect of working a job while in college is that the student becomes very prepared for the future.
Nowadays, the numbers of students who are always looking for a part time job while they are attending college is increasing every day. According to an article was published in 1998 on The Futurist, the number of students who have a part-time job increased from 5% of students in the 1950s to almost 70% of the students in some communities (“Jobs hurt school performance” n. page). Because of a bunch of fee and cost that students have to handle, working during college seems to be a necessity than an option. The part-time jobs provide not only paychecks but also experience, skills for the students. It is very helpful for the students after they graduate college and look for a real job. Although there are some people who argue that having a job during