Personal Statement: Long Term Goals

Long Term Goals I was raised in a very small town south of Fresno, called Reedley. As an able-bodied citizen, I considered my social class upbringing to be middle class because I always had the necessary resources, and many more while growing up. My Mother became widowed and a single mother with two children, when I was only nine years old. She always played the role of mother and father as me and my younger brother were growing up. She taught me how to be strong and independent women. School was never easy growing up; I was always distracted in class. When I went into the forth grade one of my teachers wanted to hold me back, and I new that was not something I, or my family wanted. Since then I made it my goal to try harder in school and

I’ve noticed in the past years that I tend to become heartless due to my personal past. Someone who I have always taken that out on is my family and that is something I know is beyond wrong but I still have the tendency to do it either way. I apologize after its been done but I know that is something I need to work on in order to become a better daughter and person over all by a year from and to keep this change for the rest of my life. I have taken a lot of things for granted through the years and I would like to make it better, by becoming an overall better person, and make it up to my love ones, especially my

I want to start traveling as soon as next year, I plan to study abroad to Spain. I want to travel to all the major cities around the world and start a collection of all the things I bring back through the years. The farthest I have ever traveled has been to Mexico and that has been one of the best times of my life. Both of my Mothers siblings have all traveled to Europe many times and have brought in back so many pictures and souvenirs that have made me that much more interested In traveling just like they have. I feel that I need to travel In order to experience as much of the world before I