Why I Go To College Essay

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When I hear the word college, I automatically think of books, education, and learning. When I reflect on the reasons why I go to college, the first thing that comes to mind is my mother. The more I think about it, the more I realize the reason why I attend college is to not only learn, but create a path to where I want to head in life. I attend college to seek the best path ahead and work hard in order to give back to the most ambitious woman I know, my mother. When I was little, mother always told me, “Take on the chances that I never had and make me proud.” I want to start by attending college in order to show my mother that I will continue with the education she was not able to have. Because my mother is always my focus; I go to college to show her that I want to give back to her all these years and time she spent on me. She did not give up on me, nor did she give up on herself. I realized that my mother tried the best she could in order to give me the life I have right now. She is my role model and inspiration. I want to prove to her that raising me all these years was worth all her time and effort. As her first child, I want …show more content…

I want to be exposed to new ideas and inspire others around to do the same. I attend college to not only learn in between the books, but to grow and expand mentally. Just within the first two weeks into college, not only am I taught what a sentence is, but also ways to analyze in an English class. Just the other day, I was assigned an essay to read. Not one student analyzed it the way the professor did. He gave me a new outlook on things, moreover to look at things differently and not like how everyone else would. When I sit in class, I 'm inspired by the countless of things that I am able to absorb. I attend college and class everyday to learn as much as I can to help and mold myself into who I want to become, ambitious and brave like my

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