Digging Deep

Alex Moreno

English 1A

Anderson

21 January 2016

Digging Deep

        My goal is to one day become a Registered Nurse. I have always had a passion for helping people especially kids I have always been really good with kids. At home when any one got cut or had an accident I was always the one to attend because everyone else in my family was always too scared. My dream is to one day work at Valley Children’s Hospital or at ST. Jude’s. I have always wanted to be a part of being able to help children that are very ill or have terminal illness and be able to give them the most happy and comfortable days before tragedy struck them and their families. I come from an immigrant family with a very low socioeconomic back ground to the point where we sometimes went to bed having ate only a bowl of beans with two tortillas, I always had it in my mind that it was a must for me to attend college not only for myself but also for my family. Starting at grade school I always tired really hard to put myself out there academic wise, not ever really understanding what it actually meant. I wanted and still want to prove that you don’t need to be rich or have a family with masters and doctorate degrees or any degree for that matter to be able to do and be something in life. I always heard from different people that if you didn’t have money there was no chance of going to college. But I knew for fact that I was not going to settle and I was going to have the life that I wanted to have.

        I have always been a strong reader and writer, in grade school my teachers could never believe that I came from a family whose first language was Spanish. The only thing that in my mind separates me from achieving my full potential in writing is my fear of criticism. I have always manipulate my writing depending on who my targeted reader is to side with whatever the topic of conversation is. I fear the fact that my thoughts, feelings, and ideas are going to be challenged or that someone is going to tell me that my ideas are not reading material. College level writing is turning out to be my brick wall in writing because it is now, when expression and having your own thoughts, being the one who gets to decided what you want to write about and what you want people to pay attention to. Walking into this class I had in mind that I was going to do was to keep manipulating my way through writing and expression, but listening to my professor on the first day of class changed my opinion and feelings about writing completing. I heard that writing is a way of expression or a way to comment on a topic that has interested you from another writer. It is okay to write something that people are not going to agree on as long the person witting is passionate and means what they are writing about. I am excited to see what this class has instore for me and how my writing will overcome my fears. I am excited to be able to learn everything that is instore for me in this class.