Feb 21 2009
Responsibility
I know I am on my own. My parents are not going to have my back. I must determine a way to decrease college costs so when I graduate from high school this year I can afford college.
When the average person reads my above three sentences, they probably think that I am a screw-up and that my parents don’t want to waste their hard earned money on a child who will spend it all partying at the University of Texas. The only part in that assumption that is true is I do want to be a Longhorn and go to school in Austin. The rest of the assumptions are far from accurate.
I go to a large high school in Dallas. In a graduating class of 457 students, I will graduate third in my class. My SAT scores are impressive (if I do say so for myself) and I have received an academic scholarship. The money from the scholarship however, will not be enough and what I had in mind for an expected family contribution doesn’t seem to be coming to fruition.
It seems I will need to work while in school. I wish I could focus all my attention on studying and grades (with the occasional party) but I have to be able to afford tuition, room, and board.