Tyler Childs
Monday, December 17, 2007
Every living creature has a reason for what it does in life. People and animals alike have instincts that they use for survival. Many people make complex decisions that affect their entire lives. Career choices, college and marriage are all common dilemmas that people face. My name is Tyler Childs and the one I’m suffering through right now is college. I’m going to college for three reasons: Satisfy my parents, learn about things I like, and in the long run, make more money.
My parents are both big reasons for why I go to college. Unlike most kids, who go to college because their parents make them, I go to college to accomplish what my parents have not. Both of my parents had to sacrifice college for me because I came, and for this I feel I owe it to them. My father had already stopped going before I came; but growing up, my school work was always important to him. My mother was in college when she got pregnant with me and then she had to stop going