FREE ESSAY ON MY VALUES

MY VALUES

People have very different reasons on why going to college and getting an education is
important for them. Some people go to college because that is what is expected of them,
and others go because they have nothing else better to do. However, I am interested in
going to college and obtaining a good education because it will benefit my family, my
country, and me.
My parents have this perfect life for me pictured in their heads, and the first thing
they see me doing is going to college. They expect the best of me, and so by going to
college, I will not only have fulfilled their goals for me, but I will have accomplished
one of the goals I have set for myself. In our culture, when parents come to the age
where they can't support themselves, it is the duty of the children to look after them.
We don't just throw our elders into retirement homes and visit them twice every year. We
are expected to meet their wants and needs, and that will not be possible without a good
education, which will then lead to a good job. 
As you know, a college education is good for each individual, but not only that, it is
good for the country. As a college education becomes more obtainable through the use of
financial aid, our country benefits the most. We are the future businessmen and women of
America, and through our knowledge, the country will grow. The education we get today
will help us prosper in the future, and the more we expand our horizons, the more the
economy will increase. If students are denied an education because they don't have the
means to pay for college, then they are deprived of accomplishing their goals and
reaching their fullest potential. In the words of Michael Jackson, "The dream we were
conceived in will reveal a joyful face, and the world we once believed in will shine
again in grace." With the students of today being educated, the people of tomorrow will
prosper.
Now that I've explained how my going to college is good for everyone else, I must explain
why it is best for me. My dreams and aspirations are to be so successful that I am not
dependent on anyone else. Ever since I was a little girl, I have wanted to be someone
with power. To obtain power, I have to first obtain the knowledge, and to do that, I need
to go to college. I have seen people become too dependent on others, and if anything
upsets that relationship, the dependent one just crumbles. I don't want that happening to
me, so I plan to study hard, make good grades, and be a top executive in a big firm. For
me to accomplish that, I will need financial assistance, because my family isn't affluent
enough to send three kids to college at the same time.
Going to college has been a dream of mine since I can remember, and so I will try
whatever it takes to make it there. Getting the financial assistance I need will make
things easier for my family and I, so I am applying to many scholarships with the hopes
that one of them will come through for me. I don't give up hope, and with the help of
God, I will make it to college, and I will graduate and go on to bigger and better
things.