I am the daughter of Abel Martinez and Marina Martinez. This does not sound very special to most, but to me it is important. My parents are the typical Hipanics looking for the American Dream. A good portion of their American Dream is for their three kids to get a proper education. I am not the oldest and I am not the youngest. I have an eighteen year old sister and an eleven year old brother. My sister did graduate from high school. Before she graduated Dad took her to take college tours all the way out to Fremont. My dad and my sister looked so anticipated, but after she graduated it all went down hill. She decided not to attend college.
My little brother does not get the best grades, but he does try his hardest. His dream is to become a police officer. I hope that as he gets older he still thinks about this dream, to get an education. I want to become a midwife. I started going to college fairs since I was a sophmore. My parents liked this. They both have told me that I have to go to college and become someone in life. That is what keeps me going, their dream. I do not want to let them down like my sister did because it would mean all their efforts will go to waste.
I would like to recieve a full-ride scholarship because I am aware that my parents are not economiclly fit to pay for it. I would like to be awarded a full-ride scholarship because i do not want my parents to feel the obligation to pay for my college. I want to show them I can be an independent young mother. I would like to show my parents that the sacrifices they made for us, their children, was not in vain. I want them to be proud of me.
The scholarship donors should invest in me because I want to invest in my future. If I do get the honor to recieve a full-ride scholarship it is up to me to demonstarte to them that it was a good investment for them to have choosen me. I will not let the money go to waste. An example of that is my parents dreams. If graduate high school and persue college, I will be fullfilling their dreams. This is how the scholarship donors will know that I am serious and i want the scholarship.
Lastly, I do not only want to help my parents with their dream, but also help myself. I do not want to be dependent on anyone or be a burden. It is my responsibility to take charge of my life after I come to age. Now I have to think about my future and my daughters future. I want to have a life without the struggles my parents had to go through to get me where I am now.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Personal Statement #4
Character In Action, also known as the CIA at Omaha South High School, is a unique group made up of high school athletes that want to give back and help their community. CIA is only at South High and was composed by Matt Curtis, a social studies teacher and baseball couch, because he wanted to give back to all the sponsors that put in their money to build South High's stadium Collin Field and many other projects. Knowing that he could not give it all back financially he decided that he would put together a group of athletes that had responsibility, leadership, and caring characters. I was one of the first original twenty members to begin the group.
I am very involved with this group. I get to interact with students like myself. We all had the same goal in mind. We wanted to give back to the community for what they had given us. We decided to not only help our community, but also other communities that were in need of help. We would meet once a week because the other members and myself had other activities to do throughout the week. We decided to go out to elementary schools and show them our enthusiasm. We would go during the students recess and play with them. By the time recess was over and it was time for us to leave they would ask us to come back.
We also took Halloween to the Children's Hospital Daycare. I loved seeing the childrens' faces with big smiles. These are children with disadvantages that sometimes can not enjoy everyday activities like I do or a person without any disadvantages does. We painted pumpkins and faces; we read them Halloween stories and we played with them. After it was over we decided to go back the following year because all the members liked that experience.
In the CIA we are all the leaders. We, the members, are the ones that plan our events and where and who we will be helping next. Sometimes this is a challenge because we only meet once a week. This program has helped me in a sense that I know that when we call each other a community, we should not only talk about ourselves within the community, but also remember the people in our surrounding. The world is supposed to be one community, but it is difficult because of our different opinions of humanity.
Our current project is building a community park. It is located on the corner of 24th and L. It is small but we are trying to make it warming for everyone. There are people from UNO helping us with the murial we decided to put up. The murial represents Omaha and our diversity. The CIA members are taught to always think positive and try to help everyone. We want to make an impact on our community.
I am very involved with this group. I get to interact with students like myself. We all had the same goal in mind. We wanted to give back to the community for what they had given us. We decided to not only help our community, but also other communities that were in need of help. We would meet once a week because the other members and myself had other activities to do throughout the week. We decided to go out to elementary schools and show them our enthusiasm. We would go during the students recess and play with them. By the time recess was over and it was time for us to leave they would ask us to come back.
We also took Halloween to the Children's Hospital Daycare. I loved seeing the childrens' faces with big smiles. These are children with disadvantages that sometimes can not enjoy everyday activities like I do or a person without any disadvantages does. We painted pumpkins and faces; we read them Halloween stories and we played with them. After it was over we decided to go back the following year because all the members liked that experience.
In the CIA we are all the leaders. We, the members, are the ones that plan our events and where and who we will be helping next. Sometimes this is a challenge because we only meet once a week. This program has helped me in a sense that I know that when we call each other a community, we should not only talk about ourselves within the community, but also remember the people in our surrounding. The world is supposed to be one community, but it is difficult because of our different opinions of humanity.
Our current project is building a community park. It is located on the corner of 24th and L. It is small but we are trying to make it warming for everyone. There are people from UNO helping us with the murial we decided to put up. The murial represents Omaha and our diversity. The CIA members are taught to always think positive and try to help everyone. We want to make an impact on our community.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
My First Week as a College Student
Monday June 7, 2010 was the first time I walked into my new college English class. My first thoughts ever since I knew I was enrolled in the program was a mixture of fear and excitement. The first impression I got from my new English teacher was active, creative, fun, outgoing, honest, and easy to get along with. She began the class by handing out the syllabus and explaining her rules to the whole class. She expected us to be on time everyday and if we had more than five absences we would positively fail her class. This was different from high school because in high school you get ten absence before a class is failed.
College 101 is a class that is helping us prepare for our senior year and when it comes time to fill out scholarships and choose universities. In my opinion the campus is big and comforting. There are always people walking around and this gave me a sense of trust. The walking is pretty easy because i am in the CPACS building for both College 101 and English. I have tutoring in the library which is about three minutes away from the CPACS building. The only bad day I have had when it came to walking was on the first Thursday of attending the university. It was a gray cloudy day and I was in the library for tutoring when it began to rain. I was hoping the rain would clear out by the time I had to walk over to the CPACS building. The rain did lighten up a little, but I still got wet by the time I reached the CPACS building.
All of the summer scholars have tutoring on Tuesdays and Thursdays. To me this is a great advantage because our RTAs explain things we do not understand. They help us with the reading about President Obama's autobiography. They give us suggestions about writing an essay and listen to our ideas. This is very motivating to me because I know I have someone to help me out while I'm taking this course during the summer.
College 101 is a class that is helping us prepare for our senior year and when it comes time to fill out scholarships and choose universities. In my opinion the campus is big and comforting. There are always people walking around and this gave me a sense of trust. The walking is pretty easy because i am in the CPACS building for both College 101 and English. I have tutoring in the library which is about three minutes away from the CPACS building. The only bad day I have had when it came to walking was on the first Thursday of attending the university. It was a gray cloudy day and I was in the library for tutoring when it began to rain. I was hoping the rain would clear out by the time I had to walk over to the CPACS building. The rain did lighten up a little, but I still got wet by the time I reached the CPACS building.
All of the summer scholars have tutoring on Tuesdays and Thursdays. To me this is a great advantage because our RTAs explain things we do not understand. They help us with the reading about President Obama's autobiography. They give us suggestions about writing an essay and listen to our ideas. This is very motivating to me because I know I have someone to help me out while I'm taking this course during the summer.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Residential Life with Summer Scholars
As Friday 4,2010 drew closer so did my excitement and nervousness. I was headed to Scott Residence Hall for my week stay. I would be sharing a suite with three strangers from other schools. Would they like my personality, would they enjoy my company, would they be kind? These were only a few of the questions that circled my thoughts. As I walked through the hall's door, my hands began sweating and my heart was pounding like crazy.
I only knew three of the Summer Scholars and I stuck with them for the first two hours. After a while went by I was determined to meet more than two new friends. I only got to interact with two of my roommates because the third one was occupied with juggling a job and class after we began on Monday 7. Not only did i become friends with Summer Scholars, but also with my resident tutor advisors (RTA's). Some of them were still current college students. A few had already graduated.
Our RTA's not only helped us feel comfortable at the hall, but they also tried helping us on anything they could. They answered any questions we had about our first day and they also enjoyed interacting with us. They shared their college experience with us. When we started the first day, they helped us on our homework and explained everything as well as they could. The week came to an end. It was time for packing and for good byes to be exchanged.
I only knew three of the Summer Scholars and I stuck with them for the first two hours. After a while went by I was determined to meet more than two new friends. I only got to interact with two of my roommates because the third one was occupied with juggling a job and class after we began on Monday 7. Not only did i become friends with Summer Scholars, but also with my resident tutor advisors (RTA's). Some of them were still current college students. A few had already graduated.
Our RTA's not only helped us feel comfortable at the hall, but they also tried helping us on anything they could. They answered any questions we had about our first day and they also enjoyed interacting with us. They shared their college experience with us. When we started the first day, they helped us on our homework and explained everything as well as they could. The week came to an end. It was time for packing and for good byes to be exchanged.
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