Over the past year, everything in my life has completely changed. The ways that I think, react, and live now are totally different. As I was growing up my father would physically abuse me. The situation that I was in cost me many things in my life, but in retrospect I have gained more than I have lost. Six months ago I had hit rock bottom. It was the end of my junior year and …showed first 75 words of 441 total…

…showed last 75 words of 441 total…escape from the same old roles that I had been playing. He showed me that there was life after High School, like college. Going to college will help me accomplish my goal of becoming a Network Administrator and obtaining my MCSE, which I am currently taking classes for. Education has played a very important role in my life and I cherish a lot. It has kept me going and I never plan to stop learning.