Megan Luca
I am currently enrolled at Penn Foster College and as financial records show it is very difficult to be a working mother and a provider for my children. I understand that my current enrollment will not be covered I would still like to further my education with this school.
I find it difficult on a daily basis to provide what is needed form me. I would love to obtain a career from home so that I can be with my child until he begins to attend school, but it would also be wonderful if in the long run I had a well paying, beneficial, and retirement plan that is well established and fun. All my life I have always been average, normal, but I want to be a role model to my children that even normal people can achieve great things and with hard work, dedication, and a little help they can become what ever they want. Like and other parent they want their children to have a better life than they did and I believe that with this kind of opportunity I can help my children have the life I never had and show them through example of hard work and perseverance, success will come if only they try.
My life has been a constant struggle with family and self-esteem issues. I was always being degraded and put down by family members. Always being told I was never good enough or being compared to other children. i always went above and beyod to make people proud of me or notice what kind of person I was capable of being, but it seemed that the more i did that the worst things got. I was a pretty good student in school all A's and some times B's, but that was expected of me, but my younger siblings seem to get C's and D's without a care.
As the oldest in the family I was expected to set the bar for my brother and sister and set a good example, but I always seem to come up short. I was told that I had the heart to be a good athlete, but not the skill, therefore, I never thought I would have the opportunity to pursue a dream of becoming a college volleyball player. Then when my parents got separated I had to grow up much faster than a normal teen.
I had to work and help my mother take care of my siblings, along with house hold chores and keeping my mother together through this difficult time. I would take my brother and sister outside or in my room to watch TV when they fought or when mom would be crying after they got off the phone. I believe that if my mother would have known and had the support of a scholarship like this her life would have been totally different and so would mine. So I would live to use this opportunity to better myself for myself and to show my mother that she is a wonderful mother and that I wouldn't be the person I am today if it wasn't for her.
I know that by finishing my schooling and being able to support my own family will bring joy to her heart. I know that online schooling is right for me, because I have good work ethic, I know how to take direction well, I know that a lot of self discipline and constant motivation is need to stay on schedule.
Due to life experiences I believe that I have the skill, knowledge, and resources to complete these courses and success in any career. I also think that on-line schooling is much harder and helps build good leadership skills and independence, both of which are great characteristics to have in the work place. On-line schooling will only help enhance what strong qualities I have and I look forward to becoming a more strong independent woman, who is charismatic, open minded, and well educated. This type of opportunity is hard to come by and I promise that this scholarship will be put to good use and will be use to it's fullest potential and I would like to thank you for considering me as candidate.
Thank you for your time.
Megan Luca