Madivelle Carlos
While attending high school the only thing my parents ever mentioned to me was "please graduate" and so I did thinking that this would be enough to get me through life. Well, now that I work for a Fortune 500 company I have found this not be the case. I have been with Dell for almost 10 years and in those 10 years I've worked in the Cash Accounting Department where I was working as an accountant. As the company began to reorganize the business they also began looking at education backgrounds. When looking at my background along with other employees they found that some of us did not have a college education. They eventually pushed myself and other coworkers out of our positions and hired 6 people to do the work that 3 people were doing. When I began to analyze this I just thought this to be so unfair. Why should I be penalized because I didn't have a degree. This incident happened about 5 years ago and I am still with the company in a different position. I love the position that I am working in now. In my current position I work with conducting business controls for the company.
When this incident happened to me I was very upset and at the time I just thought that there wasn't much that I could do about it. I picked myself up and dusted myself off and continued on with my career. Now, I've seen the effects of not having a degree. Now I would like to have a degree so that I can feel more confident in my position that I currently hold and it will also help my with my individual development that I seek to improve. I want to return to school no only for myself but for my children. I have two boys who are aged 8 and 3. They are the light of my life and I want to provide better for them.
I look to the future and I want my boys to have the opportunity that I never did. I would like for both of them to attend college. But, with the salalry that I make now there will be no possible way that I can send them to college. I don't want my children to have to struggle with bills. I want them to live comfortably in their adult lives.
I believe that earning a degree will boost my confidence and immensely help my family. The reason that I have chosen to attend college online is because of the flexibility that it offers and it will not take any time away from me and my boys and I can continue to work full-time. The goal that I have set for myself will be hard but when I reach the top of that mountain I will feel as if I've conquered my biggest challenge in life.
I ask for this scholarship not only for myself but for my children. I want to provide for them what my parents never could for me.