I never looked backed until now that I have my own family of three children and a wife. I want to try raising my children differently, my way, with kindness, love, and leading by example. It's not enough to say to my children, "You must get a college education." I have to show them and be their role model. I have learned a valuable lesson the hard way and that lesson is that it's okay to be independent, but don't let it hinder your progress like I did by leaving. If I had stayed I would have fulfilled my degree requirements at a time with far less distractions, such as full time employment and family. Now that I am ready to transfer to the University of California, I have a chance to make up for lost time, do the right thing and be able to say to my children, "I did it and so can you."

By age sixteen, I had taken all I could stand and at seventeen, tried to move out on my own with two friends into a low budget a

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