Everyday Hero

Growing up I was the middle child in the family of six and it was very difficult.My mother was a single mom and  I always felt like she was always paying more attention to my siblings and not to me. When I started high school I decided to move in with my cousin in Monterey park and be away from my family for sometime. It was very desponding for me because I had no support from my siblings or my mom while over there. I spent three years of high school in Monterey Park before moving back with my mom for senior year. I wasn't doing so well in school and I hated my new school. I always felt as if I wasn't going to accomplish anything, like nobody believed in me or had my back. It was very ambiguous to me if they wanted me to succeed and graduate from school. One night we went out to dinner with all my siblings and my brother asked what my plans after high school were and I told him I was just going to work because school wasn't for me. My brother was so upset at me he told me i had to go to school if not I would be working a dead end job my whole life and getting nowhere. It really made me think of what I wanted in life. I was already missing so many credits in school that I started attending adult school and summer school to try and graduate on time. Since my brother is a teacher he  tutored me in everything I needed help with and got em information for colleges. I was kind of dissident in high school but thanks to my brother I worked really hard my senior year and even joined clubs and was able to graduate on time. He helped me sign up for college and taught me how to fill out all my forms. Now I am attending El Camino College and mastering in childhood education.I would like to be a teacher someday and be able to help children who don't have support and home and give them the confidence they need.