aircraft engineer
...or so can help and share my knowledge and experience to the new students who wish to be an aeronautics engineer someday. I completed 62 units from CCSF so far. Currently, I'm taking 21 units. With my hard work in doing my homework and submitted on time; studied hard and gained higher grades on my tests; and did extra credits, I was able to earned a GPA 4.0 last semester `and I was included on the current dean's list in aeronautics. I received an achievement award for this presented in the Chancellor's Award Ceremony last December 1998 in CCSF. I have also been accepted to the CCSF honors program and was invited to be a member of the Omega Chapter of Alpha Gamma Sigma, the California Community College Honor Society. After these achievements, I became more motivated in my studies and it helped me strive hard to aim for a perfect grades hoping to get on the scholarship program. When we first move to the U.S. my family as a whole encountered so many problems. All the sacrifices we encountered and until now we are still struggling to live a better life. Being my mother as the only breadwinner in the family, we suffered so much financially. At one time when my mother lost her job, I had to quit school and find a job so I can help my family. At early age, I experienced relocating to San Francisco worked two to three jobs getting paid at a minimum wage which at that time it was not enough for us to live. We couldn't even afford to rent an apartment. We ended up living in a car, or with relatives and moved around few times just to get a free room and board. Quitting school was the last thing on my mind, but I had no other choice. I thought this was the end of my education. After doing foul and dead-end jobs I told myself; "This is not what I want to do all my life. This was not my Future." I would never give up until I am somebody someday. I still believe that good things happen to those who sacrifice or wait patiently. I became a very strong person and practical. I was too young then for that kind of work but it helped me to have goals in life. It opened my eyes that this would not be the kind of life I want to have. I became motivated to pursue my studies. I promised myself that I will continue my education soon as we get stable, so I can improve our lifestyle and can provide a better life for my mother, my sister and for myself and my own family in the future. I also promised myself that I would never let this happen to my family again. Then luckily my mother found a better job than before. Financial still not good, it is a struggle to support my sister and me. Being a single parent and a widower, it's full of sacrifices but I'm willing to sacrifice just to get myself back to school. After my father's sudden dead recently in his 50s. I decided to change the course of my life. I re-entered school full time last year and I'm planning to continue full time hopefully, until I finish my degree. I am hoping and praying for my mother to have a good health and for her job to be stable until I can graduate. If I don't finish school and if I don't strive for my very best I would be nothing to this world and will not open new door to my life. Inspite of financial hardship, I am proud of myself that I stayed strong and challenge the cruel world. I have two brothers who dropped out of school and did...