Effect Essay

Effect Essay

The alarm is buzzing in my ear again after the nine minutes of peace in between sleep button pushes. Another day is beginning. I drag myself out of bed and I start getting ready for my day at school. I often wonder why I am now bothering with starting a college education at the age of 31. I am quickly reminded why when I see my three kids sitting at the kitchen table eating breakfast. While going to college now seems like a silly idea to me, getting my degree will have some great effects for me and my family. I will feel better about myself for accomplishing my goal, we will finally be able to afford a home big enough for the five of us, and I will be able to put money away for my children’s education.

I have been a mother and housewife for almost 11 years now. I never had the chance to go to college. I know that I should feel good about staying home with my children and nurturing them through infancy to toddler, but I just feel as though I have been doing nothing to contribute to the home and that my husband is doing everything by working and bringing home the paycheck. Getting my degree will raise my self esteem greatly. I will feel worthy to be the wife and mother that actually accomplished something other than taking care of the kids and cleaning the house.

Right now, my family and I are living in a two-bedroom trailer. It is a nice trailer and we live in a great neighborhood, but it just doesn’t have the room for the five of us. My husband and I want to stay in Bangor, and would like to stay in the same area as the park we are in now so that the kids won’t have to change schools. Living in Bangor is expensive. Taxes are high, and houses are expensive because living in town is desirable. By getting my education and a good paying job, we will be able to afford to get a nice four-bedroom home in Bangor that is in the area we want to be in.

The effect of a college education and good paying job will also be the financial security I crave for my children. One reason I didn’t go to college when I got out of high school was that I couldn’t afford to pay for myself, and my parents couldn’t afford to help me. I don’t want my children to make the mistake I made by not choosing to go to college because of the cost. With my college degree and job, I will be able to save for my kid’s future education.

A few years from now, I’ll be sitting in my office typing up a medical chart for some doctor’s office in my new four-bedroom home and thinking about the time when we lived in the cramped trailer on the edge of town. I’ll be smiling, because I will know that with my accomplishment of graduating college and getting a good job that I helped to make my husband and my own dreams come true. When my kids go to college, I’ll feel good about their futures because I will be able to help them through school, and they won’t be starting their young lives out in debt. That new home looms on the horizon, almost real enough to touch; my children are growing older every day, and as I get closer to completing my education my pride and feeling of self worth is growing. This semester is almost over, only three more to go.