Making Dreams a Reality by Aaron

Making Dreams a Reality by Aaron - February 2019 Scholarship Essay

My goal is to change the world through the power of education and provide opportunities to children living in inner-city schools because the physical location of where a child lives should not dictate the quality of education a child receives. My heart has always lied with the underdogs. Unfortunately, still today in the United States there is a large gap in the quality of education a child is being provided based on their geographic location; the children in low-income school districts are the underdogs. I know I am meant to work in the field of education and government to improve the chances that those children have to succeed. I currently attend Austin Community College in Austin, Texas and will be transferring the University of Iowa in the fall of 2019. I will be pursuing a B.A. in Political Science with a Secondary Education Certification and additional teaching endorsements as well. In graduate school, I hope to pursue a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership. I believe that the most powerful thing that a person can possess is an education. Having an education and being knowledgeable is something that no one can take away from you, and I want to be a part of the process of watching and helping children grow into educated and kind adults. I specifically want to work in inner-city schools when I go into education. I believe that although education is important for all, there are some areas in the United States that need more help than others and I’d like to put my efforts there. Many inner-cities are lacking the funding and resources needed to effectively give students a good education. I would like to help level the playing field among these students, and the students that attend exceptional private schools. The physical location of where a student lives should not dictate the quality of education they receive. I find it unjust and preposterous that in the United States of America children are still going to schools that are heavily segregated, underfunded, places where the buildings are falling apart, the children do not feel safe, and in which the students are not being properly educated. It is a sad reality that in the parts of the United States there are high school students graduating with the education of a fifth grader. Sadly, as a nation we often expect those students to go out into the real world and succeed and then we act confused when they do not. Although I do not have the money to adequately help these students the way I so desire, I know that I can make a huge difference in a child’s life through my teaching. I want to create an environment in which my students feel comfortable being who they are and that I create a space in which they all feel they have an outlet to find themselves, become who they want to be, allow for them to question the world around them, and experiment without fear of judgment. The classroom and school as a whole should be a place of comfort, safety, exploration, and overall it should be fun. So, I aspire to work my way up in education beginning with teaching and then into administration work such as being a principal and superintendent. I do not have one dream job; I have many because I have big dreams of changing the world of education, and I will make them a reality.