The Will of Passion

Many people want to get a college education; however, it is very difficult to get one because there are so many deal breakers and setbacks that stop any one of us from achieving a college education. One of these deal breakers is our support system. Many of us have family or friends that tell us it's better for us to immediately start working instead to waste our time studying in school. Sometimes, these people tell us what to do with our lives without considering what we want. In "The Passion Project", several students from Chabot College speak with this experience. One of Chabot students named Karina tells us that "[her parents] rather me be a nurse because they get money or they're in high demand or something and I don't wanna do that" (Passion Project). It is really sad that we don't get the support we need to push on and capture our dreams. Instead, the exact opposite happens. Our family and friends are the ones causing our downfalls in life because they don't agree on what we want or who we are. Other times, the things we want are constantly being put down by the people we love; instead, they push the things we don't want. Another student from Chabot, Romeo, claims that "it's hard for me sometimes because there's something where they expect me to become what they want to become. No one should tell me what to do but um my mom and my dad is trying to do my business in the future and then force me to take it" (Passion Project). Within our own family and community, we are constantly taught that we should think about our future, not what we want or what we are passionate about. If we continue to disregard our passion which makes us who we are as a person, we are going to be robots; we're going to be program to only think and do work for the rest of our lives. I don't want that for all of us. I want all of us to get what we want; I want all of us to pursue what we are passionate about. So, let's do it! Together, we can achieve it!