Spring Semester: Week Nine Reflection

This week I finished up midterms, and I did alright on some, and on others, I was kind of disappointed in myself because I didn't do as well as I could have if I had more free time outside of work to study. It is really difficult for me to make extra time for studying because I am in a pretty tough financial situation and my family is unsupportive of my choice to go to college, so I have to work as much as I can so that if my family decides that they don't want anything to do with me and my choice to go to college and they don't let me continue living with them, I have enough to support myself and hopefully stay in school. It has been really stressful over the last few years because I have been let down and talked down on by my family simply for wanting to have a better life. It makes me feel like a burden on other people because I don't have much free time to study or to relax or hang out with people, because I am trying so hard and working so much just to make sure that I'm prepared for the worst case scenario. I've been really stressed about Ambassador hours too because my schedule is so crazy that I'm not able to just sign up for every event, because unfortunately there aren't many that work around my schedule. I've been stressing about next year as well because I am waiting to hear if I get accepted to UC Clifton, because if not I will have to transfer to another college. And even if I get accepted, there is a chance I won't have enough money to pay for my tuition or expenses. Overall, I have been pretty stressed out this week over everything going on, but I am hoping that maybe things will get a little better soon.