I’m very confident in my career goals: I love music. I started my primary instrument on the tuba in 6th grade and was oblivious at the time of how music would greatly impact and guide my life. As I developed a talent, I discovered how great it felt to be able to produce beautiful music. Music is an expression of feelings and emotions; having the ability to personally convey the emotions through an instrument is priceless. I love music because of how satisfying and rewarding it is. Music is my inspiration and performing is the greatest feeling in the world. Through the years I have gained a great appreciation for music theory, history, and composition. I also have widely expanded my instrumentation to flute, piccolo, euphonium, trombone, and some percussion. Through music I have befriended ve
My real father bears no financial contribution to the upbringing of my two sisters and I. He is unemployed living in Southern California, and has neglected to pay even one child support payment. He owes my mother over 100,000 dollars in back child support. My mother was unable to attend college and therefore has a low wage salary of 34,000 dollars a year. Her earnings are exhausted by the cost required to raise children, and can solely cover the necessities of life. Currently she is trying to earn her degree in her spare time at home. If it weren’t for my stepfather, who was also unable to get a college, then our family would not be able to live. My parents have no money set aside for me for college because for more than half of my life we have been struggling to survive. Over the past 4 years