write an essay on my struggle for an education
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Booker T. Washington (1856–1915). Up from Slavery: An Autobiography. 1901.
III. The Struggle for an Education
ONE day, while at work in the coal-mine, I happened to overhear two miners talking about a great school for coloured people somewhere in Virginia. This was the first time that I had ever heard anything about any kind of school or college that was more pretentious than the little coloured school in our town. 1
In the darkness of the mine I noiselessly crept as close as I could to the two men who were talking. I heard one tell the other that not only was the school established for the members of my race, but that opportunities were provided by which poor but worthy students could work out all or a part of the cost of board, and at the same time be taught some trade or industry. 2
As they went on describing the school, it seemed to me that it must be the greatest place on earth, and not even Heaven presented more attractions for me at that time than did the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute in Virginia, about which these men were talking. I resolved at once to go to that school, although I had no idea where it was, or how many miles away, or how I was going to reach it; I remembered only that I was on fire constantly with one ambition, and that was to go to Hampton. This thought was with me day and night. 3
After hearing of the Hampton Institute, I continued to work for a few months longer in the coal-mine. While at work there, I heard of a vacant position in the household of General Lewis Ruffner, the owner of the salt-furnace and coal-mine. Mrs. Viola Ruffner, the wife of General Ruffner, was a “Yankee” woman from Vermont. Mrs. Ruffner had a reputation all through the vicinity for being very strict with her servants, and especially with the boys who tried to serve her. Few of them had remained with her more than two or three weeks. They all left with the same excuse: she was too strict. I decided, however, that I would rather try Mrs. Ruffner’s house than remain in the coal-mine, and so my mother applied to her for the vacant position. I was hired at a salary of $5 per month. 4
I had heard so much about Mrs. Ruffner’s severity that I was almost afraid to see her, and trembled when I went into her presence. I had not lived with her many weeks, however, before I began to understand her. I soon began to learn that, first of all, she wanted everything kept clean about her, that she wanted things done promptly and systematically, and that at the bottom of everything she wanted absolute honesty and frankness. Nothing must be sloven or slipshod; every door, every fence, must be kept in repair.
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My life had never been this easy as it is now. My current situation has been a whole different story of failures, misfortunes, and even bad luck, but I persevered which in the end, led me to success.
My childhood was not like your normal childhood days. My family was poor, with my mother selling vegetables in the market to take care of the whole family, six children with a drunkard husband. But she did not give up on us and we managed to get an education. Then, after 10th, there came misfortunes one after another. First, because of a war between rival states, our house was burned to the ground leaving us with nothing, except the clothes on our bodies. Then came the refusal of our relatives and near ones to help us financially. I had to work as a tutor during my 11th and 12th to pay off my school fees. Even my other older siblings also did the same thing. We all worked to get our own means of income to lesson our mother's burden.
Then came the most devastating news of all. Our drunkard father had suffered a stroke and had to be under medication and constant doctor supervision until he fully recovers, which is not in the near future. So, I had to make a decision of what my priorities are. I worked double hard, not wanting to give up my education, I tool extra students to teach, morning and evening. Then I study at night, while helping my siblings too.
Now, when I think back of the past years, I wonder how I was able to be where I am now. All I can say is God has been with me all though the years and still is. And without his help, constant guidance and also my hard work and perseverance paid off for me. I know my younger days had been one of struggle but it made me who I am now and I wouldn't change it for anything.
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