WOOO to the hizoo, yo!

I went to the Office of Housing and told them my situation.

They said they could take the hold off as soon as I paid another 690 (as opposed to 1,250), I'd only be one payment behind and they could take the hold off.

I get 428 from my annuity sometime soon.

That leaves 262.

I know I have a check for at least 150 coming in from work.

That leaves 112.

I can make 112 by the end of the quarter, easy.

Prance with me.

*prance*

On a side note; I submitted a scholarship essay. I wrote it in like...10 minutes, but it came put pretty good.

I believe that I am the ideal candidate for the reception of any number of CSUSB scholarships. There are two kinds of people that have the easiest time getting financial help from a university; the intelligent, and the severely deprived. What happens to all of the aspiring students of the world that don't fall into either of these categories? What happens to the people who's families are not wallowing in their own poverty, but still cannot afford to send their children to school? What about the students who tried their hardest, but didn't make straight A's in high school? What about their needs? Equal opportunity - the foundation of America - cannot be achieved without first giving the youth an opportunity for equal education.

The number of jobs that require a college education are always increasing, and yet the number of students who have the ability to attend continues to stagnate. I heard of a startling statistic recently; only an average of 25% of the upcoming American generation will receive a bachelor's degree. The same statistic stated that a majority of the 75% that didn't attend a university did so because of a lack of financial help. While perseverance through tragedy is admirable, and a higher intelligence is desirable, not all of us can be orphaned, starving rocket scientists.

Those of us that are in the 'middle area', if you will, aren't any less motivated to make something of ourselves. If anything, we have to strive harder to stand out to you; the holders of the financial help and, essentially, our future. Will telling you about my dead father increase my chances? He was a World War II veteran, and he died when I was only seven years old. My mother is still a widow raising myself and two little boys on 28,000 a year. Is this enough to put me in the 'severely deprived' category? Is such a morbid event enough to motivate you to help me, or am I still doomed to be a faceless string of words, grabbing blindly for money like every paper you read? What if I told you about the 4 years of community service I completed through my high school career? Is that what will set me apart; make me special? Then I'll wave my heart of gold around like a flag on the Fourth of July. I've been doing community theater since I was 10 years old, and continue to perform and give what talent I have to the university. I participated in the annual street clean up my high school hosted all four years. I had multiple entries in my high school's art festival. I worked as a middle school math tutor through the GEAR UP program for a year. Does all of this make me more deserving?

My goals; are they the most important thing? After so many years of living in near poverty, I want financial stability; I want a job that I can stay at until retirement. My life long goal is to be a college professor. I want to help educate the future generations in the beauty that is the English language. Unfortunately, I can't achieve this goal until I complete my own education. I can't get the education I need unless I can pay for it, and that is why I think I'm the most deserving. I may not be poverty stricken, and I may not be a genius, but I know what I want to do with my life and I have the motivation to achieve it if given the chance.

Give me a chance.