Narrative essay on The Inevitable Ambition

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The Inevitable Ambition

I have never been happy in my life as I was this past Tuesday. Last Tuesday was the period I have been anxiously waiting for ever since I was young. The experience was breathtaking and unforgettable. My dream of visiting Congress finally came to pass. My desire to visit and familiarize myself with the functioning’s of Congress boiled inside me for many years. My ambition of becoming the senator of my home state began when I was young. Last Tuesday marked a culmination of a dream that began so many years ago.

I grew up in the suburbans of Chicago, Illinois in a middle class neighborhood. The experiences of my elementary and high school education were horrendous and traumatizing in equal measure. My parents still could not afford my education fees despite the subsidization by the state and the federal governments. I spent most my time in home as my education fee was a huge stumbling block. Through good will and God’s fate, I managed to complete my senior high school education. My grades were high throughout my high school education even though I faced many hurdles. This made me win many well wishers who helped pay my high school fees.

According to Anushevsky, (2011), education system in our country contributes significantly to the inequity issues that the country faces. State funding for local district schools varies immensely with the neighborhood. Schools in rich neighborhoods receive huge funding s than schools from poor or middle class areas. As a result, schools in rich areas have better and modern facilities than schools in poor neighborhoods. Students from such schools perform far better and have high college enrollment rates than students from low class areas. Students from high class neighborhoods easily gain employment than their counterparts in low class regions further increasing the disparity between the social classes in the country.

These problems that I faced during my high school education shaped my desire. These problems made me realize that our education system needs urgent reforms. Surely urgent measures must be taken to cure our ailing education sector. These experiences spurred the ambition of becoming a senator in me. The sense that something needs to be done in my state and the country as a whole has never been this clearer to me. I decided to become a senator because in my opinion, it is Congress that can help cure this ailing sector.

My visit to Congress was enthusiastic because of my childhood desires. A feeling of personal satisfaction swept through me when I walked past the senate’s security checks. I looked at some of the recent acts passed by Congress in the Congress library. This visitation enabled me to familiarize with the rules and guidelines of Congress. This institution that was once a mystery to me is now very familiar to me. The visit is inspiring to me because I met some senators during tea and lunch breaks. Sharing my opinions with some of the senators is fulfilling and inspirational. The staffs provided me with a list of all senators which I humbly carried home. Other documents such as previous recorded sessions will for many years remain souvenir of my visitation.

My dream of becoming a senator to help fix our education system is yet to come. This visitation enhanced my belief and ambition. Achieving this dream will take long to come by. The education system needs urgent reforms which must not only be pegged on my ambition. The current leaders should pursue appropriate measures to cure our education system. My desire still remains to be among those confident leaders who will fix the education sector.

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Anushevsky, R. (2011). Improving education in the US: A political paradox. New York: Algora Pub.