To begin, you should know that I haven't always been a good student. In high school, I managed to scrape by with D's and C's. Grades that were certainly below average I dicked around my entire high school career, until one night, as graduation was approaching, I was looking at my ACT score, my grade point average, and the requirements for the college I wanted to attend. My grades were barely below the minimum requirement for the University of North Dakota's admission. It was at this moment that I thought, "I'm going to have to go to a technical college and study dental. There is no way that I'll get accepted here or be successful, for that matter." I was devastated, but also was revived. It was at this very moment that I decided that I was capable of chasing my dream to be a teacher. I was capable of chasing my dream to be the second one in my family to attend and graduate from a four-year university. I suddenly was so determined to chase what I had always dreamed of. And so, I did just that. I chased my damn dream, and this is where I am at today.