Like most Americans, I am a descendant of immigrants. I came to the United States 9 years ago, when I was 12 years old. My parents are just like other traditional Chinese parents who wanted their children to become talented people. I always argued with my parents about their old ideas, especially after I came to America and got used to the creed of freedom here. However, the experience I had between high school and community college completely changed my life. I lived in Oakland and went to school there. When I was a freshman in high school, I didn't realize how important education was, plus the added pressure on me from my parents and environment around me, I didn't want to take school seriously at all. My parents always wanted me to take my time to study and explain the importance of education to me, but I believed that people can succeed without education. Therefore, under the command of my rebellious heart, I started skipping classes and became lazy about school. The first two years of high school were still fine, I still earned A through C grades, but things soon got worse once I started my freshman year of high school. During my freshman year of high school, I often skip class, sleep in class, and don't even do my homework. At the end of the school term, I ended up failing all six classes and my GPA was well below the passing grade point average. My parents and I argued a lot about my grades and the school even made us sit in the parent center to solve our problem with a psychologist. After the conversation between me and my parents, the psychologist, my parents seem to have changed, they no longer hold me back like before. Even though I still thought education wasn't important, I started working on making up all the classes I missed in high school because I realized the hope they had in me and I don't want to be let down again. During my senior year of high school, I not only took six classes, but I also worked on a program called Cyber ​​High to retake all the failed classes with high grades, and I also took extra classes to raise my GPA and meet the bachelor's degree. requirements.