Scholarship Essays

When I was attending elementary school, Dr. Martin Luther King"s birthday was not always celebrated as a national holiday.   My school did not recognize it as a holiday at all, but in my household, his life and accomplishments were always honored.   Despite the fact that my little sister and I hardly ever missed school, on that day, as a sort of silent demonstration, my parents always took us out of school, and encouraged us to write a one page essay that we could share with our teachers and fellow classmates on the important influence that this man had on all of our lives.   After a couple of years of this peaceful demonstration, our small, private school finally accepted and observed MLK"s birthday.   Now, I am not so arrogant as to think that my family made the difference, but there in that moment, I knew that I could take a stance on something that no one else understood, and it felt good.

  I was born to do this.   Since I was a small child, I always loved informing people of events that were going on, whether they were for church, school, or family gatherings.   For me, communicating important information to the world around me is a normal task.   Now I just plan to contribute that talent on a larger scale.   Through continued education, I plan to transcend all boundaries to reach the people that are normally turned off by traditional media outlets.

  I have big dreams of changing the world as we know it.   All dreamers need three things to help those aspirations materialize as something tangible and life altering.   In my opinion, those three things are persistence, talent, and the simplest of them all, help.   A lot of people think that you can accomplish great things on your own, but those people are either unaccomplished or too accomplished to realize that they didn"t make it by themselves.   With the help of this scholarship, I will be that much closer to accomplishing my goals of graduating college and becoming a productive and successful citizen.   Thank you...