Miami Dade College Dreams

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“You are not going anywhere but Miami Dade College and that is final.” These are wise and the final words from my parents. I now go to a local community college called Miami Dade College for the next two years. I am somewhat special by trying extra hard getting into the honors college but this is not my final destination of course. I want to be free. People usually say there is no place like home. Sometimes that may be true but right now I’m not really feeling that way. Albert Einstein once said “The only source of knowledge is experience”. The ability to cope with new surroundings that is not Miami is what I aim for. That is why I want to transfer. I don’t want to stay confined to Miami but I want to explore. I want to leave the nest, explore school and learn. …show more content…
It’s time for me to leave the nest. I am being serious when I say I need to leave this house. I have plenty of family and friends who transfer to higher institutions and they are quite fond with their surroundings. I have been living in Miami for many years now and I want to see new scenery. I want to establish myself just like my friends and family. I always tell my family that we all need to spread out so that we are everywhere in the United States. We need to make vacation destinations. That’s obviously not the only reason, but that has been a goal of mine since I was a child. The main reason I want to leave the nest though is to obtain responsibility. People tend to avoid responsibility but I want to know how it feels to live on my own. I feel like that’s the reason why my parents didn’t let me leave at first. Everything is a learning experience and without experience how will I ever