&& at times I thought I had it hard..

After listening to Dr. Aguilar speak to the class I felt blessed to have the life I have. Hearing him talk about his lifestyle and how it was hard to manage being a full time student and have a full time job, made me realize that I'm lucky to not be in that situation. He mentioned that him being a first time generation student made him feel as though he wasn't fully accepted back at home because no one could relate to what he was going through. Yet at the same time he felt that he couldn't relate to the lifestyle of being in college because everybody he knew had a general idea of what to expect, but with him he didn't know what was going on. So he was like in the middle of both worlds, you could say. The reason i say that "i thought i had it hard" is because I feel like that at times but i have my family's support and even though I am a first generation college student in my immediate family, I do have a cousin that graduated from UT and her husband as well. They've been giving me advice since i first started and without their help I wouldn't have known what to do. So I'm blessed to have had the lifestyle I had and not to have grown up the way he did and to have the family and friend support. I found what Dr. Aguilar said to be very enjoyable and I can honestly say that I took in everything he said and hope to apply it in the future.