Dream Big, Smile Big
Often times, we find ourselves in really depressing situations. Sometimes you ask yourself questions, like..where do I go from here?. I actually ask myself that question WAY TOO MUCH. but I make sure I have an answer for that at the end of the day. This week our JROTC department invited two U.S Army recruiters to be our guest speakers for the day. They were really nice and gave out lots of information. When they were done talking and whatnot, they had passed a piece of paper and a pen, and passed it around the classroom, in the paper you were supposed to write whether you were interested in enlisting or not. I of course, didn't think twice. I wrote my name, and beside my name I wrote "Interested". After that I had given them my address and all of my information to have them come over and talk with me about enlisting etc. After I wrote down all my info. I told one of them "I really REALLY really want to enlist, but they won't let me..." he replied "well..what do you mean they won't let you?" , Is said "Ugh, I know they won't let me and I don't know why I'm still trying, but it's because I'm not a citizen/resident", he told me that to enlist, you needed a GREEN CARD, he told me that and walked away. I felt horrible, I knew that I needed all of that to enlist BEFORE, I just went ahead and still tried to get around enlisting somehow, at the end of the day I tried. And this made me think , "what is it that I'm doing next?" , "what's my next move?" . Well, joining the Army isn't my only choice. I also want to become a flight attendant, they have great aviation schools in Spain, I can do that right? , "I can go back to my country , and TRY to come back with a student visa", pshh...why can't I just get married with a U.S citizen/resident?, yea...it'll be years before he can legalize me, is that right? . At the end of the day , I realized that it's NOT the end of the world for me, CHANGE will happen, when we least expect it. Hopefully by the time I graduate, we DREAMers will have some rights around here!. Another question that comes to mind all the time. "Why can't I serve MY country?"...Yes it's my country, You can say whatever you want, Nothing will change that. Baby, I'm home.
Often times, we find ourselves in really depressing situations. Sometimes you ask yourself questions, like..where do I go from here?. I actually ask myself that question WAY TOO MUCH. but I make sure I have an answer for that at the end of the day. This week our JROTC department invited two U.S Army recruiters to be our guest speakers for the day. They were really nice and gave out lots of information. When they were done talking and whatnot, they had passed a piece of paper and a pen, and passed it around the classroom, in the paper you were supposed to write whether you were interested in enlisting or not. I of course, didn't think twice. I wrote my name, and beside my name I wrote "Interested". After that I had given them my address and all of my information to have them come over and talk with me about enlisting etc. After I wrote down all my info. I told one of them "I really REALLY really want to enlist, but they won't let me..." he replied "well..what do you mean they won't let you?" , Is said "Ugh, I know they won't let me and I don't know why I'm still trying, but it's because I'm not a citizen/resident", he told me that to enlist, you needed a GREEN CARD, he told me that and walked away. I felt horrible, I knew that I needed all of that to enlist BEFORE, I just went ahead and still tried to get around enlisting somehow, at the end of the day I tried. And this made me think , "what is it that I'm doing next?" , "what's my next move?" . Well, joining the Army isn't my only choice. I also want to become a flight attendant, they have great aviation schools in Spain, I can do that right? , "I can go back to my country , and TRY to come back with a student visa", pshh...why can't I just get married with a U.S citizen/resident?, yea...it'll be years before he can legalize me, is that right? . At the end of the day , I realized that it's NOT the end of the world for me, CHANGE will happen, when we least expect it. Hopefully by the time I graduate, we DREAMers will have some rights around here!. Another question that comes to mind all the time. "Why can't I serve MY country?"...Yes it's my country, You can say whatever you want, Nothing will change that. Baby, I'm home.
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