My plan after graduation is to go to Virginia Union University and live on my own. I have received the acceptance packet and I have to mail them my final transcripts after I get my diploma. I have so much to do within two months, the biggest challenge being able to convince my mom to let me go out of state. My mom really wants me to go to Kennedy King because it’s close by my home and it doesn’t cost more than an out of state university. I told her that I want to go to Virginia Union University because it gives me a chance so see what it really is like in the real world and to live in a different state other than Illinois.
If I don’t go out of state then I want to get my own apartment and go to Malcolm X College. I think I’m ready for the real world. I want to be independent just like other people; I look forward to having a job, getting a degree, and paying bills that are in my name. After high school I want to do something with my life. I want to make something of my life unlike other people that don’t want to do nothing after they graduate from high school. I want to see myself ten years from now being the next Bill Gates working with computer and technology. I know my mom and family would be proud of me for doing something with my life. Ashanti Wilson April 30, 2008 P-2nd