My Supports

I thought about supports related to my going to school.  I get emotional support from my family. My husband shows understanding about how hard it is for me to do this because English is not my first language and we have two young children who need extra efforts from me because they are learning two languages and two cultures. My elder daughter cheers me up and waits for me when I am doing my assignments.  For practical support, I get school loans and my husband works two jobs so that I can stay home while doing my school work and raising our children. For physical support, my husband proofreads all of my assignments.  All of these support systems make it possible for me to go to school, stay motivated and keep my grades up.  If I didn’t have this support, my studying would have become a torture.  I would have forgotten why I wanted to start this program, and I would have lost my passion for early education. It means my life would have been a life without a career goal.

If I had weak sight, I would want every reading resource to be transferred to a clear and big font, or converted into braille or audio recordings. Emotionally, support from family would mean more. They would cheer me up and give me encouragement when I finish each assignment. Practically, a text-to-speech tool and a key pad with braille would make assignments easier to complete. Physically, my husband would support me and make sure everything goes OK for school and for our family in general. He would read out instructions for assignments, arrange what I need for my assignments, proofread and finally turn my homework in for me. This kind of supports would make an impossible thing possible. If these supports were not available, I probably would not be in the program and even if I was, I would fail. My life would be a life where I gave up on something I have really wanted for a long time.