As a seventh grader, I took a science class because it was required. At first I was afraid of how well I would do and whether I would get a good grade during the year. When the school year started, I met my teacher and he seemed really nice and turned out to be a great teacher. I excelled in seventh grade science and overcame my fear of getting low grades. My seventh grade year was the year I decided what I wanted to go to college for and that would be life sciences education. As I rose through the ranks throughout high school, I became a better student, a better athlete, and a better leader. I had the support of my family, my teachers and my friends. This helped me achieve the main goals I had set for myself. My grandparents never went to college because they had to help out on the farms where they lived and couldn't afford to go to college. College could have helped them get through the world; they could have been more than just farmers and farmers' wives. Even though they didn't have a college degree, they still wanted their children to go to col...