In my situation I feel that mothers do know best. Kids today refuse to listen to their parents, but everyone has their own reasons. My mother's name was Twana Hemmings and she passed away two years ago from a heart attack. When my mother was alive she did everything to keep my sister and I happy. We went through our ups and downs just like any other family , but one thing about my mother was that she always taught us to think ,speak,and work for ourselves. She also always encouraged us to graduate from high school , and if we wanted bigger things from life to also go further with our education and graduate from college.
My mother always talked to us about finishing school because she dropped out when she was in the 11th grade. Never did I think that my mother would pass away when I was only 14 years old. Now I look at myself and it's two years later and I'm 16 doing my first semester at BMCC. I kind of feel like my mother prepared me for this because you never know when it's time for your parent to go. Luckly my mother was a big inflence in my life, even though she didn't accomplish most of the goals she expected me to. I just took what she said seriously because I knew how hard it was for her to try to raise two daughters on her own not finishing her high school education, and not being able to get a good job. Some how she still managed to keep us satisfied and both my sister and I both ended up being skipped in high school. My sister is now a mother of two and is graduating out of college for the third time and has gained a career as a teacher for special education.
Every time I think about me being in college I think about my mother because if she wasn't the person she was , I would probably not be the person who I am . I could have ended up like alot of my friends who take advantage when their parents pass, not realizing that what you do in the present affects your future and time is not waiting on you. I'm glad that my mother drilled this into my head because if I wasn't doing so good in school it could have made things turn out differently and probably even with a bad outcome .
In conclusion , I know alot of people have a mind of their own and like to do things on their own, but regardless of what age you are in most situations mothers know best . So you should take what your mother tells you seriously because it might pay off in a good way in the long run.
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