Jada Brown INT 477T Option B Proposal I am thinking about making the title: Never Gave Up.

I chose this title because is the framework of my life. I have been through so much for my age (21 but I never gave up. !any times" I almost gave up but #i# not. SO FAR, I HAVE STARTED WITH THIS $t the age of nine" I ha# foun# out that my little sister" %u#i" was #iagnose# with a #isease calle# lupus. &he was only ' years ol# at the time. $fter a few months after being #iagnose#" %u#i(s appearance starte# to change. )er skin #arkene# an# she #evelope# spots all over her skin. I assume# it was the effects of the me#icine she was taking. I ha# no i#ea how intense this #isease was becoming. *here were times that %u#i was ma#e fun of in school. It ma#e me so angry but %u#i always remaine# calm. +or years" she woul# ignore all the ,okes as if it never bothere# her. &he ha# the happiest spirit than anybo#y I knew. )owever" in $ugust 2--." %u#i woke up with a terrible pain in her stomach that le# my mother to take her to the hospital. *hey #eci#e# to keep her overnight to run some tests. *he #octors coul# not figure out what was wrong with her. &he starte# to have trouble breathing an# ha# to be put on the ventilator. %u#i was in the hospital for two whole months. /n &atur#ay" /ctober 2'" 2--." my little sister passe# away. I was in total shock. 0ust a few #ays before" the #octor was telling my mother that she was improving. +or months" confusion an# anger ha# taken over my bo#y. I lost all focus in school an# my gra#es in school ha# #ecline#. I ha# lost all hope an# strength.

*he theoretical framework that I will be using is achievement. I want this paper to be base# on my achievements. In the en#" I overcame many obstacles an# yet I achieve# what many my age has not thus far.

*his paper will start from the year of 2--. 1 present. I starte# college in 2-1-" however" my ,ourney towar#s college starte# in 2--..

!any things2people helpe# me throughout college. !y subtitles woul# be the things that helpe# me to achieve an# grow throughout college. !y subtitles will be: (not in this particular or#er o Introd!"tion# I am going to start out with a story that le# me to atten# college an# hea# into the me#ical fiel#. I was not planning on going to college until my little sister passe# away in 2--.. +rom there I will continue my story an# integrate everything that le# me to be where I am now. o Fa$il%&Fri'nds# I #i# not have much support from family through out college. I went an# applie# to college on my own. I was the first in my imme#iate family to atten# a university. o R'lations(ip# I have been in a relationship for 34. years an# many times I felt as though my relationship was more important than school. )owever" I always tol# myself I coul# not 5uit school an# #epen# on a person who I fear woul# leave me sometimes.

o Wor)# I have worke# three ,obs at once to make a living because I #i# not receive financial ai#. I was stresse# an# many times" I broke #own an# almost gave up. I will talk about my fears" hopes" an# #reams. o S"(ool# I atten#e# two #ifferent colleges (6irginia &tate University an# Norfolk &tate University . In this section" I will talk about my horrible e#ucation e7periences as well as the professors who #iscourage# me. I ha# to take myself out of the honors college in my ,unior year. o *(!r"(# 8hurch plays a big role in my life. I coul# not be where I am if I #i# not atten# church. I ha# to turn to church after my sister passe# away to get a better un#erstan#ing of my life. o *on"l!sion# I will talk about where I am now" how far I have come. 9I will make this paper flow from sub,ect to sub,ect.9 I will talk about in what ways I have achieve# through persistence" growth" an# maturity. I will talk about how these thing2people helpe# or pushe# me through school" #espite the struggles. I will integrate theories on how all these factors influence# me an# pushe# me forwar# to achieve success.