If you’re interested in sharing your opinion on any cultural, political or personal topic, create an account here and check out our how-to post to learn more. ____ “Jesus take the wheel! Someone please tell me how, and why, I got myself into this.” These are the exact words that raced through my mind as I sat in my cost accounting class. I graduated high school in 2002 with college on my mind, however, I had no idea what I wanted to do. One thing I did know was, after a two-day stint as a cashier at McDonald’s, I had to do something else, as fast food was not for me. (I’m in no way knocking fast food employees.) I decided I was going to break the cycle, by being the first person in my family to graduate from college. I wanted to make my parents proud. I mean, after all, they’d sacrificed tooth and nail to make a better life for their children. During the summer of 2002, I got a call from an advisor at the college. “So, what do you like doing? What do you see yourself doing in...
