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Coming from the first generation of my family to actually have the opportunity to complete their education is a great privilege to me. Although I was born in the United States both of my parents were born in Guyana. The education in Guyana is very advanced as it is based on Great Britain’s system of education; despite this however; my parents were unable to finish their education. Both my mother and father went to school in Guyana my mother was the only one in her family who finished high school while my father on the other hand because of difficult circumstances did not complete the eighth grade. Many of my father’s family who immigrated to America