世纪大学英语读写教程PPT学习教案.pptx

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Holding Onto a Dream
1 While preparing to graduate from high school in 1987, Priscilla Vazquez waited anxiously for her letter from the University of Washington, hoping she would be the first person in her family to attend college. When the acceptance letter arrived, she was overjoyed.
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2 There was just one problem: The University of Washington didn’t have any grant money to give Priscilla. It offered her only a small loan and expected her family to come up with the rest. “My family was making enough money to get by, but not enough to pay that much for me to go to school,” she said.
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3 Priscilla called the financial-aid office for advice. They told her that prospective students seeking more financial aid are eligible only if they have lived apart from their parents for a minimum of two years. During that time, their parents cannot have claimed them as a dependent on the family’s tax forms. “Hearing this, I was totally stunned,” Priscilla recalls. “I realized I was going to have to take some time off, work, become financially independent from my parents, and then reapply to school. Postponing my dream hurt, but it was the only possibility.”
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4 Within a month, Priscilla had found a job at a restaurant and moved into a cheap apartment in a poor neighborhood of Seattle. She also signed up for a job-training program in the city, to learn to be a secretary. It was a hard lifestyle to adjust to. “I got up at 6 . for a long commute to school, finished class at 2 ., started work at three, got off my shift at 11 ., and then I came back home and collapsed.”
5 Priscilla soon found that her restaurant job just didn’t pay enough for her to make ends meet. “So I went to the landlor