"Do or do not. There is no try."

Question 2:
"Goals" is a much better word to describe my aspirations than "Dreams." The term 'goal' means that there is an end point that is to be reached, rather than 'dream' just because a hypothetical situation. A huge goal of mine was to go to the exact college that I wanted to, which I did. I have a lot of problems with the idea that things are "out of reach." On a personal level, I know what I want and I get what I want. I don't mean that in a bratty way, but rather in the sense that I will do whatever it takes to get what I'm striving for. Yoda said it best, "Do or do not. There is no try." Obviously there are other factors that come into play, but I believe that if you truly want something, you do have the means of attaining it. Even to the point as extreme of becoming president, when you weren't born in the US. It is a law that our president must be born here, but if an individual wants it bad enough I think that they have the ability to change that law. People fall back on the idea of things being out of reach because they don't want to work hard or any harder for it. I recognize that I have this viewpoint largely because I am a middle-class white female. If I want a job in a childrens day care, I will more than likely have a much better chance of getting it than a 40 year-old african american male. The fact is that no one is equal, some people have the entire world to their advantage, others have nothing. But I think that if you really and truly want something bad enough, you do have the ability to achieve it.
Columbia was the school that I was set on, and it doesn't matter to me how expensive it is. I have loans and I'm completely ok with that because I think it's ridiculous to not do something or have something you want because of money. People make choices and sacrifices. You can find a way to do what you want. Our goals are right in front of us, but it's our choice if we want to work hard enough to achieve them.