At least once in their life, everyone thinks about who they want to become in the future. Most things they want to become require a certain college degree to achieve that goal. Taking the first step towards earning your degree can take a long time and involves a lot of hard work. Some people have more determination and motivation to succeed, while others lack motivation and cannot finish. Not everyone drops out because they don't have the determination to finish, instead they run into other obstacles despite being motivated. Those who are trying to adjust the balance between work and school, unexpected family problems, and financial problems. Unprepared students enroll in school because they think a college degree is a “pass” to the middle class, try to get one step closer to their goal but drop out of college. The number one cause of students dropping out of college is due to the fact that they are unable to balance work and school together. Students who work while going to school often manage to “hit” more than the acceptable working hours set by the government. For example, a student might work a full-time job, which requires physical labor and leaves him tired at the end of the work shift. If that student had class later that day, they would not be able to focus on the topic taught in that session. Sometimes during work people do not finish their work on time and finish it late, this will also impact the students. If they finish their shift too late and come to class late, the possibility of being disoriented will be quite high and lethal for the student, due to the fact that he missed the introduction. Continuing to be late forces them to make a decision between school and changing jobs, and in many cases they end up dropping out of school. Not being able to balance a student's work and school can cause the student to drop out of college. Another reason students drop out of college is because of unexpected family problems. Over the years, many people become ill and injured, some more seriously than others. For example, doctors diagnose that the student's brother has a brain tumor and predict that he will only have a week to live.