Kelsi Belcher, a college freshman at Lansing Community College in Lansing, Michigan, read and responded to the online YES! Writing Prompt: Describe how you would feel if you were forcibly banned from going to school tomorrow—and indefinitely. A Mother’s MotivationI graduated from East Jackson Public Schools in 2011 with a mediocre GPA that I was less than proud of. It’s likely I would’ve been scared and submissive, accepting the fact that I didn’t have a right to an education. I tuck my purpose into bed every night, and I will fight for him for the rest of my life.