I am a scientist. Science isn’t my job, yet. Neither is it my career, yet. Science is my life. Science is what I live and breathe. When I’m not devouring every work of science fiction I can, I’m combing through research journals and science news sources, listening to science and skepticism podcasts, or watching science videos on youtube. I work as hard as I can to only hold opinions and beliefs that can be backed up thoroughly by concrete evidence, and update those as new information arises.
As a child and adolescent, I always found it easiest to pay attention to and succeed in my science courses. For Halloween in elementary school I went as Albert Einstein, a doctor, and even a “mad scientist”. In high school, I enjoyed my chemistry, physical and earth science, and computational physics courses, but what I really loved was biology. Learning about cellular respiration and photosynthesis; how cells divide and replicate; and how DNA is passed from parent to offspring, imbuing traits and determining much of the life of the offspring fascinated me. When it came time to apply to WMU, I decided I wanted to be a doctor (what I thought to be the perfect combination of bettering society and biology), so I choose biomedical sciences as my major.
When I got to Western, I enjoyed the subject matter of my coursework, but being an 18-year-old struggling with
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It helped me build a fascination for genetics, specifically the modification thereof, that permanently shaped and directed my educational and career goals. In Human Physiology I learned about and came to appreciate all of the intricacies of the systems involved in sustaining life. I found I actually enjoyed studying because the rewards of a deeper understanding and good grades outweighed the social calls I felt when I was
The career path that I want to pursue is in the medical field. I major in psychology and minor in biology because going to medical school has always been my desire. Being a pediatrician is my goal I wish to conquer. I am beyond interested and passionate about this career. It is not just a career, it is my life dreams. I want to be able to enjoy going to work every day knowing I love my job and I am here because I want to. Being a pediatrician I am able to work with children and many people of different cultures. I am thrilled to know that I will be capable of caring for sick children.
My lifetime goal is helping others and I plan to use my career to fulfill it. The classes I’m taking right now and the ones I’m planning to take senior year are classes I believe will influence my decision in my college major/career as well as counting toward my GPA. This will help me get into schools who have medical programs that I’m considering. Also, taking AP classes can help me save money since I can earn college credit. I’m taking all AP classes, and the electives I’m taking have been classes that have helped me consider being in the medical field. I’ve found that over the years, science and math are what I’m doing better in versus history and english. I believe by being in the medical field, I can help others in the best way I can.
My paper will give you insight on my healthcare profession. I choose healthcare administration as my career choice. The reason I choose this was because I have always wanted to work in healthcare in a management role and this degree will take me to where I want to be. A quick look into the career of an administrator. They manage hospitals and specific departments or clinics within the hospital medical and diagnostic laboratories. They are also responsible for directing and coordination of health services. Healthcare administration is a great career if you would like to get into a leadership role within any of these places. Not only do you get to run the day to day of the facility but you will also be in charge of some hiring and finance roles
“All over the world there are enormous numbers of smart, even gifted, people who harbor a passion for science. But that passion is unrequited. Surveys suggest that some 95 percent of Americans are “scientifically illiterate.”
Schlager, Neil, and Josh Lauer. Science and Its Times: Understanding the Social Significance of Scientific Discovery. Detroit: Gale Group, 2000. Print.
Cecily Selby’s article “The Missing Person in Science- Inquiry Starts with I” published in 2013 aims to educate readers about the truth behind science and give more information about scientists. She argues that science suffers from severe misunderstandings, including how people are unaware of what scientists do as a result of the private nature of their job. Through her examples and descriptions of the different stages of the scientific process, Selby makes a call to action persuading the readers that society is in need of scientists to continue to uphold a democratic framework. Her intention is to lessen the stigma of science and its process.
In “The Canon” written by Natalie Angier, a variety of interesting stories are used to prove that science isn’t something that can be learned, but, instead, is a mindset. Angier confirms this statement by using examples from everyday life to show how people behave scientifically, whether they know it or not (491). She also points out that by simplifying concepts, such as the solar system, to help children understand science, it skews their view of science more than aiding in their knowledge (497). This goes to show that by making simple hypotheses’ and conclusions on a day-to-day basis, we can be more productive than learning half-truths from a textbook.
The rest of your life will be full of difficult tasks and decisions, one of them being your choice of major in college. However, choosing one that has a multitude of paths to take can make things seem to rest at ease. For myself, the path I’ve chosen is Endocrinology, which is the study of the endocrine system, it’s glands and its hormones. This field opens many of doors for me in the medical industry but my focus will be on diabetes because it is something I’ve had to see and deal with my whole life because my dad has Type 2 Diabetes. I’ll be researching the significance of Endocrinology and the path to becoming an Endocrinologist as well as its rewards.
This major finding process did take me a while and it did make me felt lost for a long time. Luckily, I found the inspiration to major in biology when I was taking a course about evolution last semester. I’ve found that biology can be interesting when it studies animals, plants, or even insects by taking
For me, Biology is a subject that is fascinating. It is so complex, but its applications and ability to help people are huge. It has enabled me to develop my holistic perspective of the natural world and furthered my interest in it and its ecosystems. Studying Biology and Chemistry at A-level has helped me develop a critical, analytical mind-set. This has helped me understand and interpret complex scientific concepts and theories, while also allowing me to notice errors and improvements that could be made in experiments and theories.
The University of Texas is truly the place where dreams are realized and failures can lead to successes. I especially learned this during my first two years here. It has been a challenge figuring out what major would best fit my interests and career goals; I have known my goal for a long time now, but the path I should take has been unclear, until now. Looking back, I have always had a knack for biology; it was one of the subjects I enjoyed learning about and the information was so intriguing and fascinating that I would retain it much better than history or English. Taking Introduction to Biology during my freshman year was when I finally realized that this subject was where I could excel.
Once I got to Northern and took some classes in biology and zoology, I started to second guess myself. Finding out that zoology was for me was kind of hard because it was something that I thought I wanted to study. But now I am an Elementary Education Integrated Science major and I couldn’t be happier. I can’t wait to bring my knowledge of science into
In the beginning of the semester, I thought it would be enjoyable to take Anatomy and Physiology since I had already taken it in high school and actually received a high grade. I had heard from many students that this class is much harder in college and will often have a big lecture setting with more than three-hundred students, but I brushed this off and went into the classroom with a positive attitude. I quickly learned that big lectures were not the classes that I would succeed in, instead I preferred a small classroom setting where I am able to ask questions whenever needed. Throughout the semester, I also learned that I prefer online classes when it comes to mathematics and social sciences because they can be self-taught and I found myself often uninterested during the
I find it amazing that there are many processes which are taking part in our bodies right now even though we might know nothing about them because they work on their own. I want to discover something nobody has discovered before and I know that this course can help me achieve it. With the help this course could give me, I would like to understand how body systems work together and how they react to diseases. I enjoy learning about subjects I find interesting, such as biology and chemistry (especially if the discussed topic is about human and physiology). I prepare for tests about human biology more than my classmates do.
My future plans are to become a biomedical scientist. Biomedical scientists serve in all levels of health science research from basic science working with cell cultures to human clinical trials experimenting the most cutting-edge breakthroughs to maximize human quality of life. I am interesting in researching rare diseases. There are many rare diseases that affect small proportions of the population and unfortunately go unnoticed for reason. Unfortunately, usually it is because therapeutic agents for these diseases would have a much smaller market than therapeutics for common diseases. There is an immense need for research attention to ultimately improve clinical outcomes in patients of rare diseases because many are a lifelong chronic prognosis and are genetic and non-modifiable by lifestyle factors and are lacking of often absent of current treatment options. The government helps by socializing the solution by having money set aside by public National Institute of Health (NIH) to research ‘orphan diseases’. An example of one such program from the NIH is Orphan Products Natural History Grants Program.