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Parts of my personality became apparent and I’m fairly sure that I’m going to change my major. I’m analytical, and errors bother me. Whether they’re my own or someone else’s, makes little difference. I’m critical of myself and my work, in an effort to improve, and I hold other people to the same standards. Discovering how much I prefer to work alone has me thinking that I might do best in another field, rather than human services. Something in the field of technology may hold my attention in the long run, as it’s ever-changing. I have an innate knack that I honed through curiosity and self-teaching. To pursue this as a career would mean bolstering my math skills and accepting a real challenge. When you factor in how the most difficult and fast-paced classes were my favorite, this seems like a challenge I’d be willing to
Throughout my childhood, my choice of career changed like the direction of the wind. Daydreams as an astronaut, actor, or musician were all too common, with me never feeling satisfaction from doing that line of work for the rest of my life. However, during the summer of my freshman year in high school, that would change as I felt at an early age the temporal fragility of life that can take us down unexpected paths we would have not previously considered.
Unlike most people who have wanted to be teachers since they were young, that was not always the case for me. Growing up, I thought I wanted to be a lawyer seeing as to how I had an older sister that always had to be right. During my junior year of high school I took AP Psychology, loved it and decided that I would be a psychologist, until my guidance counselor told me that that was a bad idea during my senior meeting. After that meeting I decided to reconsider psychology and figure out what I should be when I was older, and that’s when it clicked. I have always loved working with kids, from my apprenticeship at a daycare, to cannon ball contests with the kids as a lifeguard, and even helping out with my old cheer team when I was in high school. Additionally, I was always good at math, thanks to my math teacher grandpa that would send me math problems to do for fun in elementary school. The summer going into my senior year of high
Throughout my life I have always excelled at math and science, and through my job as a lifeguard I also discover that I enjoyed helpings others, this led me to want to pursue a career in biomedical engineering in which I could design products such as artificial organs and limbs that would help improve people's lives. Due to my job requirements I leaned how continuously focus on one specific task for hours on end, I have seen this trait translate over to the classroom where I dedicate all of my attention to completing the task at hand. Also the large amount of responsibility placed on me forced me to learn how to handle situations where there was high pressure, patrons’ judgment, and make quick decisions. I have learned to become a better communicator as well, for example teaching four year olds how to swim is a lot more difficult than it seems with
Knowing what I want has always been a challenge, whether it be what profession I desired to enter or simply what I wanted for dinner. Over the past seventeen years of my life, I realized I am always going to be changing. When I was seven, my dream job was waitressing. Taking care of people and their needs was inspiring to me. Later, I came to the realization that waitresses were paid very minimal and customers were not as kind as I thought. By the time I was ten, I desired to be a teacher. To decorate classrooms, to play games with students, and to teach others seemed much more delightful and enticing. But that dream failed two years later when my mom became a teacher.
Many people will always tell you that “you’ll find your true calling during some point of your life”. As a matter of fact, as children we’re all raised to believe that we can be whatever we want to be if we put our minds towards it. On the other hand, the circumstances were quite different for me. Being the only daughter out of three children had a one specific disadvantage. To clarify, my whole life was planned for me ahead of time. I was always pushed by my parents into being a surgeon, or a dentist. For 19 years the idea of wearing a white lab coat, and drinking a cup of coffee before being called in for an operation was stuck in my head. However, everything changed once I started my sophomore year of college.
In the six years since I asked this question, my sister has changed her mind fifteen times. Her desire to be a pony soon changed into a veterinarian, and then a chef. As she’s changed her interests, I’ve changed mine as well. At six I dreamed of being a neurosurgeon, but soon realized that career wasn’t the right choice after seeing my friend fall off a slide. Evidently, neurosurgeons don’t respond to the sight of blood by falling to the ground and sobbing. At twelve I wanted to be a Pediatrician. I cooed at all babies I saw, and knew that I wanted to help them. I confidently told my parents, but was taken aback when I realized the educational requirements were lengthy. In the years since, my thoughts have constantly changed. I am interested in experiential learning
I did not spend my adolescent years contemplating what career I was going to choose and changing my mind every other week; I have wanted to be a teacher my entire life. I do not know why I originally made the decision, but, currently, I want to be a teacher so I can give back to the world. Deciding what subject to teach took a little consideration, but I made the decision fairly easily. I began comparing subjects I enjoyed and came up with math, psychology, and home economics. After researching the job market, the choice to make was clear. This country is in need of math teachers, and therefore, that is the path I have chosen. I plan to achieve my Bachelor’s Degree here at Concord, and then proceed in education until I obtain a Master’s Degree.
As I got older, entering high school, my priorities changed, I no longer recognized teaching as my future. I thought that architecture was the route I would take. I loved the idea of designing houses, and thought how fun and easy my life would be in pursuing this career goal. With my youthful ignorance, I decided that is what I would study once I graduated. As the years passed, I had children of my own, and my idea of what happiness, and wealth was changed drastically. I started to feel that the path I chose to take was not what I wanted anymore. Architecture, design, drafting, all of the late nights, weeks away from my children, and the struggles I was facing as a single parent would require a lifestyle change. Not just for myself, but for my children too.
Some people already know by the age of seven that they want to become a pilot or nurse; others, however, have more difficulties deciding what to do with their future. People who decided to go to a university or college have to make an important choice: what major are they going into? For many people this is a very difficult question. As the statistics show, one out of five students change their major between admission and the first day of classes. Nearly three out of four students change majors at least twice before they graduate. And three out of four college students express uncertainly about their major. These striking results raised some questions for me. Is it really necessary to choose a major? What influence has the choice of a specific major on the student and his or her education? What are the opportunities for the future? And how can these students be helped? Since I am still having trouble choosing a major myself, I decided to do some research on this topic and I hope it will help you a little bit to make the right choice.
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing,” spoken by Helen Keller, and this is my life motto. Aerospace, aeronautics, space flight, engineering, and mathematics intrigue my inner mind, and is a signal to what my career shall be. Aspiring to be a ranked officer pilot for the United States Air Force, I realize science and math will be involved daily with my career. I am determined to attend the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs; duel majoring in aeronautic engineering and mathematics (or chemistry), giving me a fall out as an engineer, incase their is an abundant amount of pilots and I am not needed to fly. Getting into the Academy is one of the most difficult tasks, as I have been working endlessly for five years to be accepted, having received nominations from both Senator Grassley and Harkin, I feel my chances are positive in being accepted. Attending the NASA Trip would be a great attribute to send to the Academy, as many individuals do not have these types opportunities. Having aeronautic engineering degree as a pilot will allow for me to be the best possibl...
In the beginning of this Education class, I began to wonder how much I could actually learn. I did not understand what else there was to learn about the educational field because I felt as though education is something that comes naturally. Many of the women in my family work in the educational field, so it only seemed fitting that I would fall in their footsteps, however, ever since I was little I have always wanted to become a teacher and my mind has never changed. Surprisingly, during this class period, I have learned so much information that I never would have thought pertained to the educational field. I learned many things about students, such as that they need so much more than what people perceive. I learned as a profession, being an educator is