Career goals and expectations

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From and early age I knew I wanted to be a firefighter. But then again, what little boy doesn't dream of being a firefighter, or a police officer, or something similar? After growing up and moving out of the house things didn't go exactly as I had hoped. I wasn't able to afford the proper training and education so I had to pick something else, or so I thought.
My family was my motivation in going back to school. I never really thought I could see myself going back to school. They really have encouraged me every step of the way to let me know that they support my decision in going to CSU. My fiance has helped me fill out paperwork and helped push me through even when I wasn't sure exactly what degree I wanted to do. My son and daughter have really helped me see that a college degree is the right step. It has been encouraging to them to see that no matter how old you get you are never to old to go back and learn something new.
I chose to attend CSU because I heard several good things from friends and colleagues about the college. I was informed that they have a good Fire Science program. I also heard that CSU has flexible scheduling. Most importantly I heard that CSU would really try to help me in any way possible to succeed at my goals. So far I have found all these things to be true and it has really made the transition from not going to school to being a full time student easier for me.
I hope to be able to get my degree in Fire Science and I see myself in a paid firefighter position in the future because of this degree. I hope that because of this degree I will be able to do the job that I love and get paid for it. In the end I believe that I will be able to provide better for my family. Because of my dream coming true t...

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... goal is that I will be able to help communities outside of my city. I believe this will help not only save more lives but I believe it will also help spread the knowledge of fire prevention further.
Each state has it's own Firefighter's association as well as the National Firefighter Association and the International Firefighter Association. There is also a National Fallen Firefighter Association. The National Firefighter Association and the International Firefighter Association is designed to help further the knowledge and understanding of fires, how to prevent them, how to extinguish them, and much more. The National Fallen Firefighter Association is there as a constant reminder just how dangerous fires are. It is also there to help families have some additional closure and support and to help communities remember those who have lost their lives fighting fires.

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