Geologist Personal Statement

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When we are children we receive the constant question of what we want to be when we grow up. The common answer to that question is fireman, teacher, doctor or officer, but that was not my case. My grandmother, a lottery seller and the best teacher that I have ever had, thought me a lot of things during her life, and every moment that I spend with her help me to defined the person that I wanted to become. I remember that when I was very young I owned an enormous map of the world and that it was fascinating for me to found where places were located, but also it was truly amazing to locate hurricanes and storms in that map. It was one of my favorite activities, every time that my grandmother and I saw a storm developing we immediately …show more content…

Now, I am determinate to complete my bachelor and to continue graduate studies in atmospheric sciences. Every time that someone ask me what I want to do I visualize myself as a researcher and scientist. I am convinced that in that way I will be able to explore and to answer important questions to developed our knowledge about climate change, atmosphere changes and natural disasters in order to understand what our world is …show more content…

People like my grandparents did not started or finish elementary school and had to overcome challenges by learning from their own experiences. Even when there was an urgent need of knowing about atmospheric sciences there was no accessibility to education. Unfortunately today, in an era where all kind of information is available there still a lack of knowledge about basic topics that are important to face the changes that our planet is suffering. I am convinced that education is the most effective way to share atmospheric sciences with a broader audience. As a student from the public system and coming from a small community I can tell that people barely know about the basics topics and the implications that it does have in our daily lives because. The main problem is that science is not seen as something fundamental, instead it is present as a exclusive branch for privileged and smart people. In order to make people realize how important meteorology is it needs to be explain as an interdisciplinary science, showing how it is present in many situations of our lives and all the applications that it

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