I remember when I was a kid, my sister asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I answered simply and surely, I was to be a princess. I look back and laugh at how innocent the answer was. When it came to middle school, I was set on being a therapist; however, once I was in my first session I realized that being therapist wasn’t the right thing. For an entire year, I was lost because I had already set my eyes on the goal, and now it was even farther. If it wasn’t for my biology teacher in ninth grade, I would have never truly understood what I wanted to be. Every biology class, talks about the importance of genetics in biology. Some classes go in depth, other don’t. My biology teacher’s wife was having a child, so he left genome videos …show more content…
I told my counselor, I was going to get an associate’s degree in science because that was the only thing I wanted to do, and I was going to accomplish it. Yet, once I began my senior year in school, I started to worry what I was going to do. I started to doubt my competence as a scientist and searched for several other job careers. One of the other career outlooks that has always affected my outlook was to become a linguist in the military. I even tried to join the military, but my prior health problems only made a barrier. For two months, I have been worried about what I wanted to do in my life. I didn’t want to work my ass off for something that didn’t even make me happy. Yet, I took a quiz recently to find my long-term career goal, and the passion of being a geneticist resurfaced. I want to help people, I want to become an innovator, and most important, I want to be happy while …show more content…
I have never wanted to be in their position. Finding a job I love has always been important to my father and I. He never pressured me one way or another, though he made sure that my job outlook was hopeful. Now, that I have found my career. I plan to work into the genetics industry. Becoming a geneticist takes a Master’s or even a Doctorate’s and that won’t be easy. Once I get my Bachelor’s I can take a test, and upon passing, allows me to work as a genetic counselors assistant. I feel that joining the career field with the lower entry jobs will help me familiarize the field and gain experience. Afterwards, I would continue my education until I can become a geneticist and work in a research lab. Even when I have lived in other states, I have always had a fondness for Colorado State University. After I graduate from high school, my father plans to move to Nebraska because Colorado is becoming ridiculously high priced for his cost of living. Moving to the dorms will be the only familiarity I have left with Colorado. In addition, I have always looked up to Colorado State University as a prestigious and affordable way to earn a degree. It is a known and an accredited college, and I wish to earn my degree through one. Colorado State University has the staff and courses that will help guide me and teach me how to become a
From the time a child enters preschool, teachers begin asking a common question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” That dreaded query has always haunted me, mostly because the way it was redundantly asked put a ton of pressure on me and my peers. The question was like a rusty nail being hammered into our head’s by society. I continuously had the cliché answers of becoming a doctor, teacher, or a police officer, but with serious reservations. After years of not having a clue, I started to think about what I like to do after the stresses of work and school were gone at the end of the day.
As young child we are all asked what we would like to be when we grow up. Usually the answer is a firefighter, a policeman, or nurse. When I was a child I changed my mind multiple times. At first I wanted to be Minnie Mouse, then a dancer. Then, about two years ago, I wanted to be a crime scene investigator. I had all my plans worked out. I was going to attend the University of Memphis and major in criminal justice. However, one day about a year ago, my mind totally changed. I decided to go in the complete opposite direction. I decided that I wanted to be a cosmetologist.
Throughout my life, I had continually believed that once I graduated college, I would engage in an action filled career. I wanted to be a police officer, a firefighter or even an undercover FBI agent. I had planned on studying criminal justice, and I took numerous high school classes based on it. Nevertheless, my plan transformed the summer between my junior and senior years. It was my grandma that influenced me to transform my criminal justice plan into a nursing plan. For most of my life, I may not have acknowledged exactly what I wanted to do when I grew up, but I did know that I sought to help people.
When I was little my teachers would ask me “Cora, What do you want to be when you grow up”? In reality, I couldn’t make up my mind on what I wanted to be ‘when I grew up’. When I was around seven, I went from wanting to be a Veterinarian to being an Astronaut, then back to a Veterinarian again. Around age 10, I wanted to be a dentist, even though I hate mouths. Then I wanted to be a Veterinarian again. Junior Year of high school came and when we started to research colleges and careers I heard that Premed programs were so hard to get into, and I wasn’t fooling anyone with my grades. I did some research on Veterinarians and I discovered that the Veterinarians don’t really handle the animals like I thought they did. Then I learned about Veterinary Technicians, they do so much with the animals. I
So I started thinking about what I wanted to do; I went from teaching to law enforcement, computer programming to astronautics and numerous other professions. Now I come to a crossroad in my life where I must choose what to do with my future, choose what will make me happy.
My first experience with genetics in a lab setting was in my AP Biology class, where we worked with recombinant plasmids. Because I so thoroughly enjoyed that learning experience, I went online to look at the various applications of genetics, discovering how a world of possibilities still lies in the near future in the field of genetics. DNA is the code for all life as we know it, and now that we have the capability to manipulate it, the applications for genetic biotechnology in tackling genetic diseases and mutations are unbounded. This prospect truly excites me because of its potential to help others. I aspire to be able to help others with the work and research I perform in the field of genetics in the future.
I guess I always knew I wanted to be a teacher, even when I didn’t want to admit it. I wanted to be someone different from who my parents were despite the fact that they love what they do.
Growing up I struggled with the constant question, “what do you want to be when you grow up?” With so many different career paths to choose from, it’s hard to become overwhelmed. As college gradually tiptoed in on me, I began to feel like I would never find the profession right for me. The few things that I did know I wanted in my future career were very simple to me. They were a job in the healthcare world where I could go home each night knowing I made a difference in someone’s life. A job that wasn’t just following a routine everyday but required creativity and brought new challenges while working with a diverse population.
Katherine Whitehorn once said, “Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it.” Katherine Whitehorn is referring to the thought of finding a job that a person enjoyed so much that it did not seem like a job at all. This is an goal that many people strive to achieve, but most of the time fail to achieve. Knowing this, I am making this my goal in life, and I will achieve this by pursuing a career the in the science field as a lab technician in a hospital. I made the decision to pursue a STEM degree because of the enjoyment I will feel waking up every single day.
It was not until my sophomore year at Michigan State University when I found the career path of genetic counseling. I was instantly attracted to studying genetics because the human genome astonished me and enabled me to work with the two things I love – Genetics, and caring for those in need. My main motive in studying genetics is the desire to contribute to the growing medical fields and give my utmost help to our society to overcome genetic diseases. I will graduate with a major in Genomics and Molecular Genetics with a minor in Health Promotion at Michigan State University Lyman Briggs College. This sustained and comprehensive genetics major makes me distinguished among other applicants since my understanding of genetics and genomics is much more in-depth and my dedication to pursuing a genetic counseling career is my end goal.
After I graduated high school, I was unsure of what career appealed to me most. The summer before my first year of university, I endlessly researched and debated what career called to me. I soon realized that my calling in life was to help people, but I wasn’t sure how exactly I wanted to help them. Eventually I decided on the career of physical therapy, thinking that this was the way that I wanted to impact someone’s life. Sometimes though, things don’t always go the way we plan and my life plan was one of those things.
Life goes on as well as we moving on, in order to live a happy life, money, passion, happiness and the meaning of it are essential keys. Among thousands of jobs and over billions of people, having a career or achieving a job is not only important but also competitive. Therefore, deciding what you are going to become has always been the toughest decision in life. I am not talking about Mozart, who was born to play and compose music, or Cristiano Ronaldo who decided to pursue for his career as a football player at the age of 14. I am talking about me and my just-found-out-career in a couple hours earlier, Nursing.
Being a young adult, I am continually thinking about my future. Throughout high school, I had been reminded daily to start planning my future, which meant determining a career path for myself. In the hope that I could decide on a career, I began thinking about my motivations and aspirations. Because of both my desire to help others and my strong interest in medicine, I had decided to pursue a career in health care. A career in health care had always interested me, as I wanted to gain knowledge of medicine while also being able to help those in need. One career that would allow me to exercise both these things is a physical therapist. Physical therapists are known for their passion and capability to rehabilitate others, which is
In this essay/report I will explain to the best of my abilities, my possible career path. I have wanted to be many things. In grade 1, I wanted to be a superhero, and that hope stayed out for a while. Later on, when I was 10, my brain started getting new ideas, exploring the world around me, thinking of other things aside form cartoons and I thought to myself, how in the world am I going to become a superhero? I started thinking of other jobs like firefighter, police officer, engineer, construction worker etc., etc. But then I decided it was no good. Then one day when I was watching an interview on TV, a firefighter was being interviewed and one of the questions was: How long did it take you to decide what you wanted to be? And he said a long time. Then I wondered how long a long time would be, I wanted to jump into the TV and ask the guy how long a long time was. Hmm, I wondered, how long is a long time and then I answered my question. “It’s going to be a long time ‘till it’s a long time, I’ve got nothing to worry about.” That question just flew off my mind until at the start of grade eight when I encountered this question again, and I answered it. It took a while and some research but I answered it. I want to be a Neurosurgeon when I grow up.
My career choices have changed through the years from mother and housewife through architect, accountant, or teacher, finally I have arrived at a computer career. The following is an idea of the path I have followed.