I Want To Be A Therapist

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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

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