My Hopes and Plans

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What purpose do hopes and plans serve? Why do people define them? These are questions I have asked myself many times, and the writing of this essay has helped me answer them. Hopes and plans allow me to realize and put into words the direction I wish my life to go. This makes putting goals in place and taking steps to reach these goals much simpler. Many of these goals I share with most people, such as my goal to graduate high with a 3.75 GPA or higher. Other goals are somewhat less common, such as my goals to graduate debt-free or to pursue a Computer Science career.

In the realm of education, my current goal is to complete high school with a GPA over 3.75. Afterwards, I hope to attend a college with a good Computer Science related program. Another option would be to find a good online correspondence college and to earn my degree there. However, there is a third possibility, which is that of foregoing college entirely in favor of earning multiple Microsoft certifications and thereby proving proficiency in multiple skills useful for work in the field.

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