By Carla Jusma
Principles of Career and Life Planning 5782
University at Albany
5/09/13
The road to success has always been paved with many obstacles. When I first decided on what I would plan on being in the future, I was a little girl (about four years old). Many people in my family were a part of the medical field, mainly nurses. As I continued to get older, I received more practice and more knowledge about the medical field and I would go back and forth on whether I would become a nurse or a doctor, and I still face that conflict today. However, I am positive that I will stick to the medical field. I have discovered other career paths, and I can never see myself loving them as much as I love the medical field. The way medicine works amazed me and I always found it interesting to help people. When I started learning more about the medical field, I learned how difficult it would be to get where I needed to go. Each day, I try as hard as I can to get closer to my goal of becoming a doctor. The road to becoming a doctor is an extremely long process. After high school, 4 years of college, 4 years of medical school, and 3 years of residency are required, which is approximately 11 years. One is usually tired of school after 8th grade; imagine having to do 11 years after high school. Despite all of this, I would still like to be a pediatrician. Because a good amount of my family has occupations in the medical field, they have continuously encouraged me to enter this field as well. Therefore, it is safe to say that they were a big influence in me making my overall decision. Even though they were a big influence, I do not have hopes of becoming a pediatrician just because of them. What I love most about my family dealing with my career choice is their support. Usually when I tell somebody that I would like to become a doctor, they laugh or tell me “Good luck”, while not really meaning it, or assuring me that I will change my major once I
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