When asked why I want to become a counselor‚ or specifically a trauma counselor‚ I always focus on my upbringing. I come from nothing; my family struggled to pay bills month after month and often unable to pay them‚ stress began to build in my household which led to high levels of trauma exposure. As I was growing up‚ I saw addiction swallow my family whole. As my mother’s alcoholism took over our family‚ my father started experimenting with drugs‚ which in turn‚ made him violent. The abuse started
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because I will be the first in my family to graduate. I will also be the first to graduate from high school. My mom dropped out of school when she was a freshman and my dad did not make it passed third grade. I want to obtain my degree because I want to be a social worker for children. I want to get more people to become foster parents to help more children. I was in foster care when I was younger and it put an impact on my life to the point where I wanted to help more to put myself out there. I had
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my future career science plays a big role in my future job I want to be an Orthopedic surgeon. A Orthopedic Surgeon is someone who is has been educated and trained in the diagnosis and preoperative‚ operative‚ and postoperative treatment of diseases and injuries of the musculoskeletal system Not all surgeons do surgery. Surgery is when a Surgeon treats a disorder or injuries of the body by either putting new parts in the body or making incisions. Surgeons go all the way back to the early ages of
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my life ever since I decided to join elementary school choir in third-grade. Since I have discovered my passion for performing the musical arts‚ I have also been someone who has sat back and talked to everyone to get their opinion. I believe that my appliance to Drum Captain will be a natural transition as I always try to do the best for those around me. My goal has been to inspire the group with my accepting personality by leading them into becoming better musicians and people. I believe that by applying
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up as a child. My family moved from Guyana to the United States when I was a young child. As an immigrant family‚ my parents suffered financially to provide for my brother and I. Not only did we suffer from poverty my younger was also born with Down syndrome. My parents did not know much about this mental illness disorder coming from a third world country‚ there is not sufficient information and resources about mental illness. I am very thankful everyday that my parents were connected with a supportive
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been challenging‚ demanding and rewarding. However‚ I aspire to break through boundaries and reach for expectations that can only be described as exceptional. I believe the role of Surveillance Officer with ASIO will be just that exceptional‚ as well as for filling my personal desire to work for such a highly regarded and respected organisation. The challenge the role would offer will no doubt bring out the best in me. In this statement of claim I will emphasis on my personal abilities‚ interpersonal
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of a good teacher. I recalled doubting my ability to do well in the young chief’s competition; in fact‚ I sought to withdraw from the competition because I didn’t believe in myself. Mrs. Bullard reaffirmed my belief in myself. She would not take “no” for an answer‚ we work on different strategies and practice daily to prepare me for the competition. She was selfless! On the day of the competition I was nervous‚ but I was not deterred from winning. I thought the least I could do was bring home
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Why I became a Teacher? When I was unfulfilled‚ working in the profession of social work‚ I decided that I would need to help others for my job. That was in 2007. I quit my job and did something that I had never done before. I started hiking the Appalachian Trail by myself. After thinking about what goals I had‚ it hit me: teaching. As a teacher you will influence youth to make a difference in their lives. That is when I thought about the example that my mother had been for students at her
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future. I would like to tell you why I would like to become a special education teacher and what has led me to this decision and why I want to become a teacher. I have chosen to become a teacher because I myself am a product of someone whom I consider to be the best teacher in the world. As a child in Virginia‚ I was inspired by a wonderful coach and teacher named Mr. Scott Nunnaly. Mr. Nunnaly taught me that any dream was possible. If I put my mind to accomplishing any goal I could make
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me to do once I graduate high school is one of the hardest things to do. There are many of careers that interest me‚ I have chosen two that would benefit me in the best way. One career that I explored is a financial manager. I chose this career because I have an interest in the accounting side of math and would enjoy working with numbers and also working with farmers and families trying to expand their operations. The second career that I had the most interest in was a crop farmer. I chose this career
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