As the first child growing up in a Chinese family in a predominantly minority Oakland community‚ I watched my grandfather take countless prescribed medications for illnesses from cancer and thyroid issues‚ and being Diabetic. Noticing the medicine cabinet full of drugs made me question what exactly went on in my grandfather’s body when he took these daily medications. I attended most my grandfather’s health care appointments to translate because of his limited English or even none. They needed
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My educational and career goals is to become a physical therapist. Since I completed my associate degree at Palm Beach State College and my plan right now would be to get my bachelor and master degree. My life experiences which have influenced me to make this decision are when my sister broke her left arm and when my mother used to have a serious foot pain. My sister broke her arm when she was playing at school ;she felt down on her left arm .When she got home‚ she did not said anything at all about
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My main goal is to go to college. I am looking at a degree in forestry. My next goal is to find a job in the career field of my choice. To do this I need to make sure that when I am in college‚ I am putting forth my best effort in my classes and networking with people in the field. These goals have to be reached for me to do well out in the real world. High school may seem like it doesn’t matter‚ but it does because in the end without high school‚ I wouldn’t be able to go on to college and then
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children for the rest of my life. It is something I enjoyed but I just wasn’t meant to be a teacher. So I decided to take a year off from heavy academics. I worked‚ I volunteered‚ and I took some general education classes at Wake Tech and tried to find a career that would make me happy. Little did I know that this was the best decision I had ever made. There I met professors who had a similar experience to me‚ being told they could not be in the STEM program because they were women; however‚ they had found
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The ER doctor’s ability to help people and make a personal connection is a quality that initially drew me to a career in the medical field. I value this quality because my parents installed in me the importance of helping your community and respect for others. However‚ apart from humanitarian causes I also have interest in other aspects of becoming a doctor. Working
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in science. As I progressed through school my love of science changed to biology of all forms‚ from a molecular level to ecosystems as a whole and this was a key factor in my decision to study biological science as it covered a broad spectrum of biology based topics. Studying for my MSci degree opened my eyes to many new areas of biology and found two areas of biology that interested me the most: microbiology and cell biology and during my final two years I have‚ through my module options and project
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to improve mobility‚ relieve pain‚ or minimize permanent physical disabilities (Occupational Outlook Handbook). The physical therapy career field interests me for many reasons. It revolves solely around the human body‚ which is a fascinating topic to learn about. This area of expertise is flexible and rewarding. There are many specialty areas to choose your career from; some of these include orthopedic‚ geriatric‚ neurological‚ and pediatric. As well as flexible concentrations‚ physical therapy can
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In ten years I see myself meeting my long term goal of being a marine biologist. Choosing the goal to be a marine biologist is important to me because I find sea animals interesting and beautiful. It satisfies me because I’m helping animals that wouldn’t live without it. The relationship I have with school is that science will help me with the research that I will be doing. To accomplish my goal I would need to learn more about marine life‚ and get good grades in school. I see myself
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I have always wanted to be an athlete since I was a child but due to my health at the time‚ I was not able to get involved with anything that had to do with sports or physical activities at school. I remember when I was unable to go to school for about a week and a half because I couldn’t walk more than five steps without being out of breathe and having to use an inhaler so there was no way I could even think about playing sports. As time went by‚ my health has gotten better without any help. I would
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My educational goals for next year are to be confident‚ motivated and ambitious while attending the Principles of Human Nutrition (online) class and the Healthful Living class. I will set goals that are realistic and that will fit in with my busy schedule. I have already started planning on setting aside time for the online class so that I am not distracted by my home life. I will also set aside time for homework and studying for both classes. By planning a schedule now that includes working
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