Becoming A Choir Director Essay

Being a senior in high school, I am still surprised that the disappointment of leaving high school and what I’ve known for my whole life still hasn’t hit me full on. I love my family, friends, and my hometown so much, but I am ready leave the nest and accomplish my greatest goal in life; to become a music teacher and inspire students to accomplish their own dreams. I feel like I am ready to spread my wings and experience a new life that can’t be found in my hometown. Going to college would grant me the ability to help guide students through the tough times of high school and eventually college. In college, I plan to major in music education to become a choir director. My plans are to receive a Bachelor’s Degree and Doctorate’s Degree to become a choir director for either high school or college. I want to make music a priority in my life when I grow up. It already plays a major part of my life, but to be able to teach it will make it even more important to
Money in my family right now is very tight. This year, the day after the TMEA State Choir Convention, my dad left for Oklahoma. The same day I was watching Frozen, and my dad came home. He told me that he was fired while he was driving to Oklahoma. We hugged, and then watched the rest of Frozen together. He laughed when Olaf came on, and he listened to me reciting the lines in the play and singing all of the songs. Through his rough time, he was strong for me and continued to support me in my search for colleges. He is still currently unemployed, and I am working as hard as I can to take some of the stress off of him and my mom financially. Throughout my life, I have worked to better myself in every way possible. In my life I have become a better person in character and in choir, and I think I deserve this scholarship so I continue growing as a person and a