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Graduation Speech: Going Back To School
Good evening,
Going back to school for me was a no brainer decision for me. I’m active in the National Guard and the military loves college credits. It will help me get promoted to the next rank quicker and it will also open up doors for me to attend other military training. Not only will going back to school help me with my current career, but upon completion of my program, I will have options to explore other fields of professions. Organizational leadership skills can take me a long way with departments such as my hometown police department, the FBI, and even important management positions within different companies. Before I enrolled in this degree I looked up a few titles associated with it. Among these titles are Chief Executive Officer,

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