skyscraper with only enough space to fit one of us (barely holding on and praying for the other to fall). The trepidation of the situation wasn’t helped by the incessant nagging of my family. Relentlessly I was bombarded by statements of how important becoming valedictorian was. Any hint of anything less than an absolute perfection was met with stringent vigilance and guilt trips. The significance of grades wasn’t only stamped into my brain; it was etched in stone. In my eyes‚ A’s were the only acceptable
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Becoming an adult means becoming many things. Adults have to make their own money‚ get a career‚ and do other activities that all seem pretty daunting to the average adolescent preparing to enter that stage of life. However‚ through maintaining a level head‚ active listening‚ and a pen and some paper‚ I realized many things about what it means to be a grown up and just how wrong I was all along. A couple of months ago‚ my sister came home in tears‚ going on about how my mother was going to yell
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Angelina Munoz Career Exploration Project Education Report To become a nurse‚ one must go through all four years of a state-approved nursing school. Classes that nurses should take‚ according to choosenursing.com‚ include basic nutrition‚ anatomy‚ microbiology‚ nursing science‚ and chemistry. A nurse must earn their bachelor degree‚ associates degree‚ or a nursing diploma.It takes four years to complete nursing school. Further education takes about two to three years. Post graduate studies are
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always ask me “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Without giving it much thought I would always say a teacher or a chef. As I got older I realized what I really wanted to be when I grew up. I became interested in becoming a nurse when I was around 12. My aunt‚ who is a nurse would always tell me stories about her patients and what was going on at the hospital she worked at. During my sophomore year I was privileged enough to job shadow my aunt’s friend Jana. It was a great‚ rewarding experience
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My name is Maria Rosario Foronda‚ and I am currently applying for admission to pursue Masters in Science in Nursing - Adult Gerentology Nurse Practitioner Program for the winter semester of January 2017. The crucial first step towards setting and achieving personal goals is that you must realize you have to prepare for the future and not wait for it to happen. The retrospect of my life has had many changes and twists; it is in a constant state of development obliging me to focus‚ look at my values
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Growing up as a first generation Filipino American‚ many people in my family‚ including my mother‚ are nurses. As a child‚ I was always exposed to the hospital setting‚ and I would even wear my own pair of scrubs. One toy that I treasured the most was my plastic toy medical kit. I would always pretend to be a nurse and take care of my older sister whenever she was sick by feeling her temperature with my hand and tucking her into bed. I would use my play stethoscope to listen to her heart and bring
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As I start my first semester at ASU in a couple of weeks I can’t help but to realize the path to becoming an attorney starts now. These next steps are very important to achieving my goals. One of the toughest thing for a young college student is figuring out what they want to do with their life. Students change their majors up to three times in a matter of four years. Once I became aware of the shadowing assignment I knew this was going to bring change to my life. I also could not help but become
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Summary of the past. Looking back on my life and job and taking time to really reflect on it‚ has made me realize that I have not been happy in a long time. When it came to school or work‚ I only did things so that others would be happy. If it was not how I could make my family happy‚ then it was how I could do the same for my teachers‚ or even my bosses at work. Due to this‚ I sacrificed my own joy and satisfaction for stability. This led me to a career path that only looked for job security. I
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One thing that has shaped me to become the person writing to you today‚ is my level of determination to succeed. That probably sounds hollow‚ because everyone will say that‚ but let me explain my story. I am not a prideful person or a personal flag waver‚ so even telling this story is difficult. I cannot say what I am now without showing how I’ve been fighting my whole life to be able to call myself determined. Growing up I thought life was normal‚ but looking back‚ maybe it wasn’t. Growing up
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God forbid if my family became homeless. The realization of what actually happens in the real world didn’t hit me until one day‚ after I came home from school‚ I was in eighth grade at that time‚ my mom was sitting in an unusual posture in the living room‚ as if she was contemplating something in deep thought. I walked past her‚ went to the kitchen where I ate my food already prepared for me and when I was done I came over to my mom and talked about what she was so flustered in thought. What she
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