Why I Want to Be a Doctor

Opening- There are about 701,200 doctors in the United States. And I could be one of them. They treat people when they are sick or hurt. They give advice to patients to help keep them from getting sick. They bandage knees, prescribe medicine, sew up cuts. They bring new babies into the world and comfort older people who are sick or dying. And what made me go into this career was that I always wanted to do something in medicine. And I thought that why not become a M.D. And medicine is something I love to do.

Characteristics- The setting is very neutral maybe a few pictures on the wall. I will hopefully be working in an office. Hopefully my office will have a huge window with a view. I feel working as a doctor I will be out of the office a lot. I expect to mend injuries and write prescriptions for illness, also diagnose illness. But as a doctor I don’t expect no two days to be exactly alike. I could be called in at any time of the night for an emergency. A doctor has the benefit of having flexible hours or branching out into a private practice. There are also many different types of doctors from pediatricians to anesthesiologist. The options seem to never end. I could also join the navy and still continue my career.

Requirements- The physical requirements are not that intense as I thought they were. The only one is walking all over an hospital. And working at fast pace. I expect to be able to do even as I age. The necessary strengths that I should have would science that is involved in medicine. I would need good social skills and a level head. And to be able to handle pressure well. This job takes a lot of patience. It takes a minimum of eleven years to become a doctor. And sometimes longer for special fields. The first four years are filled with math and science classes. For example, chemistry, biology, and physics and a few others. After the four years are up then students apply for medical school. The medical school I am