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CAREER GOAL NARRATIVE
CAREER GOAL NARRATIVE
Extracurricular activities I have been involved in are theater, volunteer work at my church and many clubs in Leonardtown Highschool. I’ve learned that even as I get anxious at moments, I can’t let that stop me from doing the things I like. My thought process has changed from ‘what if they judge me?’ to ‘it doesn’t matter if they judge me, I need to get this done’ which acts as a very good motivator for stressful situations. I’ve always thought I was pretty good at handling stress. Outside of school, my church used to do this car racing thing where each kid could design a car and they would all race. Only getting the creative liberties award and best design award, I never really focused too much on those. I recently started training (and will hopefully be working) as a host at Okada Japanese Steak & Seafood. From my experience, working hard isn’t an expectation you need to hit- but a kind of grace that allows you to become better in others eyes and improve your skills. If you don’t work hard, you won’t be able to see your potential that WILL motivate you.
When I graduate, I’d like to believe I’d go to a college for engineering and extend my knowledge on the physics of the world so I can comprehend what I can do. Joining the military was on my radar and I’m not opposed to joining the military, but it was never a first thought that I had jumped to. I don’t think community college would be what I will attend in the near future- as advised from my parents, I’ll become lazy and uncaring for my education. Most likely I can see myself attending a four-year college, no trade school, and probably not straight into the workforce. My parents support my path of choosing college and I do believe the education it will provide me will be beneficial to my future. With future, things may not go my way, which is the only reason my plan would change. Besides that factor, I don’t believe my plans will change because I set it to be like this since 8th grade and attending the Tech Center is already step 3 out of many more.
The career I will pursue is being a mechanical engineer (or ambitiously an inventor of some sort). I have always enjoyed creating and doing personal projects for the benefit of fun for myself. What is life without personal entertainment? My father encouraged me to become an engineer and has given me many opportunities: coding, 3d printing, machinery. They have all influenced me to follow this path for my future and become a successful worker. It was 8th grade when I decided to pursue this career and apply to the Dr. James A. Forest Career & Technology Center. The possibilities are endless and I do believe there are things I can create to help others, but for now, I’d like to grow on my own with the knowledge, instead of the possibility, that I can. If all else fails, I’ll be a writer and write my sorrows of failures away in a book. If all else doesn’t fail though, I’d like to still return to writing and write my joy of success away in a book.
My Freshman year, I had taken AP Computer Science Principles. I thoroughly enjoyed the feeling of coding and creating a program with my own knowledge, and perchance could achieve more if I worked harder. Other than that, I focused on my creative possibilities by taking honors physics Sophomore year. Flourishing in that class, I enrolled in AP Physics Junior year. These will all give me experience in knowing the functions and possibilities of what I wish to create and learn the limits I can push as well. None of my classes directly tell me what I can or cannot do, but they help me understand my potential. Believing in yourself is the base of all projects, otherwise, to pursue something you can’t achieve is like a dog chasing its tail.
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