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Free College Admissions Essays: What I Want To Go Through My Life

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You go through your whole life being asked, what you want to be or who you want to be. We laugh about it and even ask our toddlers the same question. The reality is once you start high school, it’s not a joke anymore. Finding out/figuring out what you want to do with the rest of your life is hard. Usually your life choices or the way you’ve been raised will lead you to what you want to do.
My life wasn’t the best, half of my life I grew up without a dad because he passed away when I was six. My mom got into heavy drugs and I ended up going to live with my aunt when I was eleven. My environment in the beginning, wasn’t the best. However, it’s the reason I want to be a part of law enforcement. Six years of my life I was surrounded by people that always were hurting themselves and people around them (emotionally and physically). They were never doing the right thing. Just because I grew up around people like that doesn’t reflect on the person that I’ve become. I don’t want to be another sob story or teen statistic. I decide to let my past help me throughout life instead of letting it ruin me. Working as a cop will give me the opportunity to help people …show more content…

However, to get the skills and knowledge that you need to work in law enforcement you have to get an associate’s degree in criminal justice, it’s not required, but they say it’ll help you in the long run (1). Depending on the college, I’ll have to have a certain number of hours for credits and my internship, overall my major will last four years. Minoring in psychology will be very beneficial when you’re in unstable situations and will help you emotionally (4). After college you go to a 6 month training program, when your done you are then picked up by one the police department (4) Over the next four years police and detective jobs are predicted to grow by 14%

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