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My Ambition For Science And Mathematics Essay

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We moved often to various counties in the Saint Louis area because my knew quality education was based on place. I was now in my junior year and this was my sixth high school that I attended. This school was unlike the others. I was surrounded by middle and upper class families that looked like me. This was a new experience. My obsession for science and mathematics took hold. I immersed myself in this new community, taking part in various clubs, learning, inventing and experimenting. I walked into my guidance counselor’s office as I did numerous times that year. But this time it was different since a visitor was waiting for me. This towering man introduced himself as Dr. Keener Tippin and he explained he was there to recruit me for a summer program to live on campus, take college courses and engage in scientific research. I never considered college as an option. A door opened.

I became a teacher to honor my mother with her determined spirit and commitment for all her children to have a quality education no matter the financial burden of as a single parent of five. I became a teacher because of luck, someone I never knew, opened a door. Access to career opportunities should not be based on place or the roll of a die.

I moved to Boston with a sense of urgency for the reason that, at that time, Boston Public Schools were considered one of the best urban school districts in the United States. I had the opportunity to work at Young Achievers Science and Math

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