My Life : The Best Path In Life

Topic (Biographical Essay): We are interested in learning more about you and the context in which you have grown up, formed your aspirations, and accomplished your academic successes. Please describe the factors and challenges that have most shaped your personal life and aspirations. How have these factors helped you to grow?

When did you figure out what you wanted to be when you got older? Are you still asking yourself that question? Not only is it hard for people to figure out what they want in life, but to ask what you want to be? That is one of the hardest questions you have been asked. I figured out what my passion was at the age of thirteen. Biomedical engineer isn’t in many thirteen year olds’ vocabularies, so how did it end up in mine?

On September 25, 1978, I was a 16-year-old inspiring young pilot going to high school within 10 miles of San Diego’s Lindbergh International Airport. It was about

I was five when I saw an f-22 Raptor break the sound barrier. There was a lull in the atmosphere as it silently glided across the sky, I counted...one, two, three; it was out of sight. Behind it came the sound like a tsunami on an empty beach, crashing and rattling everything in its path. It was beautiful. I looked to my aunt, uncle, and mother all in battle dress with a grin. I knew I had to fly. The discipline I learned from growing up in a military family has prepared and inspired my pursuit of flight.

I tell people all the time that i have been blessed my whole life. When I tell people that, i feel like they think "cool", and they move on with their day, almost like they have heard plenty of people say that before. I don't think they realize that they are truly looking at a man who means that with all his heart, soul and being. when I think back to when i was a kid, i cant really remember what exactly i thought about certain things, or what exactly i felt about them. I do remember my family very well. And as far as i can remember back they have been Christians since my grandparents on both sides of the family. I am not sure how far back it began in my family history. I do believe that my story begins with my first

Coming from humble beginnings in Taylor, Michigan a medium sized town of 60,000 thirty minutes from the heart of Detroit and living just near Detroit Metropolitan International airport. I was came to be fascinated by anything related to the world of aviation hearing the powerful roar as the engines spooled up and seeing such a massive object like a jumbo jet tumbling down the runway it always amazed me to see such a thing take to the sky. Seeing the airplanes coming in and coming out made me think to myself where the people onboard have been the places they’re coming from, where they are going, all the interesting and far off places that I didn’t know if I’d ever see my lifetime. This inspired me when I was 18 years old to join the United States Air Force and get paid to fix and work on these massive machines.

Once as a small child, I flew first class with my mom. I was too young to remember where we were flying, or even how old I was. What I do remember is being in invited by the pilot into the cockpit, and seeing the sky with the top of clouds below. From then on, I wanted flight to be a significant part of my future. At first I thought I would be a pilot, but though my high school engineering class, I became deeply interested with the design of engineering. That interest in the design process combined with my deep fascination with aerodynamics, leading to my major: aerospace engineering (aeronautics).

I’ve always wanted to learn how to fly ever since I was little and took interest in aviation. My interest began on a family vacation to Mexico and ever since then I’ve dreamt of flying and plan to make it a career. A few years ago I went to the Blue Angles and seeing the jets fly by and static displays truly brought out my passion of flying. At the air show a representative of Civil Air Patrol approached me and informed me about the program. I’ve been in Civil Air Patrol for a little more than two years and got to experience many things most teens don’t get to. The most memorable one of them all would be my time working at the Appleton Airport during EAA. My duty there was to watch air craft take off and land and log tail numbers along

My father has always preach that education is one of the most rewarding and challenging things one can do to better themselves economically and have a more stable life. As a young child my interest was aviation instead of going to museums, parks, or doing any other activities, my personal interest was spending time at the airport seeing planes takeoff and land. During high school I had the chance to befriend a substitute teacher that was a pilot. My father along with my professor talked to me about Elrey B. Jeppesen, a young kid that at sixteen drop out of school to become a barnstorming pilot for a circus and later became a pilot for the airmail service. Elrey B. Jeppesen story was about his childhood and he himself saw aviation in different

All summer, I was jamming every little piece of into my brain about airplanes so that I could be prepared for what I was doing in the future. I had always known that I love everything about the aviation industry and that I would be thrilled to be a part of it for the rest of my life.

Ever since I was old enough to dream, I have imagined myself soaring with the eagles. My love of flying has sculpted the way I live and the person I have become. Two years ago that passion rocketed to new heights when I had the opportunity to visit Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in Arizona. For a whole week I lived in a college dorm, roomed with a total stranger, and - best of all - I flew!

I couldn’t honestly think of a more perfect career than that. Ever since I was a kid I wanted to be like my dad. That meant that I wanted to follow in his footsteps and become an engineer. Once the time came to start looking around at colleges, careers, and things of that sort. I discovered that I truly didn’t know what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. All I really knew was that I wanted to travel the world and see new places that I’ve never even imagined before. Along with that I’ve always had this weird liking of airports. Many people see airports as stressful and inconvenient but I have always loved them. Whenever we would pick up family from the airport I always got excited to go see the airport. Once I was old enough to drive I started just driving through arrivals and departures at O’Hare with friends just for fun. One day my mom suggested I become a pilot and it just clicked and I knew what I wanted to do. Although most of what I thought about when being a pilot was all about the good things there are many bad sides to this career. One being that when I decide to have a family it will be tough since I will be traveling a fair amount of time. Another big con is the fact that airlines want you trained specifically for their planes and technology. This means that your prior experience on another doesn’t necessarily matter to them. Other than that I believe that this career will suit me and create a happy future for me to

During my sophomore year in high school, I met Vincent; a man who had been an Army drill sergeant and who encouraged my dream of joining the military. However, he noticed a greater calling on my life and advised me to go to college before entering into the armed forces. He saw that 11-year-old who could never get enough "toys" to take apart and put back together and resurrected him. Pouring over countless careers in the Air Force, I decided not to stray far from my fondness of planes

For as long as I can remember I have been enthralled by anything that flies: planes, helicopters, gliders, satellites and rockets. Due mostly to this fascination with things that leave the earth I flip flopped between wanting to become a fighter-pilot and an astronaut for most of my childhood. These dreams were reaffirmed when I was able to witness a Space Shuttle launch in person during the third grade. As I stood silently in awe and watched those seven astronauts ride towards the heavens atop a column of flame and fire, it became clear to me that I wanted to become a part of something like that. From that moment on my goal was, and still is, to become a part of the next great era of human exploration. In order to achieve this goal, I plan

As a very small child I don’t remember too much, but the things that I do remember were seen through a child’s eyes that has made me the person that I am today and I will always have those memory’s with me until my last breath on this earth. In this essay I intend to show how my childhood and adult life to this point has influenced my life, my journey. By utilizing the adult development theories from this class I also intend on showing how they relate to my Life experiences and where I am today as an Adult student.