My Love For Animals

Passion; an intense desire or enthusiasm for something. The latin origin of the word ‘pati’, meaning to suffer. For me running is my passion in every sense of the word.

I hope to gain work experience, to grow in my love for the outdoors and my passion for protecting the environment, and to meet new people who share my passions. I look forward to seeing Yellowstone for the first time and gaining skills that will prepare me for my future occupation in Conservation. Likewise, I seek to earn the tools needed to be successful with my career goals. With this preparation, I will continue fueling my passion for Conservation by involving myself with various programs that further my education and drive me to further my work in the field. By testing out a career in Conservation, I will have a clearer idea of whether or not I wish to pursue a similar occupation.

Growing up, my family wasn't as connected through social media due to how busy and involved, we all were in many other things. But as soon as I was introduced to mass media going into high school it really started to challenge me and my beliefs and questioning what I was taught as a young child. When I realized

Every time I visited my best friend, his mom would always make us pho and other Vietnamese dishes. Every student I would run into would give me an entirely new perspective on life and I am entirely grateful for that. In addition to this, I also grew up in the Information Age where computers were gaining popularity, and with the rise of computers came the rise of social media. My first experience with social media was creating a Myspace account when I was ten. Even today, I am still engrossed in social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, and Snapchat, and I feel that it has allowed me to connect with the world. Before, I would just live in a bubble where I did not know what the world outside of California looked like. With social media and people all around the world sharing their stories, it definitely has made it easier for me to gain an understanding of the others’ lives. For instance, the Black Lives Matter movement swept the world as it blew up on social media. As a result, hundreds of millions of people were able to voice their opinions and make others aware of the disparities that African-Americans face on a daily

I don’t like work—no man does—but I like what is in work—the chance to find yourself. Your own reality … —what no other man can ever know. They can only see the mere show, and never can tell what it really means.

Social media takes up so much of my life that it is hard to admit. A lot of the reading I end up doing is through social media, namely Facebook. It is way too easy to scroll through my feed and become consumed in all the quizzes, cooking videos and friend’s posts. Social media can even mislead people into believing things that are not true. I reluctantly say that one time I read an article from The Onion, before I knew it was a satire-based organization, that described a scene where Andrew Luck and Chuck Pagano yelled at each other and Luck wanted to leave the franchise. Fortunately, this was not true, but it taught me to take what I read on social media with a grain of salt until further research over whatever topic it may me. Social media has changed me into becoming more analytical while reading and study everything in much more detail.

Since I was a little girl animals have always made me very happy. Around the time I received my first dog was when I was six. His name was Lucky and he was my sweet boy and the minute my family got him for me, I fell in love. He was a schnauzer that was my best friend that I did everything with until he passed and it was a very emotional time for me. Lucky passed around three years ago and lived to only be eleven years old. It was very hard for me to move on but he will always be the reason I fell in love with not only dogs but just animals in general. In eighth grade we were assigned in our English class to do flash cards over the profession we want to be in and go in more depth with it such as how much they get paid, how long will school

As a child I was very active. Participating in gymnastics, dance, soccer, and volleyball. This was a very enjoyable time in my life. School was not very difficult considering I was only in grade school. My greatest passion was dance. At this point in my life I had been dancing for six years. Dancing was something I took pride in. Getting the opportunity to perform in front of hundreds of people excited me.

For as long as I can remember, I loved to read. There was never a distinct moment that clicked. Never did I see reading as a requirement; more so a desire. My desire to read paved the way for my need to tell my own stories. Aside from the stories I read, the ones I created brought a sense of satisfaction that I could never find elsewhere. My love for reading and writing is like the need for one to consume food and liquids to keep their body both nourished and hydrated. It’s a necessity! When I read or wrote, I craved peace and the need to escape into the world of endless possibilities. A place I can venture with no responsibilities and no worries. As I got older, my need to open a book and read, or write a story came natural. I was free!

At this point in my life, reading would definitely not make a list of my favorite things to do, but this wasn’t always the case. Some of my youngest memories involve reading, and many of these memories are enjoyable. Every night before bed my mom would read to me, and I remember begging to read just one more before she tucked me in almost every night. This is when my love for reading sparked. Throughout grade school, I continued to read frequently and never found it to be a chore; however, once middle school hit I no longer included reading as a past time or found it pleasurable. Looking back now I realize this was when English class included more forced literature, and school consisted of reading extensive pages in textbooks. Reading

Life as a teenager today can be very stressful and sometimes intense. One must reflect to outweigh these crazy times with special moments and special people. Being a team member in many Pine Richland High School Band programs has allowed me to dive in and move forward sharing my love for music and touching the lives of others.

My life has been overshadowed with caring for people and a healthy living. Ever since I was a child my mother always instilled in me the importance of health and caring for my younger sisters and brothers. From a very young age I wanted to go into health care, as that is the one profession where I always believed I would excel, owing to my love of caring for people and the satisfaction of being able to help those in need.

Reading was by far my favourite form of entertainment as a child. My first memories are of my parents reading to me, and then when I could read independently I constantly had my nose in a book. I remember excitedly going with my mum to join the library in town. The overwhelming shelves of children’s books surrounding me smelled like adventures not yet discovered. My only dilemma was which adventure to choose. I thank my parents for encouraging my love of reading. It is one of the best things a parent can do for their child, as it has a wide chain reaction in so many areas.

My love of being in a laboratory started with my increasing interest in science when I was a child. Being from a single parent home, we did not always have money to purchase toys or do activities; so most of my younger days were spent outside and in the kitchen. During the daytime, I would catch insects, frogs, small fish in the stream behind our home, or help my neighbor on his farm. My neighbor taught me various things about the forest; he showed and named all the trees, edible and poisonous plants, what time we could harvest such edibles, taught me how to clean fish. One of favorite lessons he taught was where the best place to find salamanders. At night I would spend my time in the kitchen doing at home experiments, such as leaving an egg in vinegar, making slime, or a baking soda volcano. However, as I grew up and attended school, I became unsatisfied with my science courses. I wanted thorough explanation of why things are the way they are. Once I enrolled in college, I was excited at the endless possibilities that awaited me to reach my goals.

Throughout most of my life I have had one consistent goal; to become a veterinarian. I have had a continuous and solid passion for animals in all respects. This passion and love has fueled my in striving to achieve the dreams I have for myself after high school. The beginning of this story begins long before high school though.