1.My Career
Once I graduate from La Serna High School, I will partake in a stressful journey into becoming a neurosurgeon. Neurosurgeons are physicians who perform surgeries on the brain to treat diseases or injuries. Besides surgeries, a neurosurgeon diagnose people, prescribes medicine, and also considered the surgical risks of proceeding with a surgery. This career is probably one the most stressful jobs in the world, due to all the information they must know and because of all the pressure that is on them during a surgery. The reason I am interested in this career is because, I have always been fascinated with the brain and how it works, not to mention I love helping people treat diseases or injuries.
2. Education, Training and Other Qualifications
In order to become a neurosurgeon one must, complete at least 4 years of an undergraduate school and 4 years of medical school separately. This means that once you finish your college or university, you must apply to a medical school. Now depending on your specialty, you must take 3 to 7 years in internship and residency programs. The internship or residency program is to train you, so you could acquire some knowledge and skills that neurosurgeons typically have. Now the education level need to become a neurosurgeon is either a Doctoral or professional degree.
3. Job Outlook
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Growing up as a middle class resident, it was made clear to me that I was able to become something in society but was never told what. This left me to many interpretations that weren’t always the right choices. I was left to believe that I had all the opportunities in the world, but only to enter high school I realized that this was not true. Understanding the truth about society has motivated me to become a more narrow minded person as I strive to become a pediatric neurosurgeon. One thing that I like to take part in is watching Grey’s Anatomy. This show’s influential African American doctors how inspired to believe that black people are able to become something despite this being a television show. In my future, I plan on having a little more melanin in my series. I love the city that I am from, Chicago. It is shown in the news as a negative place or seen as “Chiraq”. Many times, people make judgement directed to me due to the fact that I express I am from Chicago. That is why I make it my job to try to change these stereotypes that were placed upon me. I try to demonstrate to other people that I have the same capabilities and intelligence as people who do not live in Chicago as well as students who think I am less of a person because I am African American.
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