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Personal Statement: My Academic Goals

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One of my academic goals is to get the best education possible at Allan Hancock College before I transfer. I will accomplish this by always paying attention to all my teachers and do all my work and most importantly make school my number one priority. Another academic goal that I have is to transfer to Cal Poly or Long Beach and obtain my Master’s degree in education. I also want to graduate with honor and with a 3.5 GPA or above. I decided that I wanted to be a teacher because I like helping people out and also I enjoy working with kids. I selected these goals because my economic background is not the great, most of the money that my family makes goes to the rent and daily expenses. We live in a small apartment and we are a family of five; we don’t usually go out and eat at restaurants only in special occasions. …show more content…

I’m also a first generation student and I'm motivated to obtain my Master's in education because is going to benefit me, my family and the community. First, by obtaining this degree I´m going to be able to help my parents financially, since they don’t make a lot of money. Second, college education is going to increase my opportunities in life and it’s going to expand my knowledge by learning and experiencing new things. One of my Career goals as a teacher is to help as many students possible. I'm going execute this by encouraging kids to go further in their education and guide them towards the right path. Another Career goal that I have is to focus on working with Latinos and increase the Latino college graduation

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