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Personal Statement Of Purpose: Independent Study

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Throughout my high school career, I have found many quotes that inspire me to continue to succeed, but one specific quote by Aristotle struck me in forms I had never fathomed of; Aristotle had once said, “Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” This quote had influenced my perception of work ethic as I then understood that in order to excel in an endeavor, it was a continual development of character and the simultaneous choice I had of whether to choose excellence or to slack on my work. With such a perception, I believe that the motto of the Independent Study Program offered at Frisco Independent School District, Choose Excellence and Exemplify Character, portray that one must work voluntarily towards the goals while also maturing as students in his or her experiences in the program in order to prepare for the real working world of a desired career. …show more content…

Likewise, I would be honored to be a part of this program because I know it will be a platform for demonstrating my skills in medicine that I could not demonstrate in other classes while attaining specific insight into the explicit medical career, instead of a general overview from other classes in

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