Why I Choose SUNY School

Returning back to school was a very natural decision for me. It seemed to be the next logical step in my personal and career goals. My ultimate goal is to be happy and healthy and be a good provider and role model. With that set aside for now, my next goal is to be financially stable and able to provide for my family in ways that my family was not able to provide for me. I definitely expect to work for what I want and earn every bit of it. The most recent motivator was that my company was willing to contribute a huge chunk of the yearly tuition, therefore removing some financial burden. This makes me feel like they truly care about my future and they really want to see me succeed.

I have been passionate about history since a young age. I remember being a small child riding the school bus and questioning what my town looked like in the past, who were the people that lived there prior to my friends and family. I cannot pinpoint when my curiosity of the past began but I can thank my parents for nurturing that curiosity and supporting it has grown. My passion of history has guide me to pursing a doctoral program and a career in academia where I can continue allow my curiosity to grow.

I love sociology because it is a field that is endless. Meaning, there are so many career paths one can go in with this degree and one is never limited to one career choice. I have friends that have a sociology degree that are working in the DFACS office that deal with human resources. My friend went to Albany State, and graduated with a sociology degree and does case work at a local DFACs office in town. She said it didn’t take long for her to find a job and plans on getting her master degree in a couple of months. One of my high school teachers had a master’s degree in sociology and before settling in with teaching she did different things like working in the advising and admissions office at her old college. Sociology, is the study of the

I went back to school with the simple goal of getting my degree and moving ahead in my career. School, education and obtaining my degree were always important to me, since my profession requires a bachelor degree to qualify for national certification, it was a better

History engages me like no other subject. History is unrivaled in complexity and depth compared to other areas of study, but many do not realize this because we choose to gloss over the vast majority, reducing entire sagas into little more than a footnote on a single page. The American revolution, while celebrated in the US, is little more than a paragraph in European history, overlooked because of the more relevant Napoleonic era. My passion for learning encourages me to read into these footnotes and discover the lessons and ideas that are ignored by the common curriculum.

The choice of college is a very important because it can determine your career choice in the future. It also can affect the person you become and some other choices you make in life, it's the first step in the real world so it would be nice to have a decent college. The most important step is probably the location if its near by then I can save money and time. The other step is the cost like I said in the previous reason I would like to save as much money as I can

I want to go to Mitty for many reason. Some reasons include the energetic and inclusive community, amazing sports, and education programs.

I can relate to Learning by Degrees by Rebecca Mead in many ways. One way in particular is, growing up I have heard from many family members and friends that if I am going to go to college I need to go for something that will make me enough money to pay back all of the debt I am going to obtain while perusing the degree. My mother always told me to be smart when picking my major; to choose something like Engineering or a major in the scientific field, you can imagine her face when I told her I wanted to major in Sociology and Criminal Justice. For weeks, even months, all I heard was “What are you going to do with that?” or “Did you know sociology is one of he most wasted degree’s in the world?” I could answer her first question, I told her I wanted to be a correctional councilor at a state prison, still my main goal today. Surprisingly I also knew the answer to her second question, yes I know that sociology is a very much wasted degree; actually, according to thesimpledollar.com, sociology is voted the fifth out of ten for the most wasted bachelor’s degrees in 2015. This website also says that employment opportunities are slim. Knowing this, I still chose to choose sociology as my major because I believe that I can make it something more than it is said to be. Learning by Degrees relates to personal experiences that I have had because in this

Throughout my academic life, a subject that has really inspired me the most is History. History has been my favorite because it includes all of my favorite elements.Which are how the past impacted the future and how the future could really impact the past.I have great interests in history because it has taught me much valueless material that I could use in my life. For example, speaking out for things that seem an injustice. Just like how many important heroic people did many years ago.One historical person that I have great respect for is Martin Luther KIng ,Jr and one day wish to impact the country just like he did with because without him they would have been a person to have an idea of seeing the possibility of an America where black and

Sociology helped put my observations into something scientific, into something real, not just something that I felt. Ironically, being critical led me to joining an LAPD cadet program, which helped me become more involved within the community and get more acquainted with the Latino/a culture, since a majority of people involved were from that culture. I also joined to see for myself how police officers act around certain groups, how they treat children of color, and how this altered their sense of self. I also joined an internship called American Federation of Teachers, where I got to see firsthand how unions, activism, and protests work and why they chose to do what they did. I also recently joined a Blatigenous club where they focus on black, indigenous, and latino/a issues.

This semester was another hectic and crucial semester in my academic growth. First, I decided to major in Sociology because I found it to be the most meaningful and because it permits me to learn more about the world around me and it challenges me in ways I want to be challenged. With this major declaration, I am now a triple major in Comparative Literature & Culture, Hispanic Studies, and Sociology.

One thing I enjoyed learning is History. I love learning about it. I love to read about it and watch about it. That is why, I am going to major in it. I am almost finished taking all require classes in it. I would like to specialize in WW2, because it occurred through, 1939-1945. 1939-1945, happen 76 years ago. To understand our future, we must understand our past.

I know it is my obsession with history that attract me to other interests. All interests and doing different activities that would make history more imaginable.

People often asked me why I chose a state school to attend in Massachusetts when I could have received the same education from Pennsylvania, my home state, with a much cheaper tuition.

What really solidified my passion in social science was a life-threatening event that occurred in my mom’s life. This event impacted me to want to study social science in the future. When I was in grade 8, living in New Zealand, my mother suddenly decided to go back to Korea because she found out she had cancer. I can still recall the emotions that could not be explained by words. My father told me that she was cured by expensive medication. I didn’t realize the significance one business had