Why I Want To Be A Pediatrician Essay

Becoming a pediatrician has been something that I’ve thought about for a long time. I’ve always had a passion for kids since I have younger siblings I’ve learned to deal with them when their sick, need help and can’t fully communicate what’s wrong with them as well as just overall being there for them. For a long time I battled between the decision of becoming an actual doctor, a nurse or a pediatrician. Being a doctor didn’t hit a nerve in a positive way to me. Doctors to me don’t have a specific age range that they deal with as well as their all over the place to me. Being a nurse wasn’t for me either because of the fact that my aunt was a nurse and she basically chose that job just because it was somewhat the easiest and she didn’t want …show more content…
The only expenses that I can think of that are involved in becoming a pediatrician is the amount of time that you have to invest in becoming a pediatrician. The amount of debt that you maybe in you could always pay back but the emotional and mental impact that it will have on you just so you could reach your career goal is the most draining thing to me. You somewhat lose apart of yourself trying to get to your goal but life is full of sacrifices. What I like about this career choice is the overall experience that you earn, meeting different people all trying to meet the same goal. Overall I learned this probably isn’t what I really want to do. As I began to dig deep into my research I realized I only wanted to become a pediatrician because that’s what my mother always told me would be best for me but honestly I don’t know what I really want to do with my life. I chose this career just to make the people around me happy. I still have an unconditional love for children but I would rather help children and people in a different way that doesn’t involve investing all my time in just the medial field. I just want to overall help PEOPLE and I really know now that becoming a pediatrician isn’t for