Becoming A Psychiatrist

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Once when I was 12 years old, I traveled to California. California is a marvelous little universe, but like all other places; it was not picture perfect. People that you would distinguish on the streets would be considered homeless. This event in my lifetime, influenced my major decision in life. This major decision, is indeed what was I going to do to help the people that do not have homes. I started coming to the realization, that I will never have the efficient amount of money in the world to save all people that were considered homeless. Thus, came my grand plan; becoming a psychiatrist. A Psychiatrist is a person who studies the brain functions, as well as all the disorders that are diagnosed to the brain's functions. I am a human being

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