Career Goals After High School

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I have had my education planned since high school because I was taking college classes through Chemeketa. My plan and career goal is to become a nurse at Chemeketa and so far, I am on the right track considering I have applied and by midsummer I will get an answer. Every year I worked harder and harder to get to where I am at now, it was not easy but it is not impossible. Whenever I felt weakened I would think back on how far my parents have come and I gain strength to continue, not just for them but for me and everyone else out there trying to accomplish their goals in a world full of obstacles. Nursing has been my goal since high school because it is a career I see myself fully invested in due to my father’s cancer. My father is my number

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