Until I was in the 10th grade I was confused and lost when it came to choosing a career. It worried me because all my friends knew what they wanted to be. I heard them tell me they wanted to be pharmacists, teachers, nurses, welders, oil field workers, and even FBI agents. All my friends had been motivated at a young age but not me. See, I moved from house to house and state to state like a wildfire. We went from Georgia to Mississippi to Alabama which meant that I changed schools with each move. I never really got settled in enough to ever get motivated. That all changed once we moved to Alabama. I was enrolled in a Career Tech Center in the field of Industrial Automation.
So, once my family found a small and comfortable town that we wanted to stay in, we bought a house. I started school being nervous and scared of what was ahead. Last year, on the first day of my sophomore year I was talking to my counselor trying to work out my schedule. I had one extra spot for an elective class. She suggested going to the Career Tech School for a class. "Is there a field that interests you enough that you might want to take at the career tech center?" she asked questionably. "Well, I'm good at computers and such but I never really thought to pursue a career in it?" I said reluctantly. Well I let her pick what she thought would be …show more content…
Brooks. She spoke softly and was small. So I thought to myself, "With such a petite and tiny woman as a teacher the class can't be too hard... Right?” Wrong. This class was tough. It challenged parts of my brain that I didn't know existed. We learned things from binary code to construction concepts. We learned how to program things and even how to operate robots that you would see in car plants. The most fun of all was when we were able to prepare for competitions. Our class had to compete in two different competitions which was extremely
So, once my family found a small and comfortable town that we wanted to stay in, we bought a house. I started school being nervous and scared of what was ahead. Last year, on the first day of my sophomore year I was talking to my counselor trying to work out my schedule. I had one extra spot for an elective class. She suggested going to the Career Tech School for a class. "Is there a field that interests you enough that you might want to take at the career tech center?" she asked questionably. "Well, I'm good at computers and such but I never really thought to pursue a career in it?" I said reluctantly. Well I let her pick what she thought would be …show more content…
Brooks. She spoke softly and was small. So I thought to myself, "With such a petite and tiny woman as a teacher the class can't be too hard... Right?” Wrong. This class was tough. It challenged parts of my brain that I didn't know existed. We learned things from binary code to construction concepts. We learned how to program things and even how to operate robots that you would see in car plants. The most fun of all was when we were able to prepare for competitions. Our class had to compete in two different competitions which was extremely