College Admissions Essay: A Career As A Farmer

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Flashback to first grade when your teacher asked you what you wanted to be when you grow up I never figured that I would say farmer, most kids would’ve said doctor or lawyer but not me. I’ve been dreaming of this moment all my life preparing to leave home and go out into the world and hopefully make a difference. Success is in my future, people will remember my name even in my upcoming profession I will make everything I do something to remember. Growing up I was the daughter of a farmer along with my grandfather who was a farmer and his father as well, so to say the least farming was in the family from the beginning and nothing gave me more joy than going to the farm with my dad and helping him in the shop for the day. My mother on the other

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