It has been a big step for me, leaving my job of five years in the Australian Army to come try something like the Foundation studies program, something that a few years ago, I’d never dreamed of doing.
After school got accepted into University but was not sure if I would enjoy it, and was not confident that I would choose a University course that I would enjoy for four years. I wanted to do science but not sure of which branch of science I wanted to go into, so I decided that I would join the Army. Joining the Army, to me, was the best decision of my life, it enabled me to get out and see Australia and have some life experiences that I would not get anywhere else.
Since being in the Army I have developed a passion for psychology and the Foundation studies program is a pathway that can take me there. I would eventually like to work with veterans with PTSD and depression as I believe that our veterans are not properly looked after when they come back from deployment, and there are thousands of veterans out there that are undiagnosed and facing mental conditions alone.
I like the idea of understanding the …show more content…
(I am always up for debate.) and the fact that I am not very good at writing essays, but I feel that the Foundation studies program will give me a greater level of confidence in essay writing. The ultimate goal I have for the foundation studies program is university entry, however at school, English was not my strongest subject, and my essay writing let me down a lot of the time, so, the Foundation studies program will aid me to write essays of a higher quality, but also give me a deeper understanding of how to write an essay. However, the strengths that I hold are my passion for knowledge, (In subjects that interest me, [usually ones that aren’t important for life.]), my increasing mental resilience, and my adaptability to
After school got accepted into University but was not sure if I would enjoy it, and was not confident that I would choose a University course that I would enjoy for four years. I wanted to do science but not sure of which branch of science I wanted to go into, so I decided that I would join the Army. Joining the Army, to me, was the best decision of my life, it enabled me to get out and see Australia and have some life experiences that I would not get anywhere else.
Since being in the Army I have developed a passion for psychology and the Foundation studies program is a pathway that can take me there. I would eventually like to work with veterans with PTSD and depression as I believe that our veterans are not properly looked after when they come back from deployment, and there are thousands of veterans out there that are undiagnosed and facing mental conditions alone.
I like the idea of understanding the …show more content…
(I am always up for debate.) and the fact that I am not very good at writing essays, but I feel that the Foundation studies program will give me a greater level of confidence in essay writing. The ultimate goal I have for the foundation studies program is university entry, however at school, English was not my strongest subject, and my essay writing let me down a lot of the time, so, the Foundation studies program will aid me to write essays of a higher quality, but also give me a deeper understanding of how to write an essay. However, the strengths that I hold are my passion for knowledge, (In subjects that interest me, [usually ones that aren’t important for life.]), my increasing mental resilience, and my adaptability to