Cosmetology Application Research Paper

Currently I am a licensed cosmetologist in New Jersey. I am also a certified home health aide. Since 2003 I have had my cosmetologist license. I love what I do, however my long-term goal is to become a licensed Instructor for cosmetology. Somehow 14 years has passed and I still don’t have my instructor’s licensed. In that time, I did get my associates degree, married, had a child, raised two sons and take care of me in the midst of it all. I don’t feel like I am behind or off track as I achieve my goals one dream at a time. I never thought I wanted to go to college until my son hit high school and I felt that he should know it could be done. We both were class of 2016! Proving this to my babies shows them they can achieve anything because their mother did it.
Graduating college was a huge success for me, but I felt a hunger to go higher than I’ve ever expected. I have a very busy life. Going to college the first time around I was able to get a home care certification as a short- term goal to support my family and I so all the finances won’t fall on my husband. This time around to get my bachelor’s degree I do want to work full time and attend school. I didn’t know exactly how I was going to do it until I did some research and found out that online schooling is a booming business right now and it …show more content…
Fortunately, I found a job with a non profit agency to help people with their utilities, housing, or recommend them to the appropriate agencies that can help them. This job is a full-time job with benefits. The best part is, because of the new technology I can go in the office for work if I want to or I can work from home. Had I not went to college I wound not have this opportunity with this company. Having this job is great but it is my short term goal so I can afford to take care of my family and help pay back some of the student loans without being too stressed