Considering your lifetime goals, discuss how your current and future academic and extra-curricular activities might help you achieve your goals.
By the end of my senior year, I will have traveled for more than 43,200 miles. Over 720 hours of my high school career will have been spent inside a car, which, ultimately, could have been avoided had chosen. I don’t travel frequently or move often. In fact, I’ve remained at the same high school for all four years. How does attending high school rack up that many miles? I am the definition of a high school transfer student. Being a high school transfer is an additional extracurricular activity of its own. Growing up as a transfer for the past few years, I’ve adapted to a different lifestyle. I’ve disciplined myself to be ready forty-five minutes before early morning athletic practices, committed hundreds of dollars in gallons of gas, and sacrificed days of limited sleep to attend Roscoe Collegiate High School. RCHS pays for up to 60 hours of dual credit classes for students. As a result, 95% of seniors graduate with their associate’s degree. Every hour, dollar, and mile has been worth the education of graduating with my associate’s …show more content…
I’m persistent in my goal of earning a job filled with constant action, daily commitment, and fueled with the principles of discipline and obedience. I dream of becoming a criminal justice major and working for the FBI. These types of jobs don’t call for a laid back attitude. In fact, these careers pride themselves in fidelity, discipline, and commitment. I pride myself on the fact that being heavily involved in extra-curricular’s has taught me to how to work well with others, lead others in times of need and commitment to every activity. Adapting as a transfer has taught me in many different ways the core values of an FBI agent. I hope to incorporate all of these lessons that I have learned into my
By the end of my senior year, I will have traveled for more than 43,200 miles. Over 720 hours of my high school career will have been spent inside a car, which, ultimately, could have been avoided had chosen. I don’t travel frequently or move often. In fact, I’ve remained at the same high school for all four years. How does attending high school rack up that many miles? I am the definition of a high school transfer student. Being a high school transfer is an additional extracurricular activity of its own. Growing up as a transfer for the past few years, I’ve adapted to a different lifestyle. I’ve disciplined myself to be ready forty-five minutes before early morning athletic practices, committed hundreds of dollars in gallons of gas, and sacrificed days of limited sleep to attend Roscoe Collegiate High School. RCHS pays for up to 60 hours of dual credit classes for students. As a result, 95% of seniors graduate with their associate’s degree. Every hour, dollar, and mile has been worth the education of graduating with my associate’s …show more content…
I’m persistent in my goal of earning a job filled with constant action, daily commitment, and fueled with the principles of discipline and obedience. I dream of becoming a criminal justice major and working for the FBI. These types of jobs don’t call for a laid back attitude. In fact, these careers pride themselves in fidelity, discipline, and commitment. I pride myself on the fact that being heavily involved in extra-curricular’s has taught me to how to work well with others, lead others in times of need and commitment to every activity. Adapting as a transfer has taught me in many different ways the core values of an FBI agent. I hope to incorporate all of these lessons that I have learned into my