Personal Experience: My Experience At Job Corps

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My experience at Job Corps has made a great impact on my future because I have had some challenging choices that has prepared me for the real world. Job corps has provided me with a great opportunity and trained me to be a successful young lady. They taught me things that I wouldn’t even have known about and lead me in the right direction of my goals.
Education is very important to me because you will need your high school diploma in the long run. Having a high school diploma is important because you can look forward to great paying jobs, being independent, much more opportunities that life has to offer. You will need your education because it will teach you everything you need to know. Without an education you will not get far in life and you will not be able to reach your goals and set examples for others. I am willing to do whatever it takes to reach my goals and become a leader for others around me.
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I can set a great example for my family & future kids. I want people to look at me like a leader, I have learned that having my high school diploma can be a great impact upon my life because of my opportunities and what I take advantage of. Most of the careers and jobs I’m looking forward to, requires you to have a high school diploma and college education, which means everything.
In 10 years I see myself as a graduate with my High School Diploma, Nursing License, Office Administration Certification, and Criminal Justice Certificate along with my Hair License Holt 2 being very different from the way I am now I realized in order to get somewhere in life, a predetermined path will need to be planned out and then, the task of how to get there and the requirements my plan is to be working with all my careers being a loving housewife with a great paying job and more

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