My Multiple Academic Goals

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I have multiple academic goals that will help met to achieve my personal goals, I have multiple because I have different options. My “plan A” is to get my Masters degree in Elementary Education from University of Texas at Austin, which has the number one education program in the country and added onto that a minor in child psychology. Then to get nationally certified as a teacher. My “plan B” is to also get my Masters in Elementary Education but to get it from the University of Alabama, also with a minor in child psychology. Then also to get nationally certified as a teacher. Having these “plans” is a big part of my Focus and Achiever themes, I always have my future mapped out, whether it be short-term or long-term. This is also something I

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