Pursuing My MBA Pursuing My MBA May 6, 2008 Introduction One of my many dreams has always been to completing my education. As a single parent raising two boys, and working fulltime, it was a dream of mine to earn a college degree. Finally, I had the courage to get my undergraduate degree at the age of 49 from Jacksonville University. I considered myself lucky because several professors truly made quite an impact in my life. They advised me to pursue the MBA after one year of rest
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anything to make my dreams come true. I knew that I would not let anyone stand in the way of my goals and dreams. My passion is to become a business owner of my own hair salon or beauty salon. Being the youngest out of my sister and me, I knew that I have a lot of pressure and expectations to follow behind. My parents always put pressure on to do well in school and go above and beyond especially when it came to grades. I remember the first time in middle school when I brought home a C on my report card
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that many of my classmates were undocumented. My reactions were surreal because in my mind I use to think that if you went to school you had to be in “legal status” to attend, you can say I was pretty ignorant towards that situation back then. Although through my classmates I began to educate myself and thought my findings I remember they talked about the Dream Act. They were so stoked because I believe it had just passed before we were going to graduate back in 2012. The Dream Act stands for
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pursuit of happiness Will Smith is left with his son and struggles to get by day to day with him. Through all of that Will Smith is still managed to be a happy person. In the movie he tries to get a job and became a professional endeavour without having any education. He worked so hard that he finally got the job and was the happiest moment for him. It was very touching and movie, with some mild profanity. It also teaches people a lesson on how fortunate they really are, and you should appreciate what
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today; dream for tomorrow The motto or slogan that I have chosen that describes me by my career goals, hobbies, and personality is “Learn from yesterday; live for today; dream for tomorrow”. The reason that I have chosen this motto is because I am a information security major with high aspirations to obtain a job with the department of defense and/or even obtain my masters degree in the actual subject. This motto helps me get through every day because I have to work hard and learn from my past
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facing in today’s world, having the experience about a job and don’t have the college education to back it up is like a waste of time and it is also like having a garden with a lot of plant and trying to grow them without sunlight and water. With a college degree more windows of opportunities will open, By obtaining a degree in early childhood education will help me to be a positive role model to my children along with others that will be under my care and myself as we enter the classroom each day
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Interviewee Name: Ketia Pierre How do you know the interviewee? My mother friend Question | Notes on Interviewee Response | What inspired you to become a U.S. citizen? | Being in Haiti for so many years, was hard especially seeing how difficult it is to prosper with some of the violence was getting out of hand. I would hear people who already had their citizenship that came visit their family talking about the “American Dream” and decided that I wanted that. | What steps did you
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My parents arrived in America with nothing but a dream. Growing up in poverty in the Philippines, my parents worried about paying the rent in order to have a roof over their head, where their next meal would come from, and working a full-time job in order to pay for their education. Regardless of those obstacles and financial struggles, both my parents were able to complete their education, move to America, and fulfill the American Dream every Filipino dreamt of. Because of my mother and father,
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Dream Small… Hi Friends You would be really surprised to have a look on the heading of this article “Dream Small”, when all the genius people out there are shouting “Dream Big”, I am whispering “Dream Small”, ofcourse that means I am not a genius. Keeping jokes apart, this is for all MBA-Freshers who are expecting big bucks after completing their MBA. “Dreaming Big” is not an issue but achieving that dream always starts with small steps. It is said that “Rome was not built in a day” similarly you
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Web Developer Web developers are a knowledge-based job you don’t necessarily need a college degree to purse this career. Anyone can see that web developers are a good field to get into considering all of the websites that are all over the internet. They say this job is projected to have a growth of over 22% and is considered one of the highest IT jobs in demand (Best Jobs in IT and Engineering). One major skill is to have excellent people skills there are a lot of clientele and team environments
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