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How technology influenced my career choice.
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]This post is about how technology has influenced my future career plans and academic goals.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Technology in general has increasingly become part of my everyday life. I am a technology enthusiast and enjoy exploring new forms of technology. In high school I am actively involved in a program where young minds are used to solve simple everyday problems. Recently I discovered the VEX Robotics program for high school students. This program gives beginning engineers, like myself, hands on experience in areas of mechanical, electrical, and computer engineering. I currently attend Handley High School and will be graduating in the Spring of 2015. After graduation I plan on pursuing an education in electrical and mechanical engineering. I believe that my career choice will enable me to not only enjoy advancements in technology, but also give myself the ability to provide others a better understanding about how technology can benefit their daily lives.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]While pursuing my high school education, I have always welcomed helpful criticism to improve my leadership capabilities . High school has given me the ability to push myself to meet higher goals. I have maintained a 3.97 gpa while taking honors and advanced placement courses in areas such as math and science. These courses have given me the opportunity to explore areas of math and science that lower leveled courses may not be capable of. Other than school work, I also participate in extracurricular activities including our high school math team, robotics club, and academic team. These courses and activities have influenced my academic and career plans by allowing me to discover my enjoyment of engineering.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]The extracurricular activities that I have participated in have allowed me develop good leadership skills and an ability to withstand stressful situations when facing challenges. This year’s robotics club faced many challenges; one being a lack of funding and participants. Our team’s task was to build a robot to compete in a vex robotics competition. However we lacked the knowledge and skills needed to accomplish this goal. Our team lost many members because of the lack of initiative to develop these skills. However, I took the challenge despite the fact the competition date was in two months. I began researching the internet for tips and plans of how to build and program the robot. While researching I found examples of how this VEX program involved many aspects of mechanical and electrical engineering. After we completed the robot with the research I had gathered, I decided that pursuing a career in engineering was what I would enjoy the most.[/FONT][/COLOR]
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I believe achieving a career in engineering will give me the opportunity to better understand technology as we use it today and its future uses. I have enjoyed exploring technology and using that technology to gain a better understanding of what career choice I am interested in. My experience in the VEX program has allowed me to set myself a goal of becoming a mechanical and electrical engineer in order to help others in their everyday lives with advancements in technology, and above all to make our society and world a better place in which to live.
Thanks for taking the time to read my post, if anyone has had similar experiences please share them.
[/FONT][/COLOR]Below is a picture of the completed robot.
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