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Although I may not have given it a lot of thought (because I am young), I would like to become or work as a lawyer. I would like to do this because I feel like I am drawn to the criminal justice career since my dad is a police officer. I would really love being a criminal justice lawyer because I do believe I am good at arguing since I get enough practice with my two brothers and because I like to defend myself. I would love to stand and start defending someone else when their voice is not being heard.

Someday, I do plan on attending college. The college of my choice is not really clear to me yet, but since I would like to be a lawyer I have been looking at top ranking law schools. From looking at that list I have a few choices in …show more content…

classes. Since there are literally millions of dollars available in scholarship awards, I plan on earning the money that comes with them if I am able to. I plan on accomplishing this by paying attention in class, always finishing my homework on time, and not relying on anyone else to do stuff for me in life.

The type of friends and bonds that I hope to attain will have the characteristics of a nice, loving person who also has a great sense of humor. I would love if their humor was similar or exactly like mine creating us to get along in more ways. I would also like to have a lot of stuff in common with the people that I become friends with. The people I hang out with should not be a troublemaker and should be good in school, academics.

I would like to participate in sports, activities, and other clubs in high school. For example, I would like to try out for the volleyball, basketball, and track team. Some clubs that I would like to join is Leadership, CSF, Key Club, and Mock Trial. I would like to join all these activities because these are the true things that spark my interest and …show more content…

I feel as if I possess the characteristic of a hard worker, able to pay attention, and can juggle between sports and academics. I carry the educational background that I am a great listener, I can pay close attention in my classes, and I get all of my academic work done and handed in on time. I feel that with this background in my toolbox I am an excellent student and I’m always improving in life.
The person that impacts my life the most and the largest is my mom. Since as long as I can remember my mom has been my role model, she is this amazing woman that when she wants something she goes for it and achieves whatever she wants. She is the person that I feel that I can connect with the most and we share that one of a kind special mother, daughter bond. My mother is the greatest accomplishment I’ve seen and I believe that she is the greatest miracle this entire world has seen. She is beautiful, sweet, caring, amazing, and wonderful. I love her so

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