In my own education, and now in my career as an educator, I see the impact passion has in the classroom and beyond. My purpose in applying to graduate school follows the principles of interest and passion. I worked in a field that left me feeling unfulfilled, and when considering a change, I looked back on things I truly loved, and experiences that really changed my life. In contemplating these two criteria I was brought back to my sophomore biology class.
I had always enjoyed school, but science, which I had struggled with, was not something I was passionate about. I entered sophomore year with a firm life plan that did not include the sciences past high school. Mrs. McCartney changed that. A whole new world was opened up to me by one woman who saw things in a way I couldn’t. One of the first lessons she taught was on the properties of water, and how they are all necessary for the existence of life. She presented it with so much enthusiasm that you couldn’t help but be captivated. Six years later I graduated from Scripps College with a bachelor’s degree in biology. While it was not always easy, the passion I have for natural sciences kept me driven.
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It is my goal in applying to graduate school and attaining my credential in Biology to take the next step in my career as an educator. I want to bring passion and enthusiasm to my subject and all pursuit of knowledge, and, more importantly, to impart that interest onto others as it was once done for