Taylor 1
Southern Utah University
The Dilemma:
My Personal Mission Statement
Erin Taylor
ENGL: 1010 Intro to Academic Writing
Professor Rhett Cooper
10 Feb. 2023
Taylor 2
As a 19-year-old college student, being asked what you want to do with your future can be terrifying. It feels as if everyone is pressuring you to sign your life away to a career. Thankfully, through extensive research, time, and self-reflection, I feel that I have found a career path that fits my personality and goals. Becoming a Speech Pathologist seems to have all of the characteristics of a job that interest me. Constant human interaction, flexibility in job location, a decent salary, and the potential to work with children are what excite me about this career. When I imagine my future, I can picture a few aspects that I am most excited about. First, I want a family and I want to be a mom. Besides that, I want to have the option to work if I need to. Self- reliance is extremely important to me, which is why I want to earn a master's degree. I also want to be working as a speech pathologist in an elementary school.
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My mother instilled in me how important it is to seek an education and the experiences that come from doing so. She also served a religious mission in Venezuela for 18 months, where she learned Spanish. I have always been amazed by her ability to communicate with others from different backgrounds and cultures. This is why I am also minoring in Spanish. I love that I can learn about how language develops and how I can better communicate with others who do not speak English as a first language. I believe I have a natural talent for meeting new people and communicating. These characteristics are what drew me to Speech Pathology. I would love to teach young children how to speak and stand up for