The Never Ending Journey of Learning by Julissa

The Never Ending Journey of Learning by Julissa - September 2018 Scholarship Essay

I am currently seventeen-years- old and adding twenty -five years to my age, well of course it makes me forty- two, which many young adults my age may say that it is a long way to go. This may be true however, right now this moment reflecting upon this question it has made me realize that in life a person never stops learning. Many of us may not notice but life is one big lesson with many chapter dividing it up into categories. The part of growing up is not just about aging and feeling old but it is also about learning as time changes. Obtaining an education does not have a time limited or who can continue or not. Also, an education is not just about going to school, I mean many of us believe that is the only way of learning however that is not the case. Learning includes as well life chapters, whether it may be doing what we love to most to being a parent or simply enjoying our life at the moment.
I see myself expanding my learning by: 1) Pushing myself to gain a higher education not just in my profession but any other subject of my interest.2) Life is going to bring challenges so I am going to push myself through them. What I mean about a higher education is that I just do not want one degree in a certain major. For example, I do not just want a Bachelors of Science in Biology and then getting credentials to be a Registered Nurse, but instead I would like to further my education even more and challenge myself to earn another degree. The reason is because I am ambitious when it comes to furthering my academic learning. That has been my way of thinking ever since I understood the value of education. Currently I want to become a Registered Nurse but this is not the only medical branch I want to achieve success in. When it comes to the world of Medicine and the treatment of people there are endless position, which means that I have my whole life to keep learning more and expanding my learning not towards just a certain section of a branch but instead learn in every branch that the tree has to offer me. Just trying to obtain a career in becoming a Registered Nurse will be challenging itself, but when adding twenty-five years from my age now and eventually becoming forty- two changes my perspective of the way I learn to handle challenges.
Being seventeen trying to put myself at the shoes of a forty- two year old is away from me to dream a little bit or imagine what my life would be. I have an understanding that I want to do something in the medical field but I want to put that at practice as well which I really hope to build a health center in the city in which I grew up in. This way I get to learn more about my community and learn of ways that certain problems can be solved. Growing up in a “hot spot” of Santa Ana has taught me chapters in itself. Being forty- two I am still willing to learn about my own community just for other younger generations to have a better time than I did growing up In the city. Even though I grew up in the city of Santa Ana I still don't know everything about it and it might be to a point where I will not ever know everything about it however that is where the question comes in play of the way I still see myself still learning. My answer to that is learning how to improve my community more each time a change is made. Pushing more generations to make bigger moves and a greater process of positive change. I might be all excited about being a medical professional but I am only seventeen years old however when I turn forty- two I might have this greater understanding of the truths of the world.
For me learning will never actually stop because the human costly makes decisions in which with time they will learn whether that decision created any effect. Like I had mentioned in the beginning forty- two years old may seem like its a long way to go but when we get there who knows how we are going to feel but it is a question that I will like to reflect upon again and say how am I still learning?