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I think asking a teenager where they see themselves in twenty years is kind of a silly question. Most of us can barely see ourselves in ten years, let alone twenty. Still, I guess I’ll attempt to answer that question, but it’s less a concrete path and more something I’m making up and improvising as it happens, like Indiana Jones or Jack Sparrow.

 

First step, right out of high school, I want to attend college. Ideally, I want to attend a four-years university (even more ideally, it would be my number one choice college, Johns Hopkins University) and major in biomedical engineering. I find biomedical engineering fascinating, and I want to pursue a career in it. If that doesn’t work out, though, I’ll probably fall back on computer science and electrical engineering, because I’ve always enjoyed computers. I might also study some finance, because seeing how money moves in the world is really interesting. If the four-year university thing doesn’t work out though, I’ll probably just go to College of Alameda for two years, and then transfer. I’d rather spend two years and then transfer to a college I actually want to go to than get stuck at a substandard university for four years. Tuition would be cheaper,too, so that’s a plus. After college, I would go to grad school to try to get a PhD, to increase my chances of landing a well-paying job right out of college.

 

After school, I would go job hunting. Like I mentioned before, I’m hoping to be able to get one soon after finishing school, which shouldn’t be to difficult, as engineers seem to be in high demand today. My ideal job would be something where I could do research and experiment, and I would want to work with cybernetics, seeing how machines could be used to enhance the human body. In twenty years, I would want to be doing the same thing, maybe dabbling a bit in academia as a professor at a university. I’ve entertained the thought of being one of those ‘cool’ teachers that students enjoy, both because they teach but also make it fun and entertaining.

 

Family life is a whole different story. I’d probably want to get married after grad school, and maybe have kids by the time I’m in my early 30s, but really anything could happen. I do want to have a family eventually, but first I want to enjoy my youth and experience what life has to offer before settling down.

Vision and Plan

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