I have lived in the southeast section of the city my entire life, and because of the size of Calgary I very rarely ventured outside of the southeast. My father was raised just outside of the city, so most of his side of the family is located very close to us. I grew up with a lot of involvement from the paternal side of my family. My mother was born in Manitoba and grew up in British Columbia, and her family is spread across Canada. I grew up not being able to see her side of the family more than once or twice a year, so I always treasured the time I was able to spend with the family. I have known I wanted to work in the medical field since I was in middle school, but for a while I kept switching between different career paths within that field a lot. I finally settled on becoming a registered nurse sometime between tenth and eleventh grade. I came to that decision thanks to a class I had at my high school called Sports Medicine. In this class we learned about the human body and mechanics behind different sports injuries. This interested me very much, but what really stuck with me in that course was the practical part of it. A section of the course was dedicated to working with the different teams within the school and helping tape and stabilizing any injuries. We also spent time working directly with the athletes to help them get back into their sport after an injury. It was spending all the time with the players and getting hands on with …show more content…
I preferred math and the different sciences to writing essays; however, my skills have improved since I began high school thanks to dedicated teachers that wanted to help me succeed. The sections of writing that I struggle with were to do with word choices, many different teachers told me that I needed to expand my vocabulary; my other weakness has always been my spelling and grammar. I know that my writing always improves if I am able to have someone read over it to catch any mistakes. My strengths in writing have always been my ability to fully explore a topic and to bring in a different insight into my writing, and I have always been good at using and explaining quotes within my writing. I really want to be able to improve my writing as much as I can because I know that it is a vital skill to be able to have, so I always strive to take the feedback from my instructors and place it into my next