What Is My Journey After High School Essay

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My Journey after High School

As I begin my senior all the thoughts about what I want to do for the rest of my life really run through my mind. When making my future plans I ran into things like my fears and some setbacks. But then there was also things that helped my decision like important people in my life who influenced me a lot to go to college and what to go for. I plan on going to college for two years and then getting my degree in computer science at Terra state Community college or an online college. When I made the final decision on what I wanted to go for and where I wanted to go to college. I had finally made some goals with the decision I had made.

A goal of mine is to go to college for at least two years and if I enjoy it then I plan on going for a total of four years. And then another one of mine is after college I plan on being an IT at a good company. My goals were set because I was greatly influenced by some important people in my life. My mom has done she always talked to me about what do I want to go to school for and she believed in me that I would be great at becoming an IT when I am older. That really influenced me because she believed that I had something that I would be good at doing and she knew I could do it.

Then there is my dad,
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Such as my parents they may like me going to where i want to go to college. But then there’s my boyfriend who’s already out of high school and he may not want me to go. Or he may hold me back from doing things i want to go to college. But then there’s my boyfriend who’s already out of high school and he may not want me to go. Or he may hold me back from doing certain things that I can do with my life. Then there are my fears that go through my head. Such as what if I am not able to pay for college myself and have to take out loans but I don’t really want to take out

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