My name is Emma and I am a junior at Berry College. I began my college experience at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, but being from a small town, I quickly discovered that city life wasn’t for me and formed plans to transfer after my freshman year.
Once I got to my new school, I began to consider what I wanted to do with my life. Though it was only my first year at Berry, I was already a sophomore and felt it was time to begin exploring all my options for my future. I have always known that I want to go into healthcare and at the time was majoring in biology. I had been leaning toward physical/occupational therapy for several months when I discovered the exercise science program. After looking into exercise science extensively, I knew it was the right path for me to be on and I changed my major. I love the kinesiology department and truly enjoy going to my classes. I feel like everything I do for my new major is important and will one day help me to be a successful practicing physical/occupational therapist. After graduating from Berry, hopefully in May 2012, I plan to attend graduate school at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga to earn my doctorate degree.
I want to go into physical/occupational therapy because, though I have never doubted my desire to be in healthcare, I don’t believe that I have the stomach or the emotional strength to work on the “sickness” side of medicine. I want to work with people who are getting better, and I want to be the one who can help them regain simple, daily skills that are so often taken for granted. After working with children daily here on campus through Berry College Elementary and Middle School, I am contemplating even going into pediatrics with physical/occupational therapy. Though my teaching skills are limited, I love the simple mindedness and wonderful imaginations that children possess and feel most like myself when I am around them. Because of this, I believe working in pediatrics in my future profession would help me to be a better healthcare provider, but I am unsure as that time is still years away. In the meantime, I am enjoying my days as a student at Berry and trying to soak up all the school has to offer.
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