Dear Mrs. Pasternak
My name is sarah Natzke. I'm 17. I'm in the 11th Grade. I'm writing this letter because I want
to talk to someone about my career.
My favorite School subject is R.O.T.C. I like this classs because ever since I was little
I wanted to go into the Air Force. But i cant go because of my asthmsa. I dont
really have a difficult class. The college I want to go to after High School is Michigan State.
I heard they have good programs for what i want to do. When I go to college I want to study
Criminal Justices. What I want to do for my career is to become a Homicide detective. I want to be a Homicide detective because I just like watching shows were people solve murders. I think
It's so cool to be in a police field.
My family is really small right now. I have two sisters. One brother. And a uncle. My sister's
Name's are Andera and Melissa. My brother's name is Austin. And my uncle name is Terry. The thing about my family. Is i havent seen my brother in 4 years and My sister Andera in 1 year.
I only have two hobbies. I like to draw and write poems. My favorite artist is Stacie orrico. I hope in ten years I'm going towards my career. One interesting thing about me. Is i had surgery when i was 16.
I would like to get some advice about doing well in High School, College and preparing for my career. I wanted to be part of the mentor program because I want to get some information about what classes to take for my career.
What I want to gain from this mentor program is to able to go on with my career. And know I will be able to get some information before I go to college.
Thank you for taking the time to read this. I look forward to reading your reply soon.
Sincerely,
Sarah Natzke
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Hi Sarah!
I really enjoyed reading your letter. It really sounds like you know what you want to do with your career, which is something many people don't even know at your age!
I apologize for not being able to properly respond right now, I'm at work and it's been very busy this past week. But I will respond tonight or tomorrow!
Amy
Dear Sarah,
I hope you had a great week! For my first letter, I will tell you a little about myself. Right now I am 27 and live in Chicago, in the Wrigleyville neighborhood. My apartment is 2 blocks from where the Chicago Cubs baseball team plays their home games - I can hear the cheering from my apartment! I grew up in Michigan, have 3 younger sisters, and graduated from Michigan State 4 years ago with a degree in Political Science/Prelaw. In 2004 I started a one year Paralegal program at Roosevelt University in Chicago and earned my certification in 2005.
When I was in high school I wanted to be an English teacher, until my senior year when I became interested in the criminal justice field. Specifically, I wanted to be a juvenile probation officer. I went to Grand Valley State University because they had a major in juvenile justice as well as criminal justice. While at GVSU I was a member of the Student Senate and had a job working as a receptionist at the front desk in the dorm that I lived in. I started to become interested in law and politics near the end of my freshman year at GVSU - I was taking a political science course as an elective and I was involved in the Student Senate - I think it was the combination of these two things that sparked my interest in politics and law. So after two years at Grand Valley, I transferred to Michigan State to major in Political Science/Prelaw. At the time, Grand Valley didn't have a prelaw program, and I'd always wanted to attend a larger college. I absolutely loved MSU! Because I lost credits in the transfer, I ended up spending 3.5 years at Michigan State, so it took me a total of 5.5 years to finish college!
Now I work as a paralegal at a fairly large law firm in downtown Chicago. I planned to attend law school, but unfortunately my mother became ill and died of breast cancer two years ago and I had to put off law school for a while.
It sounds like you have a very good idea of what you want to do with your career, and you'd just like some advice on how to make it happen! I was the first person in my family to attend and graduate from college, so I learned on my own, the hard way. The main piece of advice I can give you is to plan ahead and stay on track. Your first step will be to make sure that you do well in high school so that you will be able to get into the college you want (Michigan State! You will love it!), but always have a backup plan. Look into 2-3 other colleges just in case something doesn't work out. When you have a goal, like becoming a homicide detective, remember that you CAN achieve the goal as long as you work at it!
Have you taken the ACT? I believe students usually take it in 11th grade. Colleges will choose you based on a combination of a few factors: your GPA, your scores on the ACT and SAT (if you take it), the trend in your grades (if your grades have gone up since your first year in high school) and extracirricular activities.
Why don't you tell me a little bit about your high school experience, what is easy for you, what is difficult, and we can talk about what you should do to reach your goal! Also, if you have any questions about anything to do with school or college or anything, don't hesitate to ask. I don't know what your situation is but like I said, when I was your age I had no one to ask questions to about college and it was harder than it should have been. I didn't know what a major was, the kinds of classes they had in college...I really didn't know anything and had no one to ask. So please ask whatever you want!
I hope you have a great weekend, and I apologize for taking so long to respond! I promise not to take so long next time.
Amy
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