Thursday, March 3, 2011

Childhood Dreams vs. Reality

by: Korawn Harris
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When you were a child, what did you most want to be when you grew up? How does that match your career plans now?

The first person I interviewed was a junior at Frostburg State University by the name of Markus Clennon. Markus had plans of becoming a NBA superstar just like lots of young boys who grew up in his hometown of Baltimore City. When he decided not to try out for his college team, is when he begin thinking of other career plans. He is now a Business Administration major with a concentration in Marketing. " I don't know what I want to do forreal". He says maybe he will end up working with sports advertisement and that kind of matches his career plans because he would still be dealing with sports.

The second person I interviewed was a very focused FSU student named Danielle Covington. Danielle is a senior at Frostburg who will getting her degree in Business this Spring. She says growing up in Mitchellville, Maryland of Prince Georges County that she always wanted to be a Ballerina. " No that doesn't match my career plans at all". She explained how ballet was just a phase that she went through as a child and now she is very focused on becoming a successful lawyer.

The final person that I interviewed was the proud Matthew Legare' or "just Matt". This is his first year at FSU, but he is a senior who transferred from Bowie State University. He majors in Business Management and plans to get a job working with the government. He said that he always wanted to be in the military. "My whole family is in the military". He says that this matches his career plans because he after he gets his degree in Management, he plans to join the military for a couple years. Then he believes that his experience in the military and degree in Management, will land him with a career in the government  just as his father did. Matt says that in his native land of Seoul, Korea his father was already serving in the military at his age, so he feels like he is behind. 

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