As little kids we set our minds to be who we want to be, but later in the future that sometimes change. When I was little I really wanted to be a teacher because I thought it was fun for teachers to pass out and grade papers. I never really took the time out to research and find out what a teachers job was about, but then I looked it up and realize that I was just joking to myself. Going on into middle and high school I was still confused on what I wanted to be, until I went down to a police academy and seen what was being done. These police officers were very serious about their job and their motives were to keep the crime out and put the good in people that were willing to change or comprehend on things. They weren’t here to just be here and look cute with a uniform but they had a purpose to prove and a point to make. The way I need to be able to do the same I got to really do research on this career to see if I really want it, how am I going to push myself to become it, and why I really choose to do this. A police officer makes about $56,260 per year or $27.05 per hour.
Their job is to stop crime on around the world, but they are all separated by community except for state trooper they are a state police officers. They are to provide tickets when the law is being broken, they can testify on some cases, and some may even direct traffic when there’s too much cars or when traffic lights are broken. Most of them dress in uniform or go in disguise to get the suspect on the case or even victims. Their vehicle are also sometimes in disguise because people tend to slow down or stop what they are doing when they see a police car, so they have to go undercover to get the job done. Police officers at work make at least 40 hours per week and if they do extra they get paid more, but this job is a 24 hour job because you are sometimes working night and day shifts. Traveling is something that is also required from them because cases come from anywhere, so you have to be ready to work at all times even working outdoors in different weather conditions. Motivation! Motivation! Motivation is what I am going to need to push myself in becoming a police officer. Discouragement is something that creeps up on us daily in everything we do because we sometimes begin to think that we’re not able to do what we need to do.
What I learn in this crazy world that at time you are not going to always have people around to motivate you on things or to push you to continue doing what you need to do. Self-determination is what we need because self talk is sometimes the best talk because we begin to think that we can do it without people guiding or holding our hands to keep up the good work. I realize that when I lose faith in myself other people will begin to think why help this girl if she is not willing to help her self. This is why every morning I wake up and thank God for another day and I ask him to give me the strength, understanding, and knowledge that I may go through my day in a well manner. So the goal for me is to just keep the positivity around me and avoid the negative as much as I can even if it means to drop some of my friends, family, and material things. One thing as a young adult going into college, we tend to pick our major because thats what our parents want for us, but what do we want for ourselves? We go to college wasting time and money on majors that we barely have interest in because we want to make our parents happy. I now know that it’s not what my parents want but it’s what I want for myself and is this what I want to do for the rest of my life. My parents are not the ones that are going to study and work hard for this so I have to know for myself that I really want this. From time to time I think whether I really want to be a police officer and I have decided that I really do enjoy this field because I’m the type of person that hate to see crime and people hurt. I want the crime to stop and I want to see if i can change things, at least some, to make the rates go down, but I don’t want to just stop crime but to also help change the mind of some people especially young kids even if I can open a little program to show them that police officer means good because they tend to be the one committing most of the crimes.
I love when I can go about situation in a different way, when its not involving weapons or force. At times we need guidance for things we want to go in life and there’s times when we got it in a bag all we need to do is just stay focus and keep our heads held high. A police officer is what I want to be and I am sure of it because writing this essay help me realize that this is what I want and no one can change my mind. I had to be real with myself by doing a little research on this major, figuring out how I’m going to push my self to another level everyday, and to see if this is what I want to be with for the rest of my life. In the long run I’m in this for myself because no one is going to make the choices for me and no is going to suffer with the consequences that comes with this, so I have to be ready for myself and my future. I know that encouragement is going to my best friend and self motivation is going to be my mom and dad while I’m in college because there’s no more running to my real mom and dad anymore. My goal is to keep going and fix all my errors or make it better because this will help me grow better as in adult and a future peer leader.
