Sunday, January 24, 2010

Engineering?

What factors consists of a successful life? To me, success in life comes from happiness and accomplishment. My personal philosophy is that we, as humans, are all here on earth to serve some purpose. When we all die there should be some traces of evidence to prove that each and every one of us made a difference.I believe that we are here to make an impact on the world, and when we have that sense of accomplishment it should make us happy. I have made decisions concerning my specific educational and professional goals so that I will be able to consider myself successful.


My plans for success start in the classroom. As a kid in elementary school, I realized that my academic strength lied in the subjects, science and mathematics. Even while not in school, I loved to solve analytical word problems and play games that involved counting. My interest in the subjects only grew throughout my grade school career and I concluded that I would like to use my strengths to help better the world by becoming an engineer. I am going to study engineering in college so that I may someday be able to find solutions to the world's technical problems by using mathematics and science, two subjects that I enjoy working with. Hopefully, I can make a difference and better the world in years to come.


Some particular problems in science that I am currently interested in are the natural resources that are rapidly being depleted and the pollution on earth. The population is increasing and as more people inhabit the earth, the amount of nonrenewable resources being used also increases. There needs to be more alternative resources that are renewable and healthy for the earth. If they are not healthy for earth, they contribute to the overall pollution on earth. An earth that could end up being uninhabitable if the air becomes too polluted. There needs to be solutions to these problems and engineers are important pieces to the puzzle.


1 comment:

  1. Michael,
    I feel the same way you do on your philosophy on life. We all are here to make an impact on the world it is today and engineering is the best route for making a change. As an engineer myself I believe that we design the future as it is to come. I also had the same affinity to math and science throughout all of school and decided on being a Biomedical Engineer. With the problems that concern you I would not be surprised, if you are not already, if you were to be an environmental engineer.

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