I am a psychology student, pursuing the degree I have always wished to since my childhood days. In addition to this degree’s scholastic advantages, I can identify a number of personal developmental elements attached to it. In specific, the advantages may be availed of through an explicit mission, professional target and aims, and a PDP (personal development plan). Through this essay, I attempt at providing a thorough view of my professional, educational and personal life and aims.
Personal and Educational Background
Before letting you in on details of my academic and professional life, let me begin by introducing myself and offering a brief overview of my personal life. I am Jonathan Scott, born and brought up in a far-flung village in North America, in a staunch Protestant Christian household. My dad held employment in a neighboring town. My siblings and I visited church each Sunday without fail, more to make our mother and father happy than out of actual devotion and interest. My parents, on the other hand, actually enjoyed church service and the accompanying prayers, hymns and singing. The major part of our leisure time went in play, household chores, or working in our coffee fields. Our village used to teem with dandelions, had fields full of milkweed pods and pricked bushes, and woods of pine and sumac trees.
My childhood home was a small one where the whole family had to share beds, clothes and a majority of other necessary resources. This sort of lifestyle continued throughout my elementary schooling days, with my parents constantly and dedicatedly struggling with sustaining the family and bringing us up to become productive members of society.
After completing secondary education, I decided upon enrolling in a Kansas University psychology program for supporting my family as well as the overall society. I believe God grants the more superior things in this world to those who aspire and...
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