For as long as I can remember, I've wanted to be a doctor when I grow up. It's my biggest dream in the whole wide world. Whenever I play make-believe games with my friends, I always insist on being the doctor. I make them be the sick patients and I examine them with my toy stethoscope and give them pretend medicine. They probably get tired of me always wanting to be the doctor, but I can't help it - caring for others and helping them get better is what I was born to do!
I don't just play doctor though, I also love learning everything I can about the human body and how it works. My favorite subject in school is science, especially when we get to study biology and anatomy. I find it totally fascinating how all the different organs and systems function together to allow us to breathe, move around, grow big and strong. Last year, I even got a kid's medical encyclopedia for my birthday and I've read it cover to cover multiple times. I keep it by my bedside so I can reference it whenever I have a question.
Whenever I get hurt or sick, instead of crying, I get really interested and try to self-diagnose what's wrong with me. Like a few months ago when I had a sore throat, my first thought was \"Aha, looks like I have tonsillitis!\" Or when I fell off the monkey
bars and scraped my knee, I marveled at how the skin broke and started bleeding as part of the body's healing process. I can't wait until I'm older and can understand even more complex medical topics.
My ultimate goal is to become a pediatrician because I love being around kids and want to devote my career to keeping them happy and healthy. There's nothing that makes me sadder than seeing sick children suffering, so I'm determined to help as many of them as I can beat their illnesses. I already practice taking care of younger kids when I babysit my little cousins. I make sure they take their vitamins, get enough sleep, and eat nutritious meals. I even do mini check-ups on them sometimes and they think it's really fun. They call me \"Doctor Sam!\" I try my best to take good care of myself too by exercising regularly, eating right, getting enough sleep, and making smart choices. I know that doctors need to be in tip-top physical and mental shape themselves so they can model healthy habits for their patients. I also get a kick out of using the big medical words I've learned like \"cardiovascular\" or \"gastrointestinal\" and explaining what they mean to my parents. They just laugh and say I'm such a little adult sometimes.
When I'm not busy with school and extracurricular activities, I love to volunteer and gain experience in medical settings. A few times, I've gone with my mom who is a nurse to help out at the free health clinics she works at on weekends. I got to hand out supplies, fill out basic paperwork, and just observe everything that goes on behind-the-scenes. It was the coolest thing ever! I felt like such a grown-up being in that environment. Another way I've learned about the medical field is by watching documentaries and reading real-life stories about amazing doctors and medical pioneers who have saved countless lives through their dedication and brilliant minds. My biggest heroes are people like Dr. Jonas Salk who discovered the polio vaccine, Dr. Vivien Thomas who was a trailblazing cardiac surgeon, and Dr. Virginia Apgar who invented the Apgar test for assessing newborn babies' health. Hearing their inspiring tales of hard work and perseverance only makes me more determined to become a remarkable doctor myself one day.
I realize that the road to doctorhood is extremely long and challenging. It takes around 12 years of college and medical training before you can finally practice as a physician. And even then, the job requires putting in grueling 80+ hour work weeks, being on-call at all hours, making critical life-or-death decisions
every day, and constantly refreshing your medical knowledge as new treatments and technologies emerge. Not to mention you have to be secure financially to afford all those years of education in the first place.
However, none of those obstacles deter me whatsoever. In fact, they only motivate me more to keep working as hard as I can now so I can pursue my passion down the road. I'm already practicing self-discipline by consistently getting good grades, managing my time well, and resisting unhealthy temptations that could throw me off track. My parents have been saving up money for my college tuition since I was born, and they are always encouraging me and telling me they'll support me no matter what career path I choose (as long as I go to college!) When I occasionally get frustrated with how long and difficult becoming a doctor will be, I just remind myself of the incredible opportunity I'll have to help others and make a positive impact through healing people. It sounds so cliche, but there really is no greater calling than preserving human life and alleviating suffering. Every single day, I'll get to use my skills to improve and even save people's lives - how amazing is that? Just picturing the face of a relieved parent
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