Education - Personal Statement Example

13 October 2008 My Education After having been out of school for the past 20 years, I am thrilled to pursue an associate degree in nursing. Even though I have a rewarding career as a licensed vocational nurse during those years, my heart longs for the knowledge and skills I can acquire inside the classroom. As a person, it has always been my passion to reach my utmost potential by exhausting all the available opportunity for me to develop my strength and competencies. Thus, my education spans from the time I enter grade school to the day I graduate from high school and pursue vocational studies.

However, I should also add that my experience as a nurse instills in me a lot of learning which cannot be solely provided by a study of theoretical concepts. My formal educational experience starts when I entered grade school with my mom. I can still remember how excited I am to be at school with my playmate. However, that excitement to be with my peers is replaced by the stronger desire to learn new things especially on mathematics and sciences. Throughout grade school and high school, I have developed an interest in the functioning of the human body which coupled with my desire to extend my innate compassion to other people supported my goal to be a nurse.

After high school, I enrolled at a vocational course which instilled in me the knowledge of caring for people. The theoretical concepts I have learned from vocational school is further enhanced as I apply it to my career as nurse. Inside the classroom, I have developed the ability to memorize procedures and processes but it remains useless until I was able to apply it to care for other person. Being a nurse at work became an integral part of my education as it mold me into a more loving and caring individual.

It strengthened my character and challenged my sense of responsibility. As I pursue an associate degree in nursing, I can still feel how excited I am to begin this new phase of my education. Taking only three courses, it enables me to work while studying. I believe that this is a great opportunity for me noting that my studies will provide me with theoretical framework which will go hand and in hand with the hands-on application required by my job.