M
y name is
Michael Kebede.
I am from Addis
Ababa, Ethi-
opia. I came to the United
States of America in 2013.
I’m a student at Carlos Rosa-
rio Public Charter School. I’m
taking Nursing Aid Training
class. My plan for the future
is to be a Registered Nurse.
When I was a child, I wanted to
be a businessman. However, in
seventh grade, when I started
learning biology, I began to feel
a different way. How compli-
cated and beautiful the healthy
human body is! It was interest-
ing to learn about anatomy, how
the body works and how we
protect it from disorders. I had
good grades and changed my
Michael Kebede
plan from business to doctor.
My experience with my
grandmother also inspired
me to work with sick people.
Taking care of my grand-
mother always made me feel
good. She was always happy
whenever I was around her.
the United States of America, a
place where dreams come true.
I registered at Carlos Rosario
Public Charter School in 2017
to improve my English. After
studying English, I decided
to take Nurse Aide Training.
Helping people in need and
After I finished high school, working in the medical field
I didn’t get a chance to go is my passion. It has been my
to medical school because dream since I was a child.
of my country’s education
system. Usually the govern- Now I have short and long term
ment chooses your course of plans for the future. My short
study depending on your high term plan is to finish Nurse
school results. In my case, Aide Training, pass the board
I was selected for business exam and work at the hospital.
school, which had been my My long-term plan is to go to
previous plan. After I gradu- college and become a Regis-
ated, I started working for my tered Nurse. Step by step,
family’s business. Two years I will accomplish this goal,
later, I had a chance to come to no matter how long it takes.
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