Fighting and grappling, I make my way in front of my opponent. The time plummets and we only have 10 seconds left in the water polo game. With a flick of his wrist, my teammate slips the ball past his defender into my reach. I step out, grab the ball, and fling it towards the top right corner of the goal. It flies past the goalie and into the back of the net. Goal! Scoring is one of the most exhilarating things to do while playing water polo; it represents all of the hard work and dedication spent in the pool either swimming laps or practicing technique. Through the pain and suffering of aching muscles and lack of oxygen, the hard work that I exert eventually helps me achieve my goals. .
One of my lifetime goals is to become a history professor. Constantly growing and expanding my horizons, history is the one subject that always excites me. As long as it involves dates and influential people, any type of history interests me. I did not have this interest when I began high school. During my freshman and sophomore years, I took beginning courses such as World Geography and World History. However, during my junior year, I decided to challenge myself and take AP United States History. The teacher, Dr. Rozek, was an experienced professor who had been teaching and researching the subject for longer than I had lived. Her passion for the subject caught my attention, and I quickly fell in love with history. Week by week I challenged myself to go the extra mile in her class. I would encourage myself to memorize one more influential person or understand one more event in history. As my knowledge and interest grew, I realized that I did not want to stop my history studies after high school. I decided I wanted to major in history in college and eventually become a history professor. .
However, being a professor at a university is not an easy goal to achieve. One of the obstacles I have to overcome is the amount of time it takes to become a professor.