The Communications Academy

							                                  P/NW BOCES
                                  Tech Center
Mrs. Buckhout
Goals & Aspirations Essay


The purpose of this essay is to have you examine your personal and/or career goals, and
to begin planning for them.

In essay form, you will:
    1. Describe your goals and aspirations for this school year, the next few years and
        the future (10 years from now). You may want to relate your career goals to the
        course you are taking at the Tech Center
    2. Explain why these goals are important to you
    3. Specifically explain how you will achieve these goals


Your paper MUST be:
   a) At least 5 paragraphs (intro + at least 3 body paragraphs + conclusion)
   b) Typed in a 12 pt readable font (NO exceptions)
   c) Double spaced, with NO extra spaces between paragraphs
   d) At least 1 ½ to 2 pages in length
   e) PROOFREAD!

Late? – 5 points each day


                Tips to Help with Writing Introductions and Conclusions:

When writing your introduction, you may want to begin with:
   A quote (be sure to explain it)
   A question
   A short description (of yourself)
   An interesting fact (either about yourself or goals in general)
   An explanation (of the word goal or aspiration)
   An analogy (eg. a goal is like a(n) …)

When writing your conclusion:
   Don’t simply summarize or restate what you’ve just said in your body paragraphs
   Don’t restate your introduction. Create some new information based on what
     you’ve just written in your essay
   Ask yourself “So what?”