My Great Desire to Join the Guidance Counselling Program
The first time that I entered a guidance counselling office was back when I was in my junior year due to my deteriorating academic performance. During this time, my life was falling apart because of the things that I was going through in both my school and home life. At school, I was getting bullied because of my ethnicity, coming from a single family things at home were worse because I never had any connection with my mother who was always away working to try make ends meet. I felt hopeless and life was meaningless until I met the school counsellor. I felt alone and miserable but thanks to the counselling that I got, my life turned out well and I was able to join college where I pursued human services because I always felt that my passion is with listening to people and helping them out. My school counsellor always listened to my problems and I felt that I had someone that I could trust and talk to whenever I had a problem and this is what triggered my desire to become a guidance counsellor.
I believe the greatest problem that is faced by students is bullying, I experienced that and the stigma almost destroyed me. I remember one time when I was in 2nd grade one of the students stuck gum in my hair and then went ahead to cut it, I was so humiliated with no one to help me not even my teachers or even the administration that was equally discriminating. It is for this reason that I detest any kind of discrimination, I am an advocate for every individual who gets ill-treated and I am always ready to stand with them and encourage them to fight on with life and avoid the negative energy. I am a humble and honest individual and this makes people feel safe around me; in my family, I am referred as the best person to seek advice from when one is going through an issue because I am always ready to listen and offer sensible advice.
Though I have not been able to complete my graduate degree, I have 15 years of human service experience in the higher education capacity where I offer guidance to candidates that are joining the higher education institution. This job gives me the chance to interact on a personal level with these young people that are trying to pursue their life goals. It makes me very happy when I inspire their lives and they later come back to thank me with their success stories.
As a mother of teenagers, I understand the way that young people reason and view life. I understand that sometimes they just need someone to listen to them without judging them and I know that this is what I want to do for the rest of life. My unfortunate experiences as a young person have given me the understanding of how difficult life can be for some students in both at school and at home leading them hopeless. I believe that I have the charisma to help such students and change their perspective about life through guidance and counselling. I hope that you will consider my greatest desire to help the young people regain hope for a better future.
