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Beekeeping Personal Statement

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It was June and I was covered from head to toe in protective clothing. I was headed to check on my struggling bee hives. Once I had gotten into my hives, I realized my hood strap wasn’t closed. It was too late. The next thing I knew a bee had started to crawl inside my hood. I immediately took off sprinting, at full speed, while trying to rip off my hood. Unfortunately, the bee had caught in my hair and the intense buzzing was ripping through my ear drum. After removing the bee from my hair, I listened to my dad burst into laughter. Even though I prefer to keep the bees out of my hood, I knew in that moment beekeeping was something I wanted to continue. Majoring in biology is an interest sparked by my beekeeping. As I learn more about bees and their environmental importance, I …show more content…

I was very unsure of my major until I was bombarded with questions my freshman year such as “Where do you see yourself in four years?”, “What are you planning on majoring in?” These questions seemed to linger in the back of my mind for my entire highschool career. It wasn’t until senior year, that I realized that biology was my passion. Beekeeping was what initially sparked my interest in biology at a young age. However, health science courses offered at Swain County High also influenced my decision in picking a major. After taking health team relations my freshman year, I was drawn into the health science pathway. Which had a major impact on my education and individual interests. Whether I was dissecting a cow’s eye in anatomy and physiology or learning about the diseases of the human body, I was very constantly captivated in class. I think it was important to learn hands on rather than googling images of what a cow’s eye looks like because of the experience it allowed me to have. Without beekeeping or my health science courses, I don’t think I would have established my

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