Michaela McAndrew

840 Hunters Horn LN

Myrtle Beach, SC 29588
October 28, 2014
Senior Exploration Judge
St. James High School
10800 HWY 707
Murrells Inlet, SC 29576
Dear Senior Exploration Judge:

Senior year is a very stressful and worrisome time for most high school seniors. It contains a
whirlwind of emotions, drama, applications, and school/work on top of everything.
Personally, it has been rather crazy, between keeping up grades, my personal issues such as
work, family, and my extracurricular activities. I believe that you should know, that my main
motivation for getting through school, is my late father. When I was a child, he would always
push me to get good grades, and would assist me when I needed it most.
I chose to research Pediatric Speech Pathology, because my cousin, has DiGeorge syndrome,
causing him to have a severe speech and hearing impediment. Almost nobody could
understand what he was saying, except me. I went with him to several of his speech lessons,
and would often end up having to basically translate what he was saying to his pathologist.
Becoming a Pediatric Speech Pathologist, will help me to understand more about speech, and
why things such as impediments occur. I very much enjoyed helping my cousin with his
syndrome at home, and now he is doing much better with his speech. I want to become a
Speech Pathologist so that I can help children develop correctly and efficiently.
Thank you for your time in reading my letter, taking the time to view my presentation, and
your interest. I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,

Michaela Jae McAndrew

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