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The Road Not Taken Response

Grayson Bryant

Senior Seminar
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The Road Not Taken Response

The Road Not Taken was a poem that spoke to me. This poem reminds me on how I decide

to make decisions. I tend to divide them up into two different sections. I then gather pros and

cons of both situations and then go from there. I believe that this poem has many different

meanings just depends on how you look at it. I feel it could also mean that you should try to go

down the less traveled paths because the decisions that you make only affect your life. If you

follow somebody else your whole life you will be looked at as a follower and boring. When you

do your own thing and go down the roads that people never decide too you learn more about

yourself and life I feel like. I feel you also grow physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

The choices that I have made in the past has absolutely made me the person that I am

today. Some choices that I have made I wish I could change or go back and do different. That

doesn’t mean I regret anything though. Some choices that I have made I am so proud of myself

for making that jump to something new. Every choice I have made molded me into the person

that I am today, and I wouldn’t change that for the world because I have experienced so many

things that I know others have not. Some choices that I made that had a huge impact on my life

was my Junior year in High School I decided I wanted to move in with my dad and transfer

schools. At the time I was going through a lot within myself. So, I decided I wanted something

new. This was one of the best decisions I ever made because of the growth I made that year

academically and personally. If I did not move that year I do not know even if I would be in

college right now. I couldn’t even tell you what I would possibly doing because I was heading

down a very dark path. Ever since then I have evolved, I feel into a way better version of myself

and I am so thankful for that.

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I am probably the most indecisive person you will ever meet. I do not know why I am like

this I just am. This makes me face plenty of problems and adds extra stress on a daily basis to my

life. The choices that I am going to have to make soon are going to be big life altering changes. I

am going to have make a choice that involves my career path and my future. Now I am making

the choices of going to school and trying my best so that I can get the best grades possible. I also

want to receive the most knowledge possible before I obtain a job in this career path. I want to do

this because that will help me prepare myself and I will be better suited for when the time comes.

I also need to start making choices debating between what actual path I want to go because I am

currently stuck between two.

I have dreams of becoming an FBI agent, but I know before you make it to that ranking or

position that you have to start from the bottom. Some of the FBI requirements are being twenty-

three and thirty-six years old. Having at least a bachelor’s degree from a college or university is

very important as well. Another important requirement is having at least two or more years of

some kind of professional work or only one year if you have already obtained a master’s degree.

But this is where the problem is, I do not really know where I want to start. I kind of want to do

something with Border Control. I feel that will have me moving across the country away from

my family and friends. This would be a major problem for me because of how family oriented I

am. I feel like I have to take risk to become successful in life so I might just have to do that. I’ve

also looked into jobs working for customs in the U.S. Those jobs look very interesting to me.

That would give me the possibility of only moving a couple hours at most away from my family.

That would be ideal, but I feel as if I would enjoy the other jobs more. People tell me all of the

time to get a job that I enjoy. That is why I want to pursue some of these jobs because I feel as it
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would be less of a job. I want a job that I can make a difference in the community around me and

even possibly the world. That is why I chose to study criminal justice and go into these fields.
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Reference:

FBI. Federal Bureau of Investigation. https://www.fbijobs.gov/career-paths/special-

agents/eligibility.

Frost, R. (1916). The Road Not Taken.