final draft

    1)   For a very long time in my life I have been passionate about one specific goal.  That goal has been to open up my own music academy in the Dominican Republic. This goal has been very important to me since the first day I discovered my passion for music, I know that I am also going to face many challenges trying to achieve my goal, and that its going to take several steps for me to get there. When I turned 14 years old my parents got me my very first guitar. At first I did not know how to play it or tune it and I had never taken music lessons in my life before. I always wanted to play an instrument but I never had the chance to take music lessons because they were very expensive. A few weeks after I had first gotten my guitar I had a cousin who lived very closed by and she always use to come down to visit. When she saw my guitar she had asked me if she could play it. At that time I had no idea my cousin Lourdes was able to play guitar and sing as well. From that day I was inspired to learn how to play as good as she did someday.

    2)    A year later after I had learned to play guitar I started to look for a music school were I would be able to take lessons. After I took a few lessons the owner of the store told me I was really advanced especially for someone who had learned on his own and had only a year playing guitar. He asked if I would help him give lessons at least two hours a day for five days a week. I took the offer and a few months later I became a music instructor in his school. I worked for him for two years in a half and I enjoyed working with my students and the other instructors in the school. From that moment on I had decided that someday I would open up a music academy of my own. This goal became really important to me, I wanted to share my passion for music with others and be able to teach them what I had learned through my years of experience. This goal was meaningful to me because as I was growing up in the Dominican Republic I always wanted to learn how to play a music instrument especially the guitar but I did not have the opportunity till I got to the United States because the price for music lessons in my country was ridiculously high and my parents could not afford it.

     3)  Every goal we try to accomplish in life has many challenges. One of the challenges I may face trying to open up a music academy in the Dominican Republic is financial problems because opening a music academy is like starting my own business. I am going to have to find a good location where I would want to open up my music school. This will coast me a lot of money and if my music school is not successful I will have to close it down which would mean I would have wasted a lot of money and my school was not a success. Another challenge I would face will be attracting customers to my music academy. I have to make sure that my school looks appealing to others and that I attract many students into my school.

    4)  There are certain steps I have to take in order to achieve my goal and open up a successful music academy in my country. One of the steps I have to take after I have opened my music academy is advertising my music school. I can advertise my school by passing out flyers, cards or even on television. I can also advertise my school by going out and preforming and giving demonstrations of what I would be doing and teaching in my school.

    5)  Everyone has a goal that they want to accomplish. My goal is to someday open up a very successful music school in the Dominican Republic were I will be able to teach and share my passion with everyone who is interested in music and learning to play and instrument. I will face many challenges while trying to achieve my goal such as financial issues and making sure that my academy is always successful. I am also going to have to take certain steps in order to be able to run a successful music academy such as advertising my school and making sure I do a really great job at teaching my students what they want to learn.