Project 4 Recipients

For this project I landed on writing a letter to my parents and a good friend Gary, persuading them that I have made the correct decision in choosing Criminal Justice as my major. My parents are very hard working people and both of them have worked very hard to get where they are today. My mom works for one of the hospitals in Springfield, Illinois. While I am not quite sure exactly what it is she does, it involves the hiring of doctors and payroll. On the other hand, my dad works for the state Comptroller office. He is the manager of the Springfield office and deals with oversight of the whole building. It is actually quite ironic that he has such a high ranking job, seeing as how he did not go to college and instead worked his way up through the state system. Nevertheless, they are both successful people and I have big shoes to fill.

My parents have always watched over me like a hawk, seeing as how I am an only child, and are constantly pushing me to excel. However, they have always been behind me 100% on whatever it is I want to do, even if it is something they do not believe in. That it is why it is even more important for me to prove to them that I have made the right decision. They need to be assured that my major is the right choice and that it will ultimately affect my future positively. My parents are not the type of parents that are willing to keep me under their wing until I am 35. They want to get rid of me as soon as possible so that they can retire and relax. Therefore, seeing as how they are paying for my schooling, they can pull the plug on my education at any time if they feel I am not performing to my fullest.

As for my second choice for this project, I decided to write a good friend of mine named Gary. Gary is a retired federal agent and is now one of the youth leaders at my church. In addition Gary and I, along with other church members, have gone on many Habitat for Humanity trips nationwide. Therefore, I would like to prove to Gary that I have made the right choice in regards to my future. I chose him especially since he is a retired federal agent and has worked with the criminal justice system his whole life. He not only knows what it is my major pertains too, but he has experience in it and can in the future give guidance to me. All in all, both my parents and Gary are worth recipients of letters. While on one side I have a lot to prove to my parents and they need to be assured that their investment in me is the right one, Gary is a long-time friend who has dealt with the criminal justice system his whole life and can offer me future guidance; if he feels I am a worthy candidate.