Bryce Dearborn
WRA 101:043
9 April 2019
Project 3: Disciplinary Literacies
Audience: Insurance Companies
Every since I was a freshman in high school I knew I wanted to work in a business. I loved the idea of large corporations and making big money deals. I wanted to be working with the big name companies in the United States and become high up and in power. However, working in the business world is on a broad spectrum. What would I want to do for a career? My junior year of high school I took my first ever statistics class. This is where I fell in love with numbers. Statistics is something else and it came very easy to me. My statistics teacher was an Actuary before teaching at my school and he told me all about. Just recently, this past summer I enrolled into Army ROTC here at Michigan State University. My dad’s friend who was a Captain in the army talked to me about the options of ROTC, since he used to teach a class at the University of Connecticut. I decided I want to do more and do something that benefits others and gives safety to those we love. After my four years in the ROTC program I want to serve my country as an active duty officer for eight years. I am hoping that working in the army will help me learn leadership skills that cannot be gained elsewhere; that I can use these skills to obtain higher up positions in the business world. I interviewed Mrs. Sylvia Lecky. She graduated from Michigan State University in 1987 with a degree in statistics and a minor in data analysis. Shortly after she passed all 10 of her actuarial exams. She is currently an actuary at MassMutual in Springfield, MA. I felt that an important question to ask her was, “If you could do everything all over again, would you still become an actuary?”. Mrs. Lecky said, “I would do everything the same in a heartbeat. Working as an actuary has provided me with so many amazing opportunities. I love the challenge of my job, it makes you think critically everyday, and everyday brings a new problem.” This response really energized me and got me excited for the future. The fact that she has been working as an actuary for about 32 years and still loves everything about it, means everything to me. I am excited that one day I am going to be able to apply myself in this field of work.
WRA 101:043
9 April 2019
Project 3: Disciplinary Literacies
Audience: Insurance Companies
Every since I was a freshman in high school I knew I wanted to work in a business. I loved the idea of large corporations and making big money deals. I wanted to be working with the big name companies in the United States and become high up and in power. However, working in the business world is on a broad spectrum. What would I want to do for a career? My junior year of high school I took my first ever statistics class. This is where I fell in love with numbers. Statistics is something else and it came very easy to me. My statistics teacher was an Actuary before teaching at my school and he told me all about. Just recently, this past summer I enrolled into Army ROTC here at Michigan State University. My dad’s friend who was a Captain in the army talked to me about the options of ROTC, since he used to teach a class at the University of Connecticut. I decided I want to do more and do something that benefits others and gives safety to those we love. After my four years in the ROTC program I want to serve my country as an active duty officer for eight years. I am hoping that working in the army will help me learn leadership skills that cannot be gained elsewhere; that I can use these skills to obtain higher up positions in the business world. I interviewed Mrs. Sylvia Lecky. She graduated from Michigan State University in 1987 with a degree in statistics and a minor in data analysis. Shortly after she passed all 10 of her actuarial exams. She is currently an actuary at MassMutual in Springfield, MA. I felt that an important question to ask her was, “If you could do everything all over again, would you still become an actuary?”. Mrs. Lecky said, “I would do everything the same in a heartbeat. Working as an actuary has provided me with so many amazing opportunities. I love the challenge of my job, it makes you think critically everyday, and everyday brings a new problem.” This response really energized me and got me excited for the future. The fact that she has been working as an actuary for about 32 years and still loves everything about it, means everything to me. I am excited that one day I am going to be able to apply myself in this field of work.