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Hello, my name is Job. I am a Senior at Information Technology High School, I am in one of its CTE Academies, Web Design. I am interested in the field of web design because web design and other technology-related jobs are growing in that field, and getting a job within that field would be very beneficial. My hobbies are playing piano and drawing in my free time. I started piano 9 years ago, and I attended a Saturday art program in 2012 to 2016. My dream is to become a computer scientist, I grew up around computers and worked around them a lot so I would like to learn more about them. My goal is to learn how to create websites, I am currently on my way to achieving this goal by completing the Web Client Programming course and graduating from high school.

What Does A CTE Diploma Mean to Me?

In New York City, a Regents Diploma is required to graduate from high school, a student can also go for an Advanced Regents Diploma. In order to get a regular Regents Diploma, a student has to have 8 English and social studies credits, 6 science and math credits, 2 foreign language and visual arts credits, 4 Phys. Ed credits, 1 health credit, and 7 elective credits. To get an Advanced Regents diploma, it is mostly the same with the Advanced Regents diploma requiring 6 foreign language credits instead of 2, and 3 elective credits instead of 7. The requirements to graduate change when a student has a CTE endorsement, if said student has an endorsement and tries for an Advanced Regents, only 2 foreign language credits are needed and no foreign language exam is required. In order for a CTE endorsement to apply, a student has to complete all the requirements for their CTE academy. Having a CTE endorsement would benefit me personally because it means that I have to take other rigorous clas