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           In about five years from now I expect to be either an FBI agent or a professional baseball player. Since this is a student development class based on criminal justice, then I’ll talk about the FBI. The qualifications for being an FBI agent are that you have to be a U.S citizen. You need to be between the ages of twenty-three and thirty-seven by the time I get an appointment. You need to have a four-year degree from a college or university in the United States. There are five entry programs. Those entry programs are accounting, computer science/information technology, language, law and diversified. After qualifying for one of the following five entry programs you have to have one or more of the following critical skills: accounting, finance, computer science/information technology expertise, engineering expertise, foreign language proficiency, intelligence experience, law experience, law enforcement or other investigative experience, military experience, physical science expertise, diversified experience, or tactical operations/special forces. After you have qualified officially you would have a series of four tests. A physical test, a vision test, a hearing test, and a medical review. For the physical test, you will be required to do a maximum amount of sit-ups in one minute, run a timed 300-meter sprint, do a maximum amount of push-ups, it is not timed, and a timed one and a half mile run. For the vision test you are not allowed to have a vision worst then 20/200 and if you have corrected eyes you are allowed to have 20/20 in one eye and up to 20/40 in the other. For the hearing test you will be required to have average hearing loss of 25 decibels (ANSI) at 1000, 2000, and 3000 Hertz, single reading of 35 decibels at 1000, 2000, and 3000 Hertz, a single reading of 35 decibels at 500 Hertz
and a single reading of 45 decibels at 4000 Hertz. You will be required to give in your medical history for review.

            In order to be accepted into the FBI you cannot have a criminal record. You cannot be a former serial killer. Also, you cannot be a drug abuser. An FBI agent does not have a typical work day. Their work for the day is based on their investigation. Working for the FBI is a big risk. They deal with criminals. Not misdemeanors, they deal with demented killers, terrorist and sociopaths. Your salary depends on your position. If you’re a trainee, you earn a salary of $51,043 annually. If you’re a newly assigned special agent, you earn from $61,100 to $69,900. Also, you might earn a one time relocation bonus of $22,000 to offset the high cost of living in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Washington D.C., Boston and Newark. Advanced super agents in non supervisory assignments earn a base salary of as much as $93,175. Advanced super agents that are in supervisory, management, and executive leadership positions earn a base salary of as much as $129,517.  The way you move up in the FBI is the same any other job. If there is an opening and based on the quality of your work and efforts. The advantages of being an FBI agent are that you’re a federal employee. Also, you get benefits for the government and you’re on the right side of the law. Also, now you can make a difference in the nation by putting criminals away. The only disadvantage is that you are putting your life at risk. The “globalness” of the industry is not really there. I mean they are known around the world but they do not go out of the united stated. Five actions I plan to take in order to become an FBI agent are 1. I plan to graduate out of a four-year college not sure which one yet, 2. I plan to work for the NYPD and become a detective there, 3. I plan to work out and be in great physical shape, 4. I plan to get Lasik eye surgery so my vision is corrected and 5. Simply apply to the FBI. 

Samuel Castro