ASGC, Inc.
ACADEMIC AWARDS
STUDENT BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE
PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT IN INK
NAME____ Peter J Breinholt
ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE______AOJ – Forensic Technology _________
NO. OF SEMESTERS AT GROSSMONT COLLEGE___6 regular semesters, 1 summer session
GPA___4.0_______
BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE
As a final attempt to keep Peter from dropping out of high school during his senior year, his parents put him into Westridge Academy, formerly the Utah Boys Ranch, in spring of 2000. Under a court order from a juvenile judge, He graduated from Westridge Academy with a 1.387 GPA and earned his High School Diploma. He was in this institution for almost 8 months. During this time he participated in countless community service hours and projects, unfortunately also under a court order.
When Peter was officially released from Westridge Academy, he got a job at a local burger joint called Arctic Circle. He started as a cook and ended up working his way up to a shift supervisor position. He went to another restaurant to visit his friend and tell him the news, and on the way realized that although he had a good job, his future would be much better with an education. He wanted to be able to help other people in the way he had been helped as a confused kid, and enrolled in Criminal Justice classes at Salt Lake Community College in the fall of 2002. During his time at college he went to class in the morning, worked as a cook in the evening, then worked as a bouncer/server at night to earn enough money to visit England, Ireland, and Scotland to study some of his personal ancestry with his mother and sister during summer break. He maintained a B+ average until he turned 21 in May of 2003, and during this time in his life, discovered that he was an alcoholic.
Peter spent the next two years drinking almost constantly and working primarily at Arctic Circle as a shift supervisor. In recognition of his problems, he moved to Las Vegas in May of 2004 with an old friend from church in an attempt to change his life style. He obtained employment towing illegally parked cars at night to pay the rent so his friend could attend school full time without working. After about three weeks, Pete started drinking again. His friend found another roommate and Peter moved into his cousin’s laundry room for $200 a month rent. At this time he obtained a second job at Starbucks in order to help support his drinking habit.
In February of 2005, Peter’s brother offered him a job painting lines on roadways in San Diego. Pete promptly moved. He met his wife on July 5th, 2005; the same day that he decided to stop drinking for good. They were married in April of 2006. He quit his job as a Road Striper to start school again in the fall of 2006. Since then He has managed to maintain a 4.0 GPA, become president of the college ACJA chapter, become a member of the Honor Society, PTK, and work his way up to an assistant manager at Starbucks Coffee. He has applied to receive his AS degree and forensic certification in August of 2009. He will be the second child out of the seven in his family to achieve a college level degree. He has applied for internship positions as well as cadet positions at many local law enforcement agencies over the past year but unfortunately has been turned down due to his rough history and background. He has been advised to obtain a bachelors degree and apply again by most of these agencies.
Although Peter’s Major is in Forensic Science, he has made a personal shift towards preventing crime as opposed to reacting to crime over the past few months. He would like to work with troubled teenagers who may have the opportunity to change before they become part of the jail and prison system. Ultimately he plans to become a counselor or case worker much like the ones he was assigned to at Westridge Academy. To achieve this, he plans on applying for an internship at the Department of Probations as well as taking a few courses this fall to help him transfer to a 4 year university later next year. During his internship he will find out what programs are available for at risk youth, and what positions are available as well as what type of education and certification is needed. If he is not able to intern due to some problems with his background, he plans on taking some courses through the CAARR to start becoming a Certified Alcoholism and other Drug Addiction Specialist (CAS) until he decides which university to attend.
His final goal as far as education is concerned is to be able to put “Dr. Peter J. Breinholt, Ph.D., CAS” at the top of his resume. He is going to do this to in order to illustrate that a person does not have to have a perfect, or even satisfactory, beginning to make something great of himself. He knows first hand what it takes to change his life, and knows that he can provide these tools to future generations. He also plans on becoming a foster parent, as well as working at an institution similar to the Utah Boys Ranch.
ACADEMIC AWARDS
STUDENT BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE
PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT IN INK
NAME____ Peter J Breinholt
ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE______AOJ – Forensic Technology _________
NO. OF SEMESTERS AT GROSSMONT COLLEGE___6 regular semesters, 1 summer session
GPA___4.0_______
BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE
As a final attempt to keep Peter from dropping out of high school during his senior year, his parents put him into Westridge Academy, formerly the Utah Boys Ranch, in spring of 2000. Under a court order from a juvenile judge, He graduated from Westridge Academy with a 1.387 GPA and earned his High School Diploma. He was in this institution for almost 8 months. During this time he participated in countless community service hours and projects, unfortunately also under a court order.
When Peter was officially released from Westridge Academy, he got a job at a local burger joint called Arctic Circle. He started as a cook and ended up working his way up to a shift supervisor position. He went to another restaurant to visit his friend and tell him the news, and on the way realized that although he had a good job, his future would be much better with an education. He wanted to be able to help other people in the way he had been helped as a confused kid, and enrolled in Criminal Justice classes at Salt Lake Community College in the fall of 2002. During his time at college he went to class in the morning, worked as a cook in the evening, then worked as a bouncer/server at night to earn enough money to visit England, Ireland, and Scotland to study some of his personal ancestry with his mother and sister during summer break. He maintained a B+ average until he turned 21 in May of 2003, and during this time in his life, discovered that he was an alcoholic.
Peter spent the next two years drinking almost constantly and working primarily at Arctic Circle as a shift supervisor. In recognition of his problems, he moved to Las Vegas in May of 2004 with an old friend from church in an attempt to change his life style. He obtained employment towing illegally parked cars at night to pay the rent so his friend could attend school full time without working. After about three weeks, Pete started drinking again. His friend found another roommate and Peter moved into his cousin’s laundry room for $200 a month rent. At this time he obtained a second job at Starbucks in order to help support his drinking habit.
In February of 2005, Peter’s brother offered him a job painting lines on roadways in San Diego. Pete promptly moved. He met his wife on July 5th, 2005; the same day that he decided to stop drinking for good. They were married in April of 2006. He quit his job as a Road Striper to start school again in the fall of 2006. Since then He has managed to maintain a 4.0 GPA, become president of the college ACJA chapter, become a member of the Honor Society, PTK, and work his way up to an assistant manager at Starbucks Coffee. He has applied to receive his AS degree and forensic certification in August of 2009. He will be the second child out of the seven in his family to achieve a college level degree. He has applied for internship positions as well as cadet positions at many local law enforcement agencies over the past year but unfortunately has been turned down due to his rough history and background. He has been advised to obtain a bachelors degree and apply again by most of these agencies.
Although Peter’s Major is in Forensic Science, he has made a personal shift towards preventing crime as opposed to reacting to crime over the past few months. He would like to work with troubled teenagers who may have the opportunity to change before they become part of the jail and prison system. Ultimately he plans to become a counselor or case worker much like the ones he was assigned to at Westridge Academy. To achieve this, he plans on applying for an internship at the Department of Probations as well as taking a few courses this fall to help him transfer to a 4 year university later next year. During his internship he will find out what programs are available for at risk youth, and what positions are available as well as what type of education and certification is needed. If he is not able to intern due to some problems with his background, he plans on taking some courses through the CAARR to start becoming a Certified Alcoholism and other Drug Addiction Specialist (CAS) until he decides which university to attend.
His final goal as far as education is concerned is to be able to put “Dr. Peter J. Breinholt, Ph.D., CAS” at the top of his resume. He is going to do this to in order to illustrate that a person does not have to have a perfect, or even satisfactory, beginning to make something great of himself. He knows first hand what it takes to change his life, and knows that he can provide these tools to future generations. He also plans on becoming a foster parent, as well as working at an institution similar to the Utah Boys Ranch.
1 comment:
Pete, that is very inspiring.
Post a Comment