Future!

I hope everyone have a great year! I really enjoyed you all and hope you do things in life that take you far in the future! Love you all and take care!! See you around sometime!!

Being True To Yourself

The main topic that I really liked was about the whole topic we discussed today about the poem we were assigned. It was really broad and very interesting. For the fact that people have their on takes on life, everyone's should be heard. No one answer is correct, because nobody is alike. I think the fact that everybody has their own opinion makes me feel good, because everybody has to think for themselves.

As for being on this earth, I think personally, that we are meant to be here, just have to find exactly the reason why. I know I thought for a while that I wasn't suppose to be here because of when I was born, I was born 4 months early and weighed only 1lb. 16oz. and had major surgeries since I was a baby and spend 3 months of my life in the NI-CU when I was born. As I realized that I had been given another chance on this crazy earth, I knew I had to find what it is that kept me here.

My future occupation, I want to have something to do with children or elderly people. I have been dealing with kids since I was old enough to dress myself. They are my weakness, and it's my passion to be around happy individuals such as the little children. I think that is my purpose for this here thing called earth. To either teach kids in a head start program/school, or to be an administrator in a daycare. I would also love to work in a hospital, taking care of the elderly. I will just follow my heart and go where it leads me!

Peer Career and The Choices You Make

• An important part of looking for a career or choosing a major is Self Awareness. With self awareness, you can determine what's best for you and what isn't. You can also apply this at the Peer Career. Peer Career is a place where it could help you in exactly what you are interested in for the future. If you have no clue as to what you want to do with your life, you may take a self-assessment test and it could show you what you think you would consider. (Downing, 2008.)
• The Peer Career Center is there to help you when making career choices if you can't find one. As for the self-assessment test, all you have to do is walk-in, let one of the undergraduates,volunteer graduates, or one of the interns know and they will assist you. It doesn't take any time to do, about 15-30 minutes at the most. When that is finished, they will ask you for your email address and they will send you some ads or more information about what your results were and that may interest you. (J. Reeder, personal communication, July 14, 2010.)
  
• If you seek for further help, guidance or just need to talk one on one, they would assist you in whatever you may want to know more about. Talking with one of the graduate students may help you in decision making, or at least whatever you consider choosing. It helped me personally in choosing a career path. I know that I love working with children and helping people, but just nothing to do with teaching related. I switched my major numerous of times before I went to the Peer Career, I am now a child development major.
• I recently interviewed Jonathan Reeder and asked him how the Peer Career helped him in his successful career. He has let me know that the Peer Career is important because if helps prepare students for life after college and to learn more about themselves. Appointments are usually made by calling (828-262-2029), or just walk-in (hours M-Th: 10am-5pm, F: 10am-12pm, located on the second floor of the student union) and if you can't make these times, you could just call.
• Also when choosing a career path or major and you are having trouble with finding something you want to do, you can visit the peer career website and look up some intended majors and careers or ones that just may interest you.
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Downing, Skip. "Gaining Self-Awareness." On Course - Special Fifth Edition. 5 ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2008. 164-165. Print.
J. Reeder, Personal Communication, July 14, 2010.

An Open Mind In College && The World

The one point that I would like to cover from the topics in class is life in college. College is such a huge step from high school and how things change, like your surroundings, people and other things. The one main point that I want to hit on is that how your surroundings are different. From high school, you have all your friends, favorite teachers and all the things you love to do. Coming to college for the first time, you never know what to expect until you have been here for a while before it was your time to actually come. I know from my freshman year, I was really nervous and scared for the fact that I was coming from a real small town and entering a big school.

I didn't know what to expect at first because I never learned to have the courage with meeting and making new friends as well as teachers/professors. I am really happy that I have loosened up and made myself have an open mind. With my open mind, I am more opened to new things, such as friends, cultures and sexualities. In this society, we just have to learn to be more open to new things, even colleges and different cultures and such. An open mind creates a new me!!

Recap of the Week

From the first day of class, I was probably a bit nervous, because i am normally a very shy person. I like how we went around and introduced ourselves; it made me feel a bit better. I love the seminar we did on Thursday and how we actually got to take a part in participating in the conversation and putting out our own ideas and comments. It made me realize that certain things happen for a reason. We talked about success and how to achieve it. I think that the key to success is hard work. Everything requires work and you have to work hard to get what you want and need in life. Nothing is handed to you on a silver platter. Encouragement is always a boost when it comes to success. You always need some sort of pep talk or words from the wise to make things a little easier on your part. As for today, Friday, we participated in another seminar and we also played a game similar to our topic. Everyone either plays a victim or a creator in their lives. Life is what we make it, so make the decision that works better for you, but also make sure it's a wise one. Otherwise you just may regret it.

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