I Have Learned About Careers

College, The doorway to the future. Many things can happen during this phase of one’s life, well known for exposing peoples “true personalities” through its multiple hardships and adventure. One thing to be said about college is that it is one of the most stressful times of a person life. In College pressures, an article written by William Zinsser, the head master of Bradford College, states that the amount of pressure placed on college students is heavy and that is unintentionally been cause by their own self-doubt. I am interested in the essay because although it was written in the 70’s I know for a fact that many college students can truly relate to this essay in more than one way. I, personally, relate because I would be the first in my family to complete college with more than just an associate’s degree and it is a lot of pressure but, unlike the people in this essay, I know very well how to handle the pressure, but I do know many who are friends and in college right now who cannot handle the pressure and are failing under the pressure. In William Zinsser’s article, he simply explains how the unstable economy we live in is distracting us from adventuring out into uncharted territory. Simply because, in our up bringing our parents emphasized the importance of stability and the suggestion of striving for more realistic jobs. It also stresses the influence of peers have on one’s personal experience and opinion on where he or she should be academically causing exhaustion

The Journey to me starts just like any other, with a step. In my case it was a step into the doors that enclosed my Info Literacy classroom. In this class I was pushed, at some times forced, to attempt to figure out who I am and where I am going. This was done through a few different sources: S.H.A.P.E., Purpose Driven Life, Self-Directed Search, and through personal research and investigation. Laura Leona Lopez is more than just name to a random person, it is the name that encases who I am and will encase my future self and accomplishments.

When junior year ended last summer, I felt like I knew exactly what was coming my way-- after all, I watched three different groups of my friends go through senior years of their own. It was finally my turn to experience senior year, something it seemed I had known about for years, and I felt like senior year would be easygoing and uneventful. Now, it has taken just a few short months to realize how incorrect I was. If senior year has taught me anything, it is that one never really knows what comes next for them, even if they have a good idea. The monumental highs, as well as the deepest of lows, have kept me on my toes throughout my senior year.

A sense of humility came over me as I searched to find my way. It was difficult to make new friendships overnight. In this time I learned to branch out and find the right people to build relationships with. Sometimes it was hard to find the right people. I had optimism that the year would go great, and I overcame the doubts in my mind. The treatment I received from my classmates was humbling. Their appreciation made me feel comfortable in my new surroundings. Looking back to my first day at Larned makes me realize how great it was. I learned valuable lessons about myself and how to become a better person because of

I am writing to give you some advice that I wish I had known coming into my senior year. To begin, Congratulations for successfully making it this far in your high school journey. For some, this experience flies by and is the best time of their lives. For others, the opposite is true; however, it is such a blessing to be able to say that you are on the track to graduation, and you may not realize it, but this year will be full of challenges that you may or may not choose to take on.

Seeing as I am a freshman, I can only discuss my expectations and notions for the coming year. Currently, my emotions swing on a pendulum between anxiety and eagerness, but I am pleased to admit the latter outweighs the former. I am enthused to live on my own, nervous about making friends, and expect collegiate academia to challenge me exceptionally more than high school, which I understand and fully accept.

“We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths,” (Walt Disney). The overview of my Junior year in high school was, I believe, the best school year so far both in academic and my personal achievements. As a person I had a major growth, I become more active in school in which was a huge step for me, and academically, well I’ve never seen so many A’s since Freshmen year, well that is if I examine only second semester but overall I felt that my grades were better than last year. This year I became a person who is more open-minded, one who sees the outside world, my mind has opened a door which helped me find the inner me that was stuck in for the past 2 years of high school like if I were a bud that has finally opened. I shockley impressed at myself, willing to accept any new challenges this year which truly helped me become a better person in education and personally.

I was able to develop a realization of responsibility and adulthood. I came to a broader understanding that I am expendable. I am willing and determined to work my way though required education to make myself an expert in my desired career. In this year, I decided to join a club called, “Science Olympiad” where schools work on science projects and compete at Kutztown University. I was able to have a little more hands-on engineering experience. I also have learned to value people skills more crucially. My leadership skills derived from being a football captain aided me to be open to everybody and not be afraid to meet new people.

After a long eight months, I can now look back and say that I completed my first year of college. It is safe to say that during that time, life was not the same as it was in high school. Many adjustments, such as sacrifices and prioritizing had to be made. However, I think that those adjustments had made me a more accountable student, but more ultimately a better rounded human being. As I am about to enter my second year at Loyola, I am ready to tackle whatever challenges I may face. I personally feel that I am still a planet’s distance away from figuring out who I really am, but I think that as long as I can keep being the best person I can be, I can accomplish what I want to do during my post-collegiate career. In this essay, I will talk about my undergraduate career at Loyola University Chicago, emphasizing my field of study, college experience, and my career goals including the route I plan to take to get there.

I don’t feel like I am ready to pack my bags and leave for college today, I still have more to learn. The rigorous workload from multiple classes helped me learn proper time management. I am able to write essays in correct MLA format with confidence. I am more trusting in my own perceptions of things and do not feel I need to rely on outside sources. I have confidence in myself and don’t always need to validate my opinions in other people or sources. I feel that I have a firmer grasp of the curriculum as a whole and am a more hard working student than I was last year. A lot of this year consisted of independent work so I had to learn to rely on my self and not my teachers, which I’m aware, will pay off in college. No one is holding your hand and helping you through college, you get back what you put into it. My having to work independently and occasionally with peers has me well prepared for the

This year as a freshman the things I was successful was joining a club, and making myself better at language arts. Joining a club made me better with social skills, which I didn’t have and now I do. Also, Improving myself with Language arts made me feel like I accomplished something, because that was something I really struggled with. Even though I didn't have the best grades; I really learned a lot in that class.

It determined whether you would be spending the next few Friday nights at football games with all of your buddies, or hunched over a history book, cramming your brain with factoids about the Watergate Scandal or the Cambodian genocide. This day, however, was not usually an issue for me. I had always been a so-called “academic nerd”, constantly keeping my focus on my GPA, and never receiving lower than a 90 on any report card in my previous years of schooling, but this was about to change. As my teacher called names alphabetically, students rose anxiously to grab the slips of paper that would determine their fates for the next six weeks. Elliott. Gavranovic. Harper. Mrs. Iles flicked her wrist to hand me the paper and I felt my heart swell with excitement like it always did when I was about to see my grades. Just as quickly as my heart had inflated though, it had deflated even faster as I caught glimpse of my grade in College

Sophomore year in high school had greater demand on my time and made me realize about my future more than my freshman year. Time management has been a theme I was constantly reminded with academic and extracurricular activities. Furthermore, the realization of entering college and pursuing a career is closer than before. These two factors have transformed my outlook of my junior year.

I am attending Wilmington University because I want to make my future brighter. I hear some people complain they don’t like how there life is going, but they don’t do anything to make there life better. I don’t want to complain about my life not going well, I want Last year was an emotionally tough year for my family. My pap passed away last year, and I did not get a chance to show him what I am going to do with my life. I told myself that I would accomplish many things in 2015.

Towards the beginning of the semester, I was a little hectic. I had an idea with what I wanted to do with my life but I was not fully sure. Now I have learned what some of the majors I was interested in are about. Knowing what the majors are about helped me narrow the options down. Also, I have learned more about my strengths and weaknesses. This told me what majors would suit me better to my strengths and weaknesses. Throughout the process of the MyPlan, I have learned my strengths and weaknesses, personality and traits, more occupations, dream career, and a genogram.