Future Telling

One of the hardest questions asked is "Where do you see yourself in ten years?" Everyone can dream about what they want, but making it happen is hard. For me answering this question is extremly difficult. I currently am working in a field and job that I hope to stay for 10+ years. It is not where I forsee my self in 15-20 years, but for the first 10 it is exactly where I want to be. It is giving the opportunity to start from the ground up with a huge net to catch me if I fail. This is like my test run before I set off on the true road of success or failure.

So when I am asked this question there isn't much to talk about. I cannot expand on where I want to be, but where I want my department to be. I guess this could be my 10 year goal, but it's more of my departments goal. It would be different if I did not have a job or a job that I wanted to be doing. I guess it will take me a little time to fine tune what I want to be doing in 10 years, but I will get there.

Lasting Impression

Usually classes leaving a lasting impression on a person that is usually negative. When you ask someone what they rememeber about a class, they usually say that it was horrible, the teacher was mean, or that there was a lot of work. But for me, I have had several classes that have left positive impressions on me.

When I took Western Civilization at Purdue I thought it was gonig to be a horrible class. The book we used was a book that the professor wrote so he knew the material like the back of his hand. It was my first time learning about Wester Civilization History so I was nervous. But I have to say it was probably one of the best classes I have ever taken.

The lectures where just that, a lecture. The professor would talke for 2-3 hours straight about facts, but he wouldn't just talk about facts. He would link everything that we had learned back to each other. He talked about how action 'A' affected action 'B' and how that resulted in 'C'. On the tests he wouldn't test how well we could memorize facts but how well we could relate what we had learned to other parts of history.

This method of relating facts to each other actaull helped me to rememeber more information about Wester Civ then I thought I would have. It also gave me the skills to look deeper into the topic and ask why. This class changed the why I viewed general education classes. It showed me how important these classes were.

The Beginning of the End

Week 1 down and wonly 10 to go. this quarter will probably be the hardest due to it being my last. It probably wouldn't be that hard if I wasn't working 40 hours a week and taking up the majority of my time, but my job depends on graduation. Without graduating I won't be able to continue my current position and I would have to start from square one. I'll just have to push through it and hope for the best.

For this class relfecting back on my past education may be a littl difficult for me. being in post secondary education for close to 8 years is hard and taxing. When trying to write the first part of Assignment A, I had to reall think what I had accomplished in my 8 years of college and apply it to the paper. I had to pick out the finest deatils and make it meaningful to me and the class. Separating what I did, wanted, and will do was difficult. I realized that was a lot that I wanted to do but didn't. Did I let myself down, or did I do what was best for me? Everyone has those shoulda, coulda, wouldas but actually doing it will never happen.

I will put forth my best effort and and apply myself making this quarter the best yet...