Mar. 8 Pursuing
my dreams: I was reading a Pickles cartoon on Mar. 4, 2014. It listed things dying people say they most
regret. They are:
-not
traveling more
-not
pursuing their dreams
-not
using sunscreen
-not
spending more time with family
-not
learning another language
-not
flossing
You can click on the link to read the cartoon.
My
opinion: All my life I have been pursuing
my dreams.
Education:
When I
wanted to graduate out of high school on time, I worked so hard, especially
with passing math. My sister tutored me a lot. I have always wanted
to graduate out of high school. When I was a kid, it was always that you
are supposed to grow up and graduate out of high school, go to college, and
have a career.
When I wanted to get into college, there was a lot
of struggle. I had to upgrade for a year and then the college applications
process was hard too. I had to get my sister to read and edit my
applications.
When I wanted to graduate out of college, I did a year at
NAIT and studied graphic design. It was because I got rejected from the
NAIT’s TV program and there were spots available at these other programs.
I didn’t
graduate out of NAIT. However, I did take a few classes in the Arts and
Cultural Management program at MacEwan. It then lead me to Professional
Writing. I did 2 years there and graduated with a college diploma.
Career:
I have
worked at the Soup place for 2 yrs and then got laid off when it closed
down. I have been working at my restaurant job for 3 yrs now.
I have
been constantly looking for an office job and I did get one in 2013. I
worked there for some months.
I’m
always reading the business section of the newspaper to learn about careers.
Apr. 3 List of successes: At
the beginning of 2013, I wrote down a list of successes. A few days ago,
I decided to organize my successes between education, career, job, and writing.
Apr. 4:
This is a job email, but it’s also a self-analysis email.
The
Simpsons: I was watching The Simpsons
episode where the school bus driver Otto lives in the Simpson’s garage.
At the beginning of the episode, Bart gets a new guitar and starts playing
it. Then he quits by telling Homer: “I didn’t get really good at it,
really fast, so I quit.”
My
opinion: I always have to give things a
good shot before I quit. There are some things like lessons that you
can’t get a full or partial refund because you already took 3 classes out of
8. I’m like that with jobs. That time I took a job to sell
newspaper subscriptions door-to-door. I signed a contract where I have to
work 40 hrs to get paid 100% commission for all the subscriptions I sold.
I worked
a 4hr shift and gave it my best effort. I sold 3 subscriptions. I
really thought about if I wanted to keep working and I didn’t really want to
continue.
May 7 School
websites: I was reading the Edmonton Journal found an “EDGE-
Education week section.” It listed some
websites:
Schoolfinder.com: You can sign up for free to create an account and take a
career quiz.
Step 1: Take the Quiz
Answer easy questions designed to
focus your career goals.
Step 2: Identify Your Career Options
Browse through possible careers
found for you based on your answers.
Step 3: Research Careers & Schools
Read detailed career descriptions
and learn what each career has to offer in wages, duties and rewards. Research
the schools that will launch you into the career of your dreams!
Careercruising.com: This is
a good website. I read it and I feel
inspired. There are sections for parents
too.
Scholarships
Canada: This is a good
website where you can find all sorts of scholarships.
Education
habit essay: I was reading in the Globe
and Mail on Apr. 10, 2014
called “Breaking the education habit” by Dave Jorgensen. I went to look it up on the internet so I can
copy and paste the excerpts and make my comments. Instead I found this blog “The View from High
Heels” who agrees with the essay.”
I have to
type up the excerpts.
“I was in
university but had switched my major from psychology to sociology to history,
which is to say from useless to pointless to aimless.”
My
opinion: A psychology degree could be used
to become a psychologist and that’s useful.
As for sociology and history I see that it’s not useful.
“Have you
seen those trained seals that can balance on one flipper and push a ball
through a hoop? Imagine if you took one
of those and said: ‘All right, Cinnamon, you’ve completed all the tricks we’ve
taught you. It’s time for you to leave
the aquarium and live in the ocean. It’s
way colder, there are lots of sharks, and all the skills we’ve been rewarding
you for are now completely useless. Good
luck!’ That seal might just be applying
for a post graduate program.”
My
opinion: Oh my God, that is like my
“island comparison” of me trying to graduate out of high school. Does anyone remember this 2013 post “island/
Bayshore Inn/ low classes”?
Jul. 22 Island: Going to
high school is like swimming to the island called Graduation. My parents
wanted me to go this route and swim to the island. I wanted to go another
route like go to Victoria Performing Arts high school, and they won't let
me. If I go to the high school my parents wanted me to go to, the route
would be murky water with a few sharks. As in I wasn't a good and strong
swimmer. My sister went that route and she would be 100 metres away, so
kind of close by. They can keep a watch on me.
The route if I went to Vic would
be dark water, with sharks, pirates and sirens. lol. There is so
much danger over there. My sister would be 200 metres away.
The analogy is that I'm not a good
student. I had to swim with my sister (she tutoring me in math everyday
for hours) and I had to swim behind her.
Back to
the essay:
"There is one good reason to
go to school: You want to do something that needs specific skills.
That's it. Anything else is a hobby. And going to university while
you decide what you want to do is like skipping your skydiving lesson because
you want to figure out the parachute during free fall."
My
opinion: That’s a good point. I’m going to put that ending in my
inspirational quotes collection.
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