I was just randomly laying down thinking the other day, when I realized that the end of the month had come. And I thought to myself, "wow, guess its time for another blog!" Time is going by so fast its amazing. These past few months have been so eventful that I forget a lot of what has happened and what I need to do. The past few weeks since my first post I've been trying to get my schedule and time management together. Its funny because as soon as I think (and keyword...think) I have myself stable, organized and under control , then everything decides to go everywhere, my homework ends up being done at 2am and it all just becomes a shuffled mess. And then I think to myself, "this is only the beginning!". But I'll make it.
I've been struggling to get my schedule together. I swear it seems like there aren't enough hours in the day. I go to school, I do work-study, I come home, I WANT to sleep, I do homework, I sleep and I wake up in the morning exhausted. In the back of my mind I have the little voice telling me "All of this is for a bigger good, and in the end you'll be happy". So I guess that's what pushes me every morning to wake up, look at the blurry alarm clock that says 7:00am, actually get out of the bed to realize that the clock I thought said 7:00 actually says 7:30 and leave my house dreary eyed ready to talk, learn, and be happy for another full day.
But, onto better and more exciting things, I made up my mind about my major, I'm going to major in Nursing, and minor in psychology. And thanks so much to my psychology professor Rachel Cain and her husband. Ironically she stumbled across my blog and told her husband about my dilemma and he gave me a little piece of advice, which was much appreciated. Its funny because the moment I told my mother I wanted to change my major she goes; "Tahiyya, please don't be one of those "professional students" who waste money going to school all their lives and don't know what they want to do, they just go to school with no purpose" I thought that was quite funny, seems how I actually know a few people like that. I honestly think people shouldn't start college without having some sort of idea as to what they want to do. But, that's just my opinion.
Oh yea, before I end this I thought I might share a link with you all. My sociology teacher posted this on her announcements on educator. I thought it was a good article and thought people would be interested in looking at it!
"The (Non-Monetary) Value of a College Degree"
Well, that's all for October! Hope everyone had a great month, and I hope you enjoyed my new post!
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You are doing such a fabulous job on your blog. I hope that Ursuline students are taking advantage of your wisdom.
I felt as if I was one of those students; 30+ years old, trying to find myself after being in a professional, corporate career for years. I have always taken classes with no degree ever being obtained. Then, I realized that it wasn't just me, but that a lot of institutions are businesses. They purposely keep you there just to get your money. I hope that this is not a surprise to anyone out there. It's true. Not every college/university is like Ursuline. There are some out there that give bad advice, let students pick and choose their own classes no matter what misdirection they appear to be going in and when they get lost, then they often find theirselves trying to find a quick fix to an old problem; the wrong major from the beginning. Sometimes choosing a major for some people is not about what they want to do, but what they think others want them to do. I began my education at Ursuline with the awesome thought of becoming a nurse. I don't like math or science, and get paranoid just putting bleach in the washing machine. But, I figured that since this was a much in demand field, then I should be studying nursing. I was wrong and Ursuline figured it out. Once I got up under this teaching here I saw the light! And, discovered my true calling and passion in counseling with a religious touch.
Thank you so much for your honesty on your blog, your vision and your voice!
Kimberley H.
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