Hey!
Yesterday was my last first day of the semester. I can't believe how quickly my time at Eastern has gone by. College went way faster for me than high school did that's for sure.
Eastern feels and looks a lot different to me. That also could be because I haven't been a student there since last May, but it just isn't the same anymore. It is weird to see the campus A. without a lot of the seniors from last year B. to see a bunch of freshmen who I have never seen before. It's also way different because I am now commuting.
Thankfully my commute yesterday wasn't too bad. I'm hoping this pattern keeps up. I only am taking 6 credits this semester, which is really weird. I have one class Monday/ Wednesday/ Friday at 9AM and then I have my internship on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Unfortunately, I can't start there until my fingerprint application from the government comes in. Hopefully, I'll be starting in February.
I also will be tutoring 6-8 hours a week at Eastern and will be returning to Panera in Warrington. Hopefully I will be able to adapt to working in a different store. I haven't worked at Panera since August so we will see how this all goes... I don't really want to work, but I need money for gas and such.
It is really weird to be back in school. Like one of my friends said to me, "You were here, then you were gone, now you're back, and then you'll be gone again". So true. I kind of already feel like I have graduated, but I haven't yet, unfortunately.
Graduating college is not really as exciting as graduating from high school. I have been looking at potential jobs and grad schools and it is a bit overwhelming. I will probably work as a TSS (Therapeutic Support Staff) with children who are autistic/ have other mental disorders and then work and go to grad school. I really want to move to the city. I would love to live in New York, but I think it would be cheaper and makes more sense for me to live in Philadelphia.
Well that is all. Nothing too exciting. I'm sure as the semester gets moving I will be busier. I really miss Copenhagen! I wish I could be back for another semester.
Friday, January 20, 2012
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Change and Growth
Hello.
So I have been back home for a little more than three weeks now. It has been really good to be home, but also very boring. For most of my breaks, I usually am busy working, but this year I have no job so I feel like I have too much time on my hands. Which is strange. I guess I never realized how much I like to keep myself busy.
I start classes up again in about a week, so that will be good. The one class I am taking, History and Systems in Psychology. It is basically a culminating course in Psychology that mixes Philosophy and Psychology. I have never really taken a Philosophy course before, so I am not sure how much I am going to like this course, plus it is the most difficult Psychology course offered at Eastern, but I'm sure it will be fine.
I should be starting up my internship soon at the Eastern University Academic charter school in East Falls. I just have to wait for all my background check clearances to go through. I am very excited! I am supposedly working with the school social worker and since I want to become a school psychologist, it would be a great opportunity to see someone in that kind of field in action.
Yesterday, I went to this group called Thrive, which is basically like a college and career group that meets every Tuesday nights at this church. I have heard good things about it. I went with my sister, but it was really awkward. I supposed going to something where there are 200+ people attending and you don't know anyone can be very intimidating. I'll go a few more times, and hopefully it will get better. I have hope. It's always hard to put yourself out there like that, but if you never do, you'll never experience anything new. Being put into uncomfortable situations creates change and growth.
I also have been doing some research about graduate schools. So far the schools closest to me that have school Psychology programs are: Temple, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Rider University, Lehigh University, and Millersville University. I would probably most likely go to Temple or to PCOM. Or wherever I get in. This wouldn't be until atleast fall of 2013. But you know me. Always planning ahead. I mean I started planning when I would be studying abroad in April of 2010...
So I have been back home for a little more than three weeks now. It has been really good to be home, but also very boring. For most of my breaks, I usually am busy working, but this year I have no job so I feel like I have too much time on my hands. Which is strange. I guess I never realized how much I like to keep myself busy.
I start classes up again in about a week, so that will be good. The one class I am taking, History and Systems in Psychology. It is basically a culminating course in Psychology that mixes Philosophy and Psychology. I have never really taken a Philosophy course before, so I am not sure how much I am going to like this course, plus it is the most difficult Psychology course offered at Eastern, but I'm sure it will be fine.
I should be starting up my internship soon at the Eastern University Academic charter school in East Falls. I just have to wait for all my background check clearances to go through. I am very excited! I am supposedly working with the school social worker and since I want to become a school psychologist, it would be a great opportunity to see someone in that kind of field in action.
Yesterday, I went to this group called Thrive, which is basically like a college and career group that meets every Tuesday nights at this church. I have heard good things about it. I went with my sister, but it was really awkward. I supposed going to something where there are 200+ people attending and you don't know anyone can be very intimidating. I'll go a few more times, and hopefully it will get better. I have hope. It's always hard to put yourself out there like that, but if you never do, you'll never experience anything new. Being put into uncomfortable situations creates change and growth.
I also have been doing some research about graduate schools. So far the schools closest to me that have school Psychology programs are: Temple, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Rider University, Lehigh University, and Millersville University. I would probably most likely go to Temple or to PCOM. Or wherever I get in. This wouldn't be until atleast fall of 2013. But you know me. Always planning ahead. I mean I started planning when I would be studying abroad in April of 2010...
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