Saturday, February 20, 2016

Which Major Will I Choose?

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When we are kids, we fantasize about what we want to be when we grow up. Once we get to college the time comes that we have to make the decision of what to be one we graduate. Choosing a major is not always an easy decision, for me it was very complicated. 

I decided when I was 11 that I wanted to go to school to become a vet and I originally declared my major as Biology. I knew that if I went into a field of work I loved it would never truly feel like work. I started school at Georgia Highlands College when I was a Senior in high school. Unfortunately I had to have a councilor set my schedule for my first year, the advisor looked at the requirements for a different degree and I spend my first two semesters of school working on a Business degree.

After realizing I was working on a Business degree I decided to declare myself a double major in Business and Biology. I applied to Southern Polytechnic University after I graduated high school, and then Southern Poly became apart of Kennesaw. I plan on finishing both my bachelor degrees before transferring to UGA for my masters in Biology. 

I hope that with both of my degrees I can fall back on either field if something was to go wrong. After I graduate I want to begin an internship at a vet clinic or at a zoo, I would enjoy being able to spend time with household pets or even exotic animals like lions and tigers and bears. If I can not get a job in that field then I would not mind using my business degree and working in a office pushing paperwork. 

Sunday, February 7, 2016

Everyday Research



Being a full time student and having a full time job can be quiet time consuming. From the moment I wake up to the time I lay down at night my day revolves around my phone, my mac, and my work computer. As soon as my alarm goes off the research starts, while doing my morning routines (i.e. brushing my teeth, and hair) I open my Weather Channel app on my phone to see what lovely mother nature has in store for us in the South. After I check the weather I get dressed and head to work.

Once I get to work I open the internet on my work computer and scroll through the news stories on my homepage and dig deeper into the stories I find interesting. My day consists of a lot of customer service calls that sometimes requires me to spend time on google and fabric vendor websites looking up fabric information or quilting patterns. The remainder of my day at work consists of contacting clients for more information on an order or even payments for orders.

After work I head to school where I spend any where from a hour to six hours daily for classes and studying. For both class and studying I am constantly researching the answers or how to solve for the answer. Quizlet, Chegg,  Khan Academy, and the library are what keep me from going crazy when working on school assignments. By the time I get home from school I am extremely exhausted but before I can go to bed I have to spend some time stalking Facebook or Instagram, sometimes even Pinterest, so when does the research stop.