I am planning on majoring in one of the human services, which is very rare for guys to major in. Guys don't have that nurturing personality that girls have and the only reason they want to go into that major is to get chicks. But the guys I do see in the human service careers are the ones that are preparing for something like business or law enforcement, or some type of emo guys that want to whine about their problems.
There are many college degrees that are traditionally for men and some that are for women. Auto mechanic is no doubt about it a "guy major" even though some girls do enjoy cars (think Danica Patrick). Then there are the women majors such as the social work major and anything related to secretarial work or customer service reps. But I think there are too many girls in these human service degrees and there is an advantage of having guys in the human service field.
When I have a problem, I rather see a guy than a girl. Girls tend to "whine along" with you and they tend to push their maternal nurtarance instincts on everyone, and it don't seem to work. They don't help you. Lets say you have a sexual life or relationship problem; I rather talk to a guy about it than a woman. I guy will tell you that "girls are bitches and deal with it" while a woman will turn it in a gossip session.
You also have another advantage of being in the human services. This is a great way to find a date and a lot of relationships begin at work. I am in classes with mostly girls, but I think I have been femimized too much. I think I need some "man time" as well so I can talk about the three subjects guys only care about: football, sex, and beer. Man time is important and I think counseling needs to be "manned up" a little bit. These whiny emo chicks are not qualified for counseling; they are just dumb sorority girls that are going into Organizational Behavior or Psych just to party. We need more guys in these type of majors.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
My best college semester
I don't know when my best college semester was because I was not completed with college, but college did have it's good times and not so good times. College has been a bumpy ride and there has been a lot of change, and this semester, I am going to keep track of what exactly each day in college with my journal, so I can have a very good record of what is going on.
I have changed a lot and it seems like I have been on a bumpy ride. At first, I thought it was going to be great; better than high school but the novelty had worn off and the problems have begin. It seems like I have not went through the idenity crisis as strong in college than I was in high school. In high school, things seemed to be pretty stable and I was just floating along, not taking too hard of consideration of what I am going to do in the future. In high school I wanted to be teacher, but I realized that I didn't know what exactly I am going to teach.
Are right, here it goes again, the college story all rehashed but I should look at in a different life. Maybe if I connect the events together, I have experience to form some sort of idenity to know what I should truly go into. It looks like God is trying to lead me in a certain direction.
I started college by going into the computers. Blah Blah Blah. You know the story. Then I decided to change my major. Blah Blah Blah. I was unknown and I don't know what direction I was going into. Blah Blah Blah. The first semester I just took the bare bones basics and I was focused on fitting in. I was treating it a lot like high school, but the more I took the bare bones basics, I was starting to get educated and starting to get informed about the world. The psychology and sociology classes gave me an idea of where I stand and where I should be, and it seems like I was starting to have a better idea of who I was morally. Then the next semester I was still unknown and I was still taking basics, but I was starting to realize that I like psychology so I took more psychology. I wanted to be a teacher so I didn't know what to teach, so I tried world history. After taking world history, I came out with a D+ in world history and dropped out of public speaking so it means no teaching.
With teaching out of my league, I was still in a crisis and I needed some help. I was thinking about going into the medical which everyone is going into the medical or business, because I have a feeling that we need business and I am interested in stores and trends, marketing, etc. I was planning on going into St. Scholastica so it helped narrow it down.
So it looks like it is boiling down to the medical field or the business type field. So I took human bio and basically got a D in it, which means the medical field is not my bag. So it boils down to the careers in the more business end. Management requires math and I am not as good with math and logic, so it looks like the Organization Behavior degree is the best bet for me. That degree pretty much, by process of elimination, figures out what I should be going into and it seems like I was taking an interest in psychology, so the degree that is closet to psychology could be the one for me.
I don't know why psychology interests me unless that's how my brain works. I am using psychology when I am writing this - many concepts of psychology are in this blog such as Erickson's idenity crisis theory. It looks like I am interested in what makes people tick and how I can help people tick right. There might be something that got me wired for psychology. It probably came from the experience I went through, especially through high school and stuff. Maybe I am more interested than the other people of what people think about and stuff. You never know but psychology does make pretty good money.
I have changed a lot and it seems like I have been on a bumpy ride. At first, I thought it was going to be great; better than high school but the novelty had worn off and the problems have begin. It seems like I have not went through the idenity crisis as strong in college than I was in high school. In high school, things seemed to be pretty stable and I was just floating along, not taking too hard of consideration of what I am going to do in the future. In high school I wanted to be teacher, but I realized that I didn't know what exactly I am going to teach.
Are right, here it goes again, the college story all rehashed but I should look at in a different life. Maybe if I connect the events together, I have experience to form some sort of idenity to know what I should truly go into. It looks like God is trying to lead me in a certain direction.
I started college by going into the computers. Blah Blah Blah. You know the story. Then I decided to change my major. Blah Blah Blah. I was unknown and I don't know what direction I was going into. Blah Blah Blah. The first semester I just took the bare bones basics and I was focused on fitting in. I was treating it a lot like high school, but the more I took the bare bones basics, I was starting to get educated and starting to get informed about the world. The psychology and sociology classes gave me an idea of where I stand and where I should be, and it seems like I was starting to have a better idea of who I was morally. Then the next semester I was still unknown and I was still taking basics, but I was starting to realize that I like psychology so I took more psychology. I wanted to be a teacher so I didn't know what to teach, so I tried world history. After taking world history, I came out with a D+ in world history and dropped out of public speaking so it means no teaching.
With teaching out of my league, I was still in a crisis and I needed some help. I was thinking about going into the medical which everyone is going into the medical or business, because I have a feeling that we need business and I am interested in stores and trends, marketing, etc. I was planning on going into St. Scholastica so it helped narrow it down.
So it looks like it is boiling down to the medical field or the business type field. So I took human bio and basically got a D in it, which means the medical field is not my bag. So it boils down to the careers in the more business end. Management requires math and I am not as good with math and logic, so it looks like the Organization Behavior degree is the best bet for me. That degree pretty much, by process of elimination, figures out what I should be going into and it seems like I was taking an interest in psychology, so the degree that is closet to psychology could be the one for me.
I don't know why psychology interests me unless that's how my brain works. I am using psychology when I am writing this - many concepts of psychology are in this blog such as Erickson's idenity crisis theory. It looks like I am interested in what makes people tick and how I can help people tick right. There might be something that got me wired for psychology. It probably came from the experience I went through, especially through high school and stuff. Maybe I am more interested than the other people of what people think about and stuff. You never know but psychology does make pretty good money.
The 2 hours per credit thing
I have been told since I started college "that you need 2 hours of studying for every credit you have in class". For some classes, it is needed but for other classes, this is a bunch of BS. I don't really know how you can manage to study 2 hours for every credit. Lets say I have a 3 credit psychology class; I need to study for 6 hours. I am taking that class online so I am going to have more time to study for that class so this psychology class does take up my life. But this works when you are thoroughly interested in the subject and I think it is best for you to find a subject that you are just "gum hole" about, and you'll be motivated to study the "required 2 hours".
Lets see if I am studying the 2 hours. OK, this is a human development course which is pretty interesting. I had spent about 1 1/2 to 2 hours just reading the text and I have spent about 1 hour looking over the notes. Then the online class has required me to do some type of online activities that will take me about an hour to do. I think it will actually work out if you do this right. But not a lot of students do this right.
The 2 hours per credit thing may work out in the 1950s and 1960s when college was more of a privelege than a right. College was designed for people who are really serious about learning something and getting something out of it. But the lifestyle was different - you only had 2 TV channels and it was black and white, and the TV don't come in half of the time, you had crackly radio - AM radio, and you didn't have half the technology. The internet didn't exist at that time and you had to sit in the library and at the dorm and study, study, study. But people in college probably sluffed off back then, since you are worried about "fitting in" than being a "nerd."
Now you have the internet, which was designed for studying but it turned out the internet was used mainly for everything else - Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, online radio, online gaming, 500 TV channels, Hulu, video games, cell phones, iPods, iPads, text messaging - distractions. It seems like the technology has eaten into your study time and people are using the internet for fun instead of study.
There are some things you can do to get students to study. Cut off the technology - make the internet connection SUCK or block off website during "study hours." But sites such as YouTube can be great for education as well. Making the internet connection and cell phone connection SUCK could get students to study - they will be forced to read dusty library books again; actually crack a book in the library instead of using the internet.
Cutting off technology could work too extent, but you can also ASSIGN more homework. I think they are doing this in college is starting to assign more homework to get students to study. There are many "educational" materials on the internet and the professors could integrate the internet with their homework. You will be bugged on Facebook to get your homework done.
You can't really watch every move every student makes but you need some psychological motivation to get students to study. Maybe you should try to get the students more interested in the subject material. Some of the liberal arts credits are boring, but you need to make connections to the real world and in future career. If you really want students to study, students need to have a "carrot" or some form of motivation to study, along with some reinforecement. I don't think the grades are going to do this because grades are abstract. You have to understand that some students are not motivated by knowledge. Some want the money when they are done and some want POPULARITY and good grades do not equal popularity unless you motivate students that the "cool kids" get good grades and not "nerds."
Students today are not as career motivated as they used to. They could care less about bucks unless they can enjoy doing it and being popularity. A good thing you should do is to make connections such as understanding psychology so you know how to be cool or get a date, etc. All this gibbery gabbery needs to be converted into something more concrete, and that means you need to study.
Lets see if I am studying the 2 hours. OK, this is a human development course which is pretty interesting. I had spent about 1 1/2 to 2 hours just reading the text and I have spent about 1 hour looking over the notes. Then the online class has required me to do some type of online activities that will take me about an hour to do. I think it will actually work out if you do this right. But not a lot of students do this right.
The 2 hours per credit thing may work out in the 1950s and 1960s when college was more of a privelege than a right. College was designed for people who are really serious about learning something and getting something out of it. But the lifestyle was different - you only had 2 TV channels and it was black and white, and the TV don't come in half of the time, you had crackly radio - AM radio, and you didn't have half the technology. The internet didn't exist at that time and you had to sit in the library and at the dorm and study, study, study. But people in college probably sluffed off back then, since you are worried about "fitting in" than being a "nerd."
Now you have the internet, which was designed for studying but it turned out the internet was used mainly for everything else - Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, online radio, online gaming, 500 TV channels, Hulu, video games, cell phones, iPods, iPads, text messaging - distractions. It seems like the technology has eaten into your study time and people are using the internet for fun instead of study.
There are some things you can do to get students to study. Cut off the technology - make the internet connection SUCK or block off website during "study hours." But sites such as YouTube can be great for education as well. Making the internet connection and cell phone connection SUCK could get students to study - they will be forced to read dusty library books again; actually crack a book in the library instead of using the internet.
Cutting off technology could work too extent, but you can also ASSIGN more homework. I think they are doing this in college is starting to assign more homework to get students to study. There are many "educational" materials on the internet and the professors could integrate the internet with their homework. You will be bugged on Facebook to get your homework done.
You can't really watch every move every student makes but you need some psychological motivation to get students to study. Maybe you should try to get the students more interested in the subject material. Some of the liberal arts credits are boring, but you need to make connections to the real world and in future career. If you really want students to study, students need to have a "carrot" or some form of motivation to study, along with some reinforecement. I don't think the grades are going to do this because grades are abstract. You have to understand that some students are not motivated by knowledge. Some want the money when they are done and some want POPULARITY and good grades do not equal popularity unless you motivate students that the "cool kids" get good grades and not "nerds."
Students today are not as career motivated as they used to. They could care less about bucks unless they can enjoy doing it and being popularity. A good thing you should do is to make connections such as understanding psychology so you know how to be cool or get a date, etc. All this gibbery gabbery needs to be converted into something more concrete, and that means you need to study.
Friday, January 6, 2012
The next semester: Winter-Spring 2012
Next week I am going to begin another semester of opportunity and hope things are going to be better than the first semester. Next semester is going to be the first semester where I am completely focused, so only God knows what is going to happen. I am keeping a journal throughout the year to keep track of what is actually going on and I can have a good snapshot of what life is like in this current period of time, 2012. It looks likes things are starting to get set up and it is going to be a fun semester.
Academically, I am going to take more classes that I like. I am almost done with completing the required coursework for my A.A but I need to get my grades up. Now I am going to take classes that I throughouly enjoy and shine at, which will give me future career opportunities. I am still exploring but it seems like I got everything narrowed down on what I am good at and what I am not good at. Lets see if I might be good with the environmental sciences, which I think are boring, but you never know. In the summer time, I should try to take the classes that I am known for sure I am going to shine at and it is going to be the psychologies and the sociologies, etc. I am getting through this idenity crisis and after this crisis, things are going to be pretty good.
I am also working on getting a job. I need to get some experience in the workforce and "the real world" and a lot of this stuff that I am taking are going to "click" when I take it to practice. I am signing up for applications and I pray to God that I am going to find work.
Hopefully the apartment life is going to be better and I get along with my roommates, along with continue to make new friends. I need to loosen up and relax, and realize that they are only young, and I need to accept their flaws. I need to work on cleaning and that stuff, and maybe not as being as "aloof" and change my attitude towards people. If I want new friends, I need to be a friend.
I can see some hope for the semester - I can finally relax and study something that I enjoy, but I should not use the psychological training for self help - actually it is more for self wisdom and I can spread my wisdom to other people that need help. I have been through a lot of crap and it is time to spread my wisdom to the other people out there.
This semester I am going to study more in depth of the human life cycle and what people are supposed to be doing at a certain age. I am also going to study about the "issues" that people have and how you can help people with issues. And I am going to meet up with some sexy girls in a massage class and fine tune my charisma with public speaking; only with a different instructor. Last semester it was focused a lot on body and soul - now it is going to be back to the mind. For a while, it was inhibition, which is positive psychology, but now I am going to help people release their inhibitions.
Academically, I am going to take more classes that I like. I am almost done with completing the required coursework for my A.A but I need to get my grades up. Now I am going to take classes that I throughouly enjoy and shine at, which will give me future career opportunities. I am still exploring but it seems like I got everything narrowed down on what I am good at and what I am not good at. Lets see if I might be good with the environmental sciences, which I think are boring, but you never know. In the summer time, I should try to take the classes that I am known for sure I am going to shine at and it is going to be the psychologies and the sociologies, etc. I am getting through this idenity crisis and after this crisis, things are going to be pretty good.
I am also working on getting a job. I need to get some experience in the workforce and "the real world" and a lot of this stuff that I am taking are going to "click" when I take it to practice. I am signing up for applications and I pray to God that I am going to find work.
Hopefully the apartment life is going to be better and I get along with my roommates, along with continue to make new friends. I need to loosen up and relax, and realize that they are only young, and I need to accept their flaws. I need to work on cleaning and that stuff, and maybe not as being as "aloof" and change my attitude towards people. If I want new friends, I need to be a friend.
I can see some hope for the semester - I can finally relax and study something that I enjoy, but I should not use the psychological training for self help - actually it is more for self wisdom and I can spread my wisdom to other people that need help. I have been through a lot of crap and it is time to spread my wisdom to the other people out there.
This semester I am going to study more in depth of the human life cycle and what people are supposed to be doing at a certain age. I am also going to study about the "issues" that people have and how you can help people with issues. And I am going to meet up with some sexy girls in a massage class and fine tune my charisma with public speaking; only with a different instructor. Last semester it was focused a lot on body and soul - now it is going to be back to the mind. For a while, it was inhibition, which is positive psychology, but now I am going to help people release their inhibitions.
Monday, January 2, 2012
New Years Days predictions
I have this belief that whatever you do on New Years Days pretty much is going to set the stage for the new year. New Years Day is a holiday, but is a time to be productive and to set goals; not to sit on your butt with a hangover watching the Rose Bowl on TV. New Years Eve is pretty much the amateur night and it is actually a pretty boring night indeed. It is just like any other evening - nothing spectacular about this.
This New Years Day I was messing around with photos on the computer - rearranging them and then trying to upload them on Facebook. It looks like I am trying to establish some new hobbies and I am going to start messing around with things this year. This year I went up town and then tried to find a new Sims game, but it was not in stock. I also tried to develop the photos but the photo developer didn't work. This could be a symbolic thing as well and that might be the major theme of the year - it looks like I am going to make a big deal out of things, but after a while, reality is going to set in and tell me it is really not that big of a deal. The same thing with looking at the photos online - it was a realistic view on things. I also watched Fathers Knows Best reruns with my mom and realized that there are many similiarities to the teenagers back then as they are today.
It looks like there is a theme for this year and this is probably going to set the stage for the whole year - it is based on reality; what is really there instead of what I envisioned that was there and it might be a year of realization, self awareness, and awakening and I have a feeling that it might be based on the ADHD symptoms. For most of my life, I have been in a "brain fog" and pretty much, 2012 is going to be a year where everything is starting to turn crystal clear and to see things the way they are. It looks like I shouldn't be over-focused either and I should chill about, and relax a bit, and realize that what I am making a big deal about is not really that important anyway.
2011 was more of a gutting out year - I gutted out a lot of stuff on New Years Day and it seems like 2011 was a year of gutting out and remodeling, and rearranging. But in 2012, I am going to be a lot more relaxed and seems like I am going to be more stable than 2011, but it is going to be more of a great awakening year. This could coincide with the Mayan prophecy as well because the Mayans believe in a great awakening as well; it might not be for me, but it could be for everyone else too.
I shouldn't look back but it will be fun to look at the previous New Years Days and figure out how the years set the stage for the rest of the year.
I took a nap on New Years Day which means I am going to be a lot more relaxed, probably because of the increased realization that I have encountered that I haven't have in the previous year. But now I got the stage set, let see the year goes and I should live my life, day by day, to see what happens.
This New Years Day I was messing around with photos on the computer - rearranging them and then trying to upload them on Facebook. It looks like I am trying to establish some new hobbies and I am going to start messing around with things this year. This year I went up town and then tried to find a new Sims game, but it was not in stock. I also tried to develop the photos but the photo developer didn't work. This could be a symbolic thing as well and that might be the major theme of the year - it looks like I am going to make a big deal out of things, but after a while, reality is going to set in and tell me it is really not that big of a deal. The same thing with looking at the photos online - it was a realistic view on things. I also watched Fathers Knows Best reruns with my mom and realized that there are many similiarities to the teenagers back then as they are today.
It looks like there is a theme for this year and this is probably going to set the stage for the whole year - it is based on reality; what is really there instead of what I envisioned that was there and it might be a year of realization, self awareness, and awakening and I have a feeling that it might be based on the ADHD symptoms. For most of my life, I have been in a "brain fog" and pretty much, 2012 is going to be a year where everything is starting to turn crystal clear and to see things the way they are. It looks like I shouldn't be over-focused either and I should chill about, and relax a bit, and realize that what I am making a big deal about is not really that important anyway.
2011 was more of a gutting out year - I gutted out a lot of stuff on New Years Day and it seems like 2011 was a year of gutting out and remodeling, and rearranging. But in 2012, I am going to be a lot more relaxed and seems like I am going to be more stable than 2011, but it is going to be more of a great awakening year. This could coincide with the Mayan prophecy as well because the Mayans believe in a great awakening as well; it might not be for me, but it could be for everyone else too.
I shouldn't look back but it will be fun to look at the previous New Years Days and figure out how the years set the stage for the rest of the year.
I took a nap on New Years Day which means I am going to be a lot more relaxed, probably because of the increased realization that I have encountered that I haven't have in the previous year. But now I got the stage set, let see the year goes and I should live my life, day by day, to see what happens.
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