College (Scary...)

Fellow Bloggers

I know that as a junior in high school, it's time that we start to think about colleges and what we want to be when we grow up. But in all actuality, it's a pretty big and scary decision. I have an older brother and sister and the decision for them was not easy either, Let me share what my concerns are.

I'll use my sister first as one examble. From the time she was little, she always knew that she wanted to go to school to be a doctor. When she was little, she had a toy doctors kit. Every weekend my parents had different ailments that she would cure. She definitely had an imagination. When she was in 6^th grade, she went to College for Kids at Coe College over the summer. All of the classes that she took were biology classes which made her know even more that she wanted to be in the medical field. Then the summer of her 8^th grade year, she took classes through the Belin Blank program at the University of Iowa. She stayed there for 3 weeks. This made her know that she definitely wanted to go to college. Her favorite classes in high school were Biology and Chemistry. The summer of her sophomore year of highschool, she did an internship for 2 weeks with our family doctor. She LOVED it.

She decided that she would take her general education classes at Kirkwood and then transfer out to a 4 year college. So, that's what she did. She graduated form Kennedy, and then went to Kirkwood. However, she didn't really enjoy it there. So after one year, she transferred to Iowa State. After two more years of schooling there, she ran into a road block. She wa about to enter her senior year of college, but had no clue what she wanted to be. She new medical, but couldn't decide on a career. She was majoring in Bio-Chemistry with a minor in genetics, but had no clue what she was going to do with that. So she decided to get some practical experience in the work field and take a short break from school. She started working at an assisted living center and really likes is. So much so that she has not yet gone back to school she plans to, but I think it scares her a little becaues she can't decide on a field.

My brother on the other hand is the opposite. He has been all over the board. When he was young, he was always burrying and digging up things in the yard. Can you guess what he wanted to be? Yep, an archeologist! That's all he could think of. He loved dinosaurs and history. Then as he got older, he learned that our grandfather was in the Army. So then he wanted to join the Army. Then he would go with my grandfather and uncles to work sometimes. They are in construction. My grandfather has always built houses and my uncles are archetectural engineers. So that's where he went next...engineering. But he found out how much math was involved in that and soon changed his mind. Math isn't his best subject.

One day he was at school watching Chanteurs practice their program and there were some boys that were struggling. He went up on stage and started helping them our. DING, DING, DING!!! That wasw it! He wanted to be a teacher! His entire life, he has always watched the History channel and the Discovery Channel. He would read books on history and could tell you anything about any of the wars. He now attends Mount Mercy University and is majoring in secondary education with a focus on history and music. It took him a while, but he figured it out!

So now it's my turn...and it's scary! It's a juge decision that impacts your entire life. I need to decide...what will it be. I've got one year to come up with something...time to go think.(674)

Talk later...

Ardeeemilla :)