Course Reflections
University studies, how it has prepared me for college and pursuing my career goals. It’s now time to take what I’ve learned and apply it to the rest of my classes so I can take what I learn from this whole experience and apply it to a job or get a better position with the job I have now. I believe that you have to have a degree in higher education in order to not struggle in day in age. Years ago a high school diploma would have got you somewhere, but now that barley gets you a job at Mc Donald’s. The only problem I’m having is even with an associate’s degree people want to pay you 8.00 an hour, people can’t live off that. Now they want a master or more just to take a decent job. A lot of the time I think; is it worth it am I making the right choice, if I am or not this is now just for me to say I completed something. I don’t let my kids know how I feel, because I want them to continue school and get a great job so they don’t struggle like I have as an adult. It is not easy when you have responsibilities as an adult to go back to school. If you continue as a kid right out of high school you have all the time in the world to get it done. Learning all the tools we have on this site will help me get through my career plans and a lot of the classes to come, from the university library to the career planning. Being able to research right from your desk without having to go to the library is a big helping tool. Also having an area where you can set your plans and goals to a dead line helps you stay on track. I know that the Center for Writing Excellence will be very useful in the next two years when it comes to checking papers to ensure you are doing everything correctly. I have learned that the CWE will help you a lot more than just using Microsoft review, because it sometimes catches more things. Time and stress management, I have learned throughout this course the things that I need to work on in order to make my next classes go more smoothly. Making sure I