Opportunities
Opportunities Paper
One of the most difficult tasks in life is choosing a career path. Individuals often question which skills, values, traits, and other qualities they possess that may or may not match up with a possible job that would spark a life-long interest. Even for myself, I am still questioning which direction I am meant to take. I started my original journey at higher education at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania in an Exercise Science program destined to eventually end up with some sort of Occupational Therapy Degree because I failed at being accepted in to the Music Department. My journey quickly led me from one major to the next, to the next, and on, and on. Even as I am quite confident that Nursing is my niche, exploring other options is a highly recommended tool to ease the decisions I make in my adult life. Determining my options depended on my other interests and what else I could do as a career. In some aspects this is the point I had to be slightly realistic in terms of the responsibilities of adult life. Since I currently work as a Correctional Officer, logically a degree in the realm of Criminal Justice would best suit me as my back-up plan should my primary plan fail. As this began to become a more prominent idea, conversations with Shawn Sidelinger, a peer at Main Campus of Lock Haven University currently declared as a Criminal Justice Major, helped me to determine if this notion of mine would be a good fit for me or not. As we began to talk more, I realized I might have jumped to conclusions about this major. I started out asking what programs are available and the average length it takes to graduate; easy enough, for Shawn he is declared as a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice and says it should only take him the four years to graduate as long as he stays on track (Sidelinger, 2013). Staying on track once I make a decision is key; so, finding my focus or a focus in general might help me.
Possible careers, further
One of the most difficult tasks in life is choosing a career path. Individuals often question which skills, values, traits, and other qualities they possess that may or may not match up with a possible job that would spark a life-long interest. Even for myself, I am still questioning which direction I am meant to take. I started my original journey at higher education at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania in an Exercise Science program destined to eventually end up with some sort of Occupational Therapy Degree because I failed at being accepted in to the Music Department. My journey quickly led me from one major to the next, to the next, and on, and on. Even as I am quite confident that Nursing is my niche, exploring other options is a highly recommended tool to ease the decisions I make in my adult life. Determining my options depended on my other interests and what else I could do as a career. In some aspects this is the point I had to be slightly realistic in terms of the responsibilities of adult life. Since I currently work as a Correctional Officer, logically a degree in the realm of Criminal Justice would best suit me as my back-up plan should my primary plan fail. As this began to become a more prominent idea, conversations with Shawn Sidelinger, a peer at Main Campus of Lock Haven University currently declared as a Criminal Justice Major, helped me to determine if this notion of mine would be a good fit for me or not. As we began to talk more, I realized I might have jumped to conclusions about this major. I started out asking what programs are available and the average length it takes to graduate; easy enough, for Shawn he is declared as a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice and says it should only take him the four years to graduate as long as he stays on track (Sidelinger, 2013). Staying on track once I make a decision is key; so, finding my focus or a focus in general might help me.
Possible careers, further
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