Month: May 2020

Wildcard Artifact

I am involved in a discussion community at the Battelle center on campus called SCOPE. This is a group of about 30 engineering students who discuss the humanitarian effects of engineering and most importantly, the impact of spaceflight and their companies. I find this interesting because it offers a different perspective on how different types of work actually affect the people involved and the planet. I recall in one discussion, an older woman came in to discuss her work and how she participated in the project. I cant remember now which project she was working on, but I thought it was cool as a young aspiring female engineering student, I loved seeing how people treated her accomplishments and what she said about how she was treated as a woman working on a high stakes project. She said she definitely had struggles not in her abilities but in her ability to get people to listen to her. I am nervous for the future but hopefully the world will be more accepting by the time I am in the workforce. This changed my perspective. I now want to have the same amount of success but I will do it quietly so that I do not get discouraged.

 

 

G.O.A.L.S. Update & Career Plan Reflection

Thus far in Scholars, I have made a good group of friends/backbone for my future in college. Scholars has allowed me to explore another major that is similar to mine but offers a different perspective. Going in to scholars, I wanted to maybe do a minor in something like architecture, but I have realized that I do not really want to continue with that plan. I have decided more in the business minor/masters route. I have taken more courses that I may not have been as interested in without scholars such as history of rock n roll. I have experiences Original Inquiry through creative classes such as Anthropology and History of Rock n Roll. These have given so many different perspectives on life and have really changed my views on how I should care about my life and how I live it. My scholars group of friends have pushed me to achieve greatness in the classroom and gym and I am smarter and stronger than I ever have been before. I did join a sorority to help make connections later in life and have a good service background and community to rely on. Scholars has allowed me to increase my service mind and given me more opportunities than I thought possible to help the Columbus community. I cannot wait to do a study abroad or travel after I graduate. Scholars is a good and helpful community of hard working and focused individuals and Jessica has been the most helpful and always been there if we need something. I believe my GOALS have changed from earlier this year and so have my post graduate ideas.

 

End of year reflection

This first year experience was the most fantastic thing that has ever happened to me. I do not believe that I would have had the same experiences anywhere else, I have met my best friends this semester and plan on taking on the rest of college with them. I have learned the hard way that is is more than okay to not be perfect. No one can get a 100% on everything and it doesn’t really matter if you do. All that matters is that you tried your best under the circumstances you were given. My goals of academic success have not changed, however my outlook on how I want to live my life have changed dramatically. I want to be happy, I don’t want to work too hard and be stressed every day of my life, that would be the best way to waste a good experience. I aspire to live a life full of great experiences and I want to travel and see how everyone lives and how different each culture is. Over spring break, I was invited to go to Puerto Rico with one of my good friends and that has been by far the most interesting trip I have taken. I crushed my goals of academic success, I honestly thought I would have done worse than I did. I am proud of my accomplishments.

The one things that I really learned how to do while at college, was do things on my own. I learned how to walk, eat, sleep, and study alone and on my own time. This was very hard to become comfortable with and at many points I was sad, but I am forever thankful that I have gotten through that because I am now  much stronger person. This summer I am going to help my dad build a back patio, and work at his engineering firm. These will help my skill set in both real world difficulties, and having job experience for the future and allowing me to be a more valuable asset to a company. Overall this year, I have changed the reality of my views on relationships as well. It is okay to be alone and one with yourself to find out who you are, what you want, and who you want to be.

Corona Virus really had to hit this year huh, what a tragic end to a fantastic first year.