Polly Fa'anati

This semester has been a surprisingly well experience for me. I will say that mid semester, my motivation went downhill for a bit because taking 16 units can be mentally draining, but I was able to pick up the slack and get to work again. I'm hoping to be able to keep up this work ethic this next semester since I'm taking chem.  I haven't talked to my counselor since registering for fall semester classes, but during that first appointment with her we were able to plan for my spring schedule as well. This was helpful when I had my second contact meeting with my EOPS counselor because she was able to confirm that my spring schedule looked great and helped me create a Student Ed Plan. In talking to two of my counselors, this was the schedule we were able to produce for the spring semester:  One thing I didn't go over with my counselors was a backup plan, but I plan on registering for classes on the priority date I was given, so I'm hoping all things go accordingly and ...

There were many new insights I learned about myself during this process. One thing I know for sure though is that this process secured my decision to go into any career that allows me to be of service to others whether it be in the medical field or not. In the career interest profile survey, I learned that my strongest profiles were social and enterprising. Enterprising came as a surprise to me because I have never seen myself as a leader or risk taker, but seeing that social was also high instilled in me the confidence that I am meant to help and guide others. I knew that the social aspect is part of my character and who I am but I was still confused about the enterprising aspect of my profile until I explored the jobs that matched me in medium, high, and extensive job preparations. There was one job I saw repeated in the high and extensive level of job preparations and it had to do with working in the faith ministry. For example, in the high job preparation I got directors, religious...