One of the main reasons I
have chose this particular Master's program was because of the emphasis that
was put on community service. I have a long history with community service
type tasks and I plan to make it a lifelong pledge to serve the community, wherever
that may end up being. I have yet to have time to complete any community
service hours due to personal reasons, but I have signed up with habitat for
humanity to work on construction projects within the coming month.
This program has
already started to teach me valuable lessons that I did not learn during my
time in undergrad. If I am being completely honest, I was unmotivated during my
time in undergrad. The worst part was that I kept succeeding and “getting by” just
by using my natural problem solving abilities. I never had a wakeup call or
moment that caused me to change my study habits. I have quickly realized early
on in this program that in order to succeed, I must commit to the work and repeatedly
review the material in order to be successful. One of the reasons that I have
adopted this mentality is because I can finally see a purpose behind it all. I
never used to be interested in a topic that I was studying because I never
allowed myself to put it into context. Recently, I have had a different mindset
that has been a motivation to learn the material as well as understand how that
information might be useful to me in my future career path. I look forward to
learning the future material as well as applying this material years later
during my career.
