A Little About Me and My “Outdoor Experience” As someone who finishing her sophomore year of college and will be starting as a junior in the fall, if I would have asked myself ten years ago, as a third or fourth grader, if I would ever consider a career involving bunches of writing, my answer would have been no. When I was young, every essay, story, and report I had to write I considered a chore, and for my career, I wanted to do something fun, like swim with dolphins for a living. Not that that would not have been possible if I put my mind to it, but it was not until I was able to begin using my writing skills with something else I loved that I actually fell in love with the art of writing, and began pondering a career with the two. It was a little later on when I discovered my passion for what I consider my favorite outdoor experience, agriculture. In middle school, I took my first agricultural education course, Introduction to Agriculture, and realized how …show more content…
I have had my mind set on majoring in agricultural communications for a very long time, and that decision would have not have occurred if it was not for each of these experiences, and I also would never have realized that a career in agricultural communications is my dream. In the fall, I will be continuing my studies by pursuing my Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Communications at the University of Florida, which I hope to complete in the spring of 2018. After graduation, my goal is to obtain a leadership position with an agricultural organization such as a fair, livestock show, or commodity board. There I plan to “agvocate” for both my employer and the agriculture industry as a whole by communicating with stakeholders and the
It has been funny to me during the first week of classes how many teachers have asked the question, “how many of you are good at math,” because it is usually assumed that if you are good at writing it is probably one of the only things that you are really good at. Therefore, it becomes very scary to think of yourself as doing anything other than writing. Journalism is also one of the scariest job markets to enter into. Even former president Obama stated that “traditional journalism is dead,” (http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/314759-obama-traditional-journalism-is-dead) so why do we do it? We continue on because we love it. We love to write, but for every good writer there is a good
In high school, writing changed dramatically. Getting praised for my good writing in middle school; now my writing was getting criticized and from my teacher's point view my writing skills weren't were they suppose to be. Hardly ever being glad to free write, I was given topics that seemed to get difficult each time I was given one. I now had to give my open on certain topics, analyze articles, provide in an argument telling why I do or don't support a certain topic. I often had difficulties writing down what I had in mind. It's like I wouldn't know how to make everything flow together. After having to write so many essays, writing became my way of coping with life problems. Writing about my problems in my free time made me a better writer, also. Throughout high school, I wrote tons of journals and short stories about things going on in my life. I still wouldn't consider myself a great writer but writing a lot in high school did impact my life in a positive way and improved my
The proposed program is a major in Outdoor Education (OE) to be housed in the College of Education at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, WY. Outdoor Education is a broad and diverse field but in its most simplistic terms is a form of education that occurs outdoors. The field has strong ties to adventure, experiential, place-based, and environmental education. The OE field supports thousands of seasonal and permanent jobs nationally and statewide, with institutions like the National Outdoor Leadership School, the Teton Science School, and numerous summer camps. Students, upon completion of the program, can expect to find seasonal and year-round employment with job titles such as Park Ranger, Environmental Educator, Counselor, Trip Leader, Camp Director, Wilderness Guides, Experiential or Adventure Educators, Recreation Manager, and many more.
My major is pre-journalism, which requires tons of writing, so learning to polish my skills is a big plus at my age right now. I have taken many classes to try and improve my overall writing abilities. In High school I took English AP my junior year, also I did a television class to help write for newscast on the local news station and for the school. I would consider those positive aspects of my writings. One reason is because it was made into a fun style that I really enjoyed.
I personally do not enjoy writing. I have never been a fan of essays, bibliographies and such. I do understand the importance of writing though. I think some of us dread it because maybe we get writers block and don't know how to put the words out on paper preferentially thinking that it is just not that good enough to turn in. When I get a writing assignment I like to go ahead and try to do it as soon as possible. Procrastination is a downfall you'll be stuck rushing to do your work as well as your paper may be written poorly because of it. I feel that even in fields that don't write enough its better to have these skills, it helps build a strong
As a child, I picked up on writing quickly. Although my handwriting today does not show it, I was fascinated by the act of writing, shaping delicate cursive script or scrawling jagged letters. As soon as I learned how to write, I was hooked. I wrote short stories to be shared with my classmates, I wrote journal entries, I wrote not quite properly rhymed poetry. I did not care if what I wrote was any good; I just wanted to experiment and have a little fun. I dreamed of one day writing and publishing my own books and collections of poetry.
Throughout my highschool career, I had always intended to go into the medical field. I had this intention not because this was the career I wanted to go into, but because I felt that it was expected of me. However, during my junior year I had an English teacher who helped me fall in love with writing. I grew up loving literature but just never thought about going into that career field. After realizing that literature made me truly happy I decided that was the career I needed to go into. At the moment I am debating upon majoring in journalism or becoming a high school English teacher. Either way, I know that I have finally found a career where it wouldn’t be about profiting from a salary. There would be so much more. However, in order to achieve
After asking the adults in my life, how writing affects their career a few said that it plays a big part. Depending on the job you have the amount of writing you do will vary. One of the people I interviewed is a cosmetologist and she said that she does very little writing on the job, everything is verbal. One of the other people I asked was an accountant. He said that he does a lot of writing for work and it plays a vital role in his position at work. He said he wouldn't be where he is today without the writing knowledge he has. Not everyone is going to need writing skills for their career, it all depends on the field they go into.
I definitely enjoy it impressively, more than I did at the beginning of my high school life. In fact, I believe writing has helped me in my personal life to connect with my junior high school students of Inspire Church as I preach, so they can grasp the concept and teachings of the Lord when I share from my sermon notes and my life examples. As for my future career as a Medical Laboratory Technician, I’ll be using writing, a majority of the time, to write research papers on my data collection. As for this moment, I am hopefully using writing to my advantage to pass my classes that assign reflections or poetry or any other writing assignment. Above all, I believe writing will help me strive to do my best in all that I do, even though it may be tedious and time consuming at times. Writing allows me to have a conversation without voice, and when I do give my words breathe I am able to touch the souls of my audience. And at that moment, I am leaving my imprint on the world. A part of my existence will live on longer than my own body, and take anchor in my audience’s hearts. My legacy is born with writing. So keep dreaming, and keep
Throughout high school my experience as a writer fluctuated quite a bit. Over the years I took many different english classes which included General English, English Composition, Language Arts, and Adolescent Literature. Personally, I believe writing is an important part of education. Each class incorporates writing into their curriculum somehow, whether we were writing research papers, book reports, essays, or speeches.
I began my college experience studying radio and media, moved on to screenwriting and creative writing, but found myself discontent and misplaced with those industries. The more I questioned myself, the more I realized that the thing I wanted to spend my life doing was teaching and helping others. I did not accept this at first, but as I explored other career paths, I realized that this is what I was meant to do. While my pursuit to obtaining a bachelor’s degree hasn’t been the most traditional, the lessons I’ve learned from the workplace and the institutions I’ve attended have prepared and motivated me for my long-term career
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Walking through the woods never fails to clear my mind. After spending all day sitting in a stale classroom, filled with stress, confusion, and overwhelming responsibilities, taking a long stroll through the familiar woods behind my grandmother’s house lifts any worries that could ever weigh me down. I never wander through aimlessly. I always follow the trail of grass that has been deliberately cut down shorter than the rest, making it easier to tread through to the small creek at the end of the trail. The entire journey through the woods behind my grandmother’s house, there and back, first took on a whole new importance in my life during my junior year of high school.
The world we live in today is always changing, whether it be technology or the land. As these changes take place, society must adapt to them. Many things begin to change as a result of this and society beings to turn into something completely different. One of the most overlooked changes that takes place is that of the environment and landscape. The landscape is one of the most important parts of our society’s culture and has a great effect on how we live. It seems that nowadays, many individuals are taking advantage of the land and nothing appreciating it for every thing that it is worth. Its true that not everyone is going to look at the environment and landscape in the same way, however that is no excuse to disrespect it. Then again, a whole new argument can start from that, as different individuals are going to have different views on what disrespecting the land. Many positive things have come from taking advantage of the land, and also, there have been many negative things to come as a result of this. It all depends on how you look at it. One thing is for sure though, no matter what the case is, the land and environment we live in plays a huge part in each of our everyday lives.
This essay is the respond to the Local Council Member who has wrong idea about a common archetype of adventure tourist. This misconception based on ignorance of current tourism industry, could potentially be a dangerous for local economy and development. The local authority must be well informed about present conditions with the tourism market, before they will make a far reaching decisions about the development direction in this industry. Currently, there are many organisations whose monitoring an international tourism business and this knowledge supposed to be good use for our common good.