All about myself
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-Once upon a time
-Young life in the
old world
-The big change
-In the real world
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In the real world
Diploma
I want to stay in the city of Harrisonburg, since that was the reason we live here, so I applied to 3 of the 4 colleges in the city. Luckily, I was accepted to all of them, so I picked the one that suits my needs the most. Still, at that point, I wasn't sure of what I wanted to major in. I know I like computers, but out of my 8 classes in my senior year, half of them were music classes, and none were computer related. After I talked to quite a number of people, and did some thinking myself, I decided to major in computer science, and minor in music industry, just so I can switch them around if I later on change my mind.
Chicken man
About a month before I graduated from high school, all I did was just running around searching for a job. Of course, I don't want to walk up to my parents, extend my hand, and say, "I need some money" my whole life. Finally, with no work experience at all, I got a job at KFC. At the job orientation, I was offered 2 options to be either a cook or a cashier, but my options disappeared when two new employers called for the cook positions. I was surprised they actually had me take orders from customers, since I have a very foreign accent. On my first day working there, I actually knew not what to do, since I never did any work before. More likely you can say I was "spoiled" by my parents. From working there, I've learned lots of things from that place, most importantly, I was a step closer to better view of the real world.
The truth from the thread
JMU (James Madison University) is the college I'm attending. Because of some "threads" from my high school teachers, who teach across a street from JMU, I worried about college at first, but when I actually got to be a part of it, I first thought it was all a lie. After I've seen it long enough, I began to think back to what those teachers said. I think the main point they were trying to make to us is to be able to be independent. Freedom is what everyone's looking for, but when we have it, it's not easy to get it under control. I sometimes don't understand when some people skip classes, and party all day-night. Worse than that, some even skip classes just to go to "work." Somehow they don't seem to realize that it costs us thousands of dollars to be in this place. I've learned the danger of being independent.
The system
One of the most unpleasant things I've experienced from JMU is their system. I tried to get a job at the JMU dining hall, but since I'm not a US citizen (though I'm a fully legal one), I had to go through all these places to get some not-so-normal people to sign my papers. It took me a week and it gave my student manager a headache, just like the whole thing is insulting him that he is not clever and trusted enough to take care of the papers for me, like how he does with all other US citizens. I also wonder if that's one of the reasons why it's really hard for foreigners to get a job, since it take a lot longer to process.
My desire
I'm planning to get a job that is related to my major, just so I would have more experience in the field, and to make sure that it's what I'd really like to do. I'm also trying to focus more on school work, since the classes I'm taking are a lot harder than what I took from last semester. My current project is to be able to finish this home page for people like you to enjoy reading :-)