My name is Marie, and I am a 29 year old college student attending school at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Virginia. I am a General Studies major who plans to transfer to George Mason University, where I will be a Social Work major. I eventually want to become a social worker or a counselor to teenagers with problems such as drug use or depression.
Some things about me are that I am passionate about music and going to concerts - I am seeing Panic at the Disco for the second time this year in October - and hanging out with friends, watching movies or just getting coffee. I enjoy spending a lot of my time on the computer - including blogging actually. I have several blogs where I talk about music, politics, popular culture and my personal life. I have many friends online who I enjoy talking with through email, instant messaging, and text message, as well as through social networks such as Facebook and LiveJournal.
I am taking English 112 because it is required in order to take the 2 literature classes I need for my degree. English 112 actually does not count towards my major, but it is a prerequisite for taking the literature classes - English Literature and American Literature - that I need.
I am hoping to get several things out of this class. As with taking English 111, I hope this class will help improve my writing and communication skills. I hope to become a more critical thinker and improve my ability to argue and make my points come across succesfully. I believe I improved my writing, argumentative and rhetorical skills after completing English 111, and that I will improve even more by taking English 112.
About Me
- Marie
- I'm a 29 year old woman who's juggling work and school. I'm maintaining this blog for my English class.
5 comments:
i plan to be in that type of field as well.What do you think motivated you to be a social worker? I agree strongly that being a better critical thinker will help you in your career.
That is cool that you are going into social work. I am majoring in Psychology with a specialty for children and adolescents. Good luck in your studies!
I think your aim to aid teenagers is a brilliant idea. Now a days, many of them are facing problems due to lack of attention or many other reasons. It is necessary to understand the psychology of teenagers in order to deal with the issues that they are facing. I definitely think that critical thinking will improve our understanding in various areas.
I want to become a social worker too, but the problem is my parents don't really support me and i know nothing about being a social worker here in U.S.
I hope that you can help me understand more about it.
That's good. Save the children... save the children. It takes a big heart and real motivation to be strong enough to see some of the stuff that goes on with children nowadays, kudos.
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