Well, let's just say after a first week of school(not even a full week mind you) I am completely and utterly overwhelmed. The first day is always nervewrecking, especially for me. Someone who is not normally quiet is hushed by the nerves of college and meeting new people. After my first full day of classes I had the joy of working a wonderful 4-12 shift at my job. So during that time I pondered on everything that had happened that day. I realized that this semester will be incredibly challenging but finally the semester where I am learning about what I want to do. The classes I am taking are interesting and thought-provoking which makes me hope that the semester will be great.
After sitting through my first education class I got nervous. Reason being that I don't necessarily want to teach for a living, but decided that this(Health Education major) would be the best route to take to further my career in Physical Therapy. The reason I chose this was because I thought to myself that while in school it would be ideal to get my teaching certification that way I wouldn't have to go back to school in the future if I chose to change professions. Another reason was because the classes for health education fulfill my requirements for entrance to Grad School for Physical Therapy. I am hoping that this class will make me open up as far as public speaking(not my forte') and also realize what is going on with our public education.
With an opinion of someone who went to public school, I can say that anything I can do to improve the system and make the children/teens in our schools happier and have a better learning experience, I would love to be apart of it. I know that I was fortunate for having gone to a public school but at the same time receiving a Vocational-Technical experience. Not many teens coming out of high school can say that they had the experience that I did as far as my education outside of just Social Studies, Math, English etc. I thank my high school for giving me the knowledge I know now and the drive to what I will become in years from now. I can only hope that if one day I do teach that I can impact someone's life in my field of work.
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Great first post! And I think it's a great idea to start with the Health Ed program before you go into Physical Therapy. It's a natural fit, because good physical therapists are also teachers. They don't just help people come back from injury. They can educate them to help them avoid injury. My old personal trainer was studying physical therapy and it was the best experience for me because it helped me to better understand how to protect my body while working out (like training for the 60 mile walk).
On another note: while I find the name of your blog hilarious (and very tongue-in-cheek as there is nothing trophy-ish about you), I think it's important to think about the message the blog sends. You might want to put a "disclaimer" so people get the point.
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