So it's been 3 months since my last post. No, I have not quit school! I am still enrolled in the University of Phoenix. The reason for my delay in posting, though, is because I've made some changes to my academic journey. No longer am I a Human Services major, but rather, a PSYCHOLOGY major! Yes, I have switched from service to fiddling with people minds! Ooooh!
I guess my reason for the change is because after my first class, I realized that I am more interested in learning about human behavior and their thought processes than I am in giving actual service. While we learned about the many injustices of the world in my human service class, I found myself wondering: WHY do these people do such things? WHY do people engage in slave trading or HOW would one treat post-traumatic stress disorder? I am more of a listener than a doer. Psychology can still be used in the human service field. I can become a counselor or therapist. And I have always been interested in the subject of psychology. I've got the collection of self-help books to prove it. And speaking of which, I also thought that perhaps the reason I want to major in psychology is so I can "psychologize" myself!
Because campus psychology classes aren't available in Hawaii, I had to switch to completely online. I just finished my first online class yesterday (Monday 2/13/12) which started on Jan. 10. I had a long break from my first class so I really had nothing to write about.
My very first online class went well. I actually like it much better because I can control the flow of the class to some extent, like logging in at my convenience. But like a ground class, I still needed to use my time wisely. And I still had a learning team (which UoPx is most known for). That's the only part that truly sucked - my learning team. I had two people in my group who would work on and turn in their portions of the assignment on the day that it's due! And we end up scrambling to put it all together to turn it in! I am just so annoyed with that! I turned in our group paper late because they gave me their sections so late! But oh well, I can only learn from this experience and pray to God that I never have them in my group or class again!
