I have always been the kind of person who could never make up her mind. For the past three years, my answer to the question, “What do you want to do when you grow up?” changed every two weeks. Even now, I can’t bring myself to choose between my two passions: languages and neuroscience. At Fordham College at Lincoln Center, I don’t have to choose. The integrative neuroscience program covers all the bases, from cell to cognitive to computational neuroscience. The opportunity to customize my education and set myself up for a fulfilling future in my area of study is one that has been integral throughout my college search, and I believe that Fordham offers just that. The Lincoln Center College also appeals to my style of learning. I’m a very hands-on
Carol Dweck 's piece "Brainology" and Rebecca Cox "The Student Fear Factor" have changed my pursuit towards my academic goals because it changes the mindset on how I approach any aspect in my everyday life, including work, but also how I will be praising the children whom I work with. This is because I am learning new approaches on how I should handle my college life and apply it to my daily life. Both of these pieces seem to have spoken to me because I get severe anxiety and reading what other students went through made me realize that I don’t have college life as bad as many students do. Instead of quitting (like most first time college students do), I will keep pursuing my associate’s degree in child development. I know that reading these
When I entered college at LSU, in the fall of 2009, I was undecided in my major. I did this purposefully because I wanted to give myself the opportunity to have one full year to try out a variety of classes and truly allow myself to find my passion. It was during my second semester at LSU that I took KIN 2500, a human anatomy course, and felt the feeling I had been hoping I would fe...
...as gone through those very same experiences. I arrived to college with many common misconceptions about the so called college experience. Similar to William Dereiewicz’s argument, for me college became this one thing everyone must do to earn more money. To be more successful I had to look towards the “STEM fields – science, technology, engineering, and math” (27). I am personally guilty for falling into this common misconception but have since learned that college is more about experiences. College gives you the necessary skills to function in your chosen major. I came to Montevallo as a Biology major but have now began to question that decision. Looking towards the future I am hopeful that I will adapt to my newfound independence and develop my own set of moral beliefs and similar to my parents provide my future children with better opportunities than the one I had.
I sat in my child development class in a “brick and mortar” classroom setting. What was I doing there? I was extremely interested in what the professor was speaking on and what was being discussed. However, I was beginning to doubt whether I wanted to continue in my current field of study, Speech/Language Pathology. I no longer felt I was being fulfilled. There was something lacking. I talked to a few of my friends who mentioned how much money I would make as a Speech/Language Pathologist. I heard what they were saying, but somehow it just did not matter. I had to find the missing link…….
When I began high school, I was a little lost. My English was still frail- which was one of the reasons I kept to myself. When my homeroom teacher passed me the paper to choose a “career path,” I didn’t know what I was doing. All the words jumbled in my head and I didn’t bother to ask because I did not know how. I think I chose ‘cosmetology’ probably because it sounded like its Spanish version. Nevertheless, my sophomore year, things started to clear up, I was now considered fluent and actually understood what was happening. That same year I changed my cluster to STEM- I have always loved science and I truly knew that was my passion. Everyday after class, I would go home and read more on the subject. Passing hours on end reading through science journals and reading recent studies wasn’t a strange day for me.
In order to better understand our clients and their experiences, we must first understand the way that our brains work. All of what occurs in the social and emotional aspects of our lives can be explained by using theories of neuroscience. Neuroscience focuses on specific brain structures and how they affect individuals. For years there was little connection between neuroscience and social work, but the importance of linking the two fields has become more popular in recent years. As science has progressed and more information has been discovered about how our brains work, it is necessary for social workers to have a good understanding of neuroscience. Some of the most crucial topics for social workers to understand are the structure of the brain, brain development, neuroplasticity, attachment theory, affect regulation, and trauma. By understanding these concepts, we can provide more effective interventions for the unique clients that we serve.
As a teenager, I discovered that life is a subjective experience that can be viewed from many perspectives. In an effort to open my mind to different views of the world, I organized a plan to take flying lessons, and completed extensive flight training as well as specialized courses in physics, mechanics, and weather to obtain my private pilot’s license prior to completing high school. I have always enjoyed tackling challenges, and independently piloting airplanes at a young age helped me develop a level of confidence, maturity, and drive.
Psychology entails the study of human behavior and mind. It also involves an applied science and an academic discipline that seek to understand groups and individual by establishing general values and researching particular cases. In the field of psychology, professional practitioners known as a psychologist are classified as the behavioral, cognitive, or social scientist. These practitioners attempt to comprehend the role of individual mental functions and their social behavior. The psychologists apply the psychological knowledge when assessing and treating individuals with mental health problems. The process helps in understanding and resolving problems in numerous spheres of human actions. Psychology involves therapeutic role, counseling, or clinical practicing. This research entails detailed discussion pertaining psychology process. It also describes the neural system, and it functions with human being behavior. The study also describes the individual emotional responses from a behavioral perspective and neurobiological basis of emotions.
Neuroscience leadership is keen on improving various aspects of the decision-making, problem-solving, communication, and rationalization contexts of management. Currently, research demonstrates that this new leadership science has the potential to improve leaders’ efficacy in three main ways. First, it analyzes and explicates the relationships leaders form with staff and how they influence these empathically with improved management behaviors (Ghadiri, Habermacher, & Peters, 2013). Secondly, neuroscience empowers effective leadership by creating the ability within leaders to be more in control of their emotional awareness. Thirdly, the new leadership science could potentially complement the leaders’ regimen of innovation restorative and creativity
As the end of my senior year in high school approached, I had to make an important decision. What school was I going to spend the next few years of my life at? When the financial aid packages arrived, I was torn between two colleges. After sitting down with my mother and discussing the advantages and disadvantages of both schools, I came to my final decision. It seemed like a year ago I was imagining what college life would be like and suddenly before my eyes, I would be a college student in a matter of four months.
Seeing that I never had any strong passions or interests, I was always unsure about the path I wanted to take. I didn’t have a dream school, but getting accepted into the Tuition Exchange Program for Pepperdine was seemingly the most logical decision to make. I didn’t take much interest in the University itself, but through my time at this school is where I was able to work on myself and fully understand what I was capable of.
Some people already know by the age of seven that they want to become a pilot or nurse; others, however, have more difficulties deciding what to do with their future. People who decided to go to a university or college have to make an important choice: what major are they going into? For many people this is a very difficult question. As the statistics show, one out of five students change their major between admission and the first day of classes. Nearly three out of four students change majors at least twice before they graduate. And three out of four college students express uncertainly about their major. These striking results raised some questions for me. Is it really necessary to choose a major? What influence has the choice of a specific major on the student and his or her education? What are the opportunities for the future? And how can these students be helped? Since I am still having trouble choosing a major myself, I decided to do some research on this topic and I hope it will help you a little bit to make the right choice.
In my life, the enhancement of intellectual wellness involves far more than just academics, although that happens to be a massive portion of it. Moreover, since the start of school, I have realized that being open to new experiences and ideas is a necessary function of the college lifestyle. Life experiences, shape our outlook on life. For the subsequent three semesters, my goal is to challenge my intellect with cautious decision making. I will be deliberate with my studies and by the conclusion of my diploma program, I aspire to graduate with honors. This goal, will require countless hours of dedication; nevertheless, I am willing to commit the time and effort
The human brain is one of the most amazing organs in a body and at the same time the most mysterious. It is the control center of the body and it’s important to understand the complexity of the human brain. Although your brain functions as a whole, it consists of three main parts, The Central Core, the Limbic System, and the Cerebral Cortex. Then those parts break into even smaller parts. The brain is just like the computer, it depends on certain parts to work correctly and get every day jobs and even more complex jobs done.
The brain is an astonishing product of evolution. This can be seen by our numerous technological developments and society structure. The brain has always been the most important organ for species that had developed past the cellular stage and has always performed the same functions that it does now but has developed constantly to where it is now through growth and a reorganization of its’ primary functions and gained the ability to learn has been something that the human brain does better than other brains. Our brains have not always been like this and many social and biological factors have led us to where they are now.