My OperaA Major Change
Friday, August 31, 2007 7:07:03 PM
I have recently changed my major at the university I attend. (That's right. For those of you who don't know, K4 is a college kid. Well not really a kid any longer, but I still go to college. Note to students outside the US: College and University are interchangeable words.) I was studying Organization and Management Leadership, which was fun and really cool, but the whole program was aimed at my working in a large corporate structure and not working alone... self employed... a virtual assistant.
This class I am currently working through is Personal Leadership and required that I take several self-assessement tests and participate in a 360 degree feedback program, in which I am rated by coworkers and supervisors and by people who work under me. I am like, "Um, Dr. University Professor, I don't have anyone to lead. How am I supposed to do this class?" He told me to find other areas in my life that I am considered a leader and to use those as my examples of leadership.
Alrighty, then. I didn't find any areas where I can be considered a leader.
What happened is I turned into a fiction writer, creating a fanciful world for all the papers and essays I am required to write in which I am a better leader than... oh, the greatest leader you can think of. For me, Indira Ghandi, Madeline Albright, Thomas Jefferson, and Donald Trump flash through my head when I think of a great leader. Your list is likely very different.
So, I called the university to whine about my state of being, because the amount of money I am spending to be a fiction writer is ludicrous. The counselor agreed.
I changed from the Capella University School of Business to the Capella University School of Education with a new course of study: Post Secondary and Adult Education, which means I can grow up and be a college professor.
Now, I may actually learn something other than simply honing my fiction writing skills.
Maybe I can publish all those papers I have written in an anthology titled, "The Greatest Educational Hoax Ever Perpetrated By a University Student in the 21st Century While Pursuing Higher Education."
Too pretentious?
Ok. How about "Lies I Told My Instructors?" Yes. I think that will work nicely.
This class I am currently working through is Personal Leadership and required that I take several self-assessement tests and participate in a 360 degree feedback program, in which I am rated by coworkers and supervisors and by people who work under me. I am like, "Um, Dr. University Professor, I don't have anyone to lead. How am I supposed to do this class?" He told me to find other areas in my life that I am considered a leader and to use those as my examples of leadership.
Alrighty, then. I didn't find any areas where I can be considered a leader.
What happened is I turned into a fiction writer, creating a fanciful world for all the papers and essays I am required to write in which I am a better leader than... oh, the greatest leader you can think of. For me, Indira Ghandi, Madeline Albright, Thomas Jefferson, and Donald Trump flash through my head when I think of a great leader. Your list is likely very different.
So, I called the university to whine about my state of being, because the amount of money I am spending to be a fiction writer is ludicrous. The counselor agreed.
I changed from the Capella University School of Business to the Capella University School of Education with a new course of study: Post Secondary and Adult Education, which means I can grow up and be a college professor.
Now, I may actually learn something other than simply honing my fiction writing skills.
Maybe I can publish all those papers I have written in an anthology titled, "The Greatest Educational Hoax Ever Perpetrated By a University Student in the 21st Century While Pursuing Higher Education."
Too pretentious?
Ok. How about "Lies I Told My Instructors?" Yes. I think that will work nicely.
Uncle MickMickeyjoe-Irl # Friday, August 31, 2007 9:01:12 PM
Jondigitaljon144 # Saturday, September 1, 2007 3:43:24 PM
Jondigitaljon144 # Saturday, September 1, 2007 3:54:08 PM
devansdevans186 # Saturday, September 1, 2007 6:59:45 PM
When you talked about thinking of leadership skills and couldn't think of any regarding yourself, my mind was focused one you excellent leadership skills as a mother, grandmother and a prime leader in the ways of life........just what I see in you.
You are a leader of life.
Esther-Sugar Winxsugarwinx # Saturday, September 1, 2007 7:36:37 PM
Eliane a/k/a Ellymomable # Sunday, September 2, 2007 5:29:13 AM
AzureTimm # Tuesday, September 4, 2007 3:19:52 AM
I will try K4 mobile's product when I will study in the US.. I'm aiming at a certain Ivy League university.. In about two years.. Good luck to you and to me!
Regards, a boy attending physics class, Timm.