So a lot has been going through my head since orientation last weds. I mean go onto this campus after all these years of trying to become just an asl major alone. Its kinda cool to talk with other students and hear "What major are you?" "ASL" "Really?" "Yeah." "Me too!" Just being on the Woods campus is like being told you finally made it....the feeling of finally being somewhere with my major that I worked hard and struggled the past year to get to then finally have others in the same major around me just feels awesome. One girl has taken a liking to me thats a double asl major like I am. She'll approach me when she sees me. Its kinda cool. Makes me kinda miss adams and angles cause the familiar is always good to have around. Orientation was good. Took care of a lot of business and learned about that whole greek thing (always wanted to understand the point). I thought about rushing but then I thought about the next year. Its not the best idea right now since it requires commitments I can't do. I'll still be active for my lead points to keep my lead scholarship, but I'm going to end up with about two part time jobs and one that could go either part time or full time...part of me doesn't want to wait on walmart cause i need to take care of bills and just get back on my feet to where I'm comfortable....though the truth to that is I'll never be settled til about march 2011 since I have a lot to take care of. XD who knows maybe I"ll never settle. I mean the longest i've lived in one place was high school! haha.
So today was the first day of school. I stayed up catching up on undercover boss. >.< yeah I know don't stay up late. I woke up and got ready for school. Got to class late since I don't move near campus til friday....so i'm like thirty or so mins away. Parking is hellish! I was at the end of my asl class, since first day isn't the full hour. I walked in and a girl was talking in the back of the room, so i thought she was the teacher then i noticed all the students looked forward to the front of the room. She was the teacher's interpreters. It was cool though. I chose Woods for the fact that they are involved, have a deaf community nearby to give opportunities while I study, small town, and a ton of other reasons. I sit down and fill out my name for attendance. Teacher explains the syllabus and teaches us "class dismissed" then shows us "you want class dismissed" in sign and we were to answer yes or no in sign. :P I answered no. haha. The teacher kinda laughed then released the class. I went to find my car to move it. I park it at walmart, which is a block away. Why? Cause its 50 bucks for a parking sticker! OMG! I'm cool with walking til winter. haha. I come back then go to the commuter student louge. I chatted with a lady for a few mins then tried setting up my wireless for school while listening to these girls talk. I tried being nice at a few points, but I felt like they just felt they were above others. its like gamers with newbies....freshmen are still learning and its their first day, give us a chance....and don't act like you're above freshmen cause you didn't take all your general/common courses in your early years. Next came my algebra 2 class. I got lost cause the same person was in there from earlier. (majority of my classes are in the same building cause its the building where they do ASL) They asked me what class then they told me it was the right one. I went in. We laughed and wrote which dwarf we'd be. (Yes lina we sung small world after all too XD j/k ) Then we all talked about ourselves to introduce us to the class. Seemed ot be a good group of students. She talked about the class and what to expect. Next I went to ASL Career, which is to help introduce us to the deaf culture and what it is to be an asl interpreter. Its taught by a Woods professor/ASL advisor who is an interpreter outside the campus. She told us about class and what to expect. She spoke about issues in deaf culture and the interpreter world that we would discuss that I knew nothing about. very interesting controversies out there. I spoke with her about STLCC classes and Interships future wise. I know most will look to getting their internship in mo. I'm thinking I may speak with ETSU or the medical people in ne tn for my internship. Who knows. I won't make plans til I get to that point. I had my last class, history. History teacher is fun and has a good sense of humor. Still not as good as garman, haha. We introduced ourselves. I got tired of it by then so he asked my name and i said, "I'm bob! I have no home town!" then took it another direction. We discussed the classes and I got to find out what I need to do to have a lower priced book. He doesn't like it being 150 for a book set.
I've actually been nervous about my choice to go into ASL til today. As i went into my two classes, I realized it combines a lot of things i love; interacting with people, communicating and working with people, social sciences (mostly psy and sociology), and various other things. I'm actually excited for what I want to do in school. I get to do everything I love and constantly learn new things even through my career. It's an endless adventure to me. I can't wait to get fluent then volunteer in the community or at the school for the deaf. I can't wait to explore what area I prefer and so forth. Its just exciting cause there is no limit as an interpreter at what I can do! The world really is my oyster....eat up! XD
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