July 8, 2008. Tuesday

        Being a Counselor

I’ve been thinking about my career goal more, and it gets brighter as I go through school. I’m no expert in counseling, but I have experience from helping others out some.

I want to be a counselor for those with disabilities/challenges, but I’m leaving it open to where I’m needed more. I need to go through more school to complete my goal and move on to the next step.

I know this much about what’s needed to be a counselor. Taking psychology classes, math to a high level that I hope I can survive/pass, complete the writing classes, and other steps to finish the process. I’m starting the process at half time per school term, but it’s progress. I need to take writing 115 and math, hopefully I can avoid statistics or anything beyond what I can pass, math in some areas is my weakness-I didn’t do well with word problems/state assessments in high school and in my math 20 in winter 2008. I took psychology 201a last term to start my psychology classes.

I’m not sure if foreign languages are required, but I decided to take Spanish starting fall 2008. I can read Spanish but not translate it, and I know enough to have a 30 second conversation, with the basics learned from elementary school.

Whatever it takes, I’ll go for my career goal. Hopefully I can comprehend/remember what I learn and gain from it more than I think can be gained. As I continue with my goal, I look forward to it. With experience in helping others out, I know I can qualify to be a counselor, I just need to set my mind to it/not give up no matter how hard it gets. I learn more about myself in this process too. Even with a disability, I can achieve goals like these, through time and patience. Those with disabilities are good witnesses to challenges/needs, and they can be qualified to succeed in being a counselor if they stay positive and keep moving forward.

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