The purpose
of this blog is to describe myself and my educational and career goals. My name
is Z.P. and I am from Brooklyn, New York. Spring 2016 will be my final
semester. After graduating Laguardia Community College I would like to leave
the state of New York. I am currently not sure as to what state I am interested
in because there are several factors behind the decision as to where I would
move to. The factors involve cost of living, job potential, diversity, and
mainly if the states will have my degree available. I also have to take into account
my child, and that any school I put him in needs to be well performing as well.
I am a Deaf Studies major, so that is seen
more as a specialty and not many colleges have Deaf related majors. The field
in the Deaf community is rather limited. The options are teaching, counseling,
working as a social worker, an audiologist, speech pathologist, and being an
interpreter.
I originally came to Laguardia
Community College with the idea that after two years I would be an interpreter.
That is far from the case. In order to be a nationally certified interpreter
you need to have a Bachelor’s degree first, then you have to take a
performance, and a written test. I know for sure I want to work within the Deaf
community, I just need to pinpoint what exactly it is I want to major in.
As far as books, I'm not much of a reader. I find it boring. I would however read if it's required by a professor. As far as films, I don't necessarily have a favorite, since I'm not a movie person but I do have a favorite genre. I enjoy horror, fantasy/sci-fi, drama, and comedies in that order.
As far as technology goes I am neither an optimist or pessimist. I am usually a neutral person. I can find faults and positives in anything. I do enjoy technology because it does help simplify my life. As with everything I don't think there should be too much technology, i.e. robots replacing train conductors, etc. I don't think technology is always correct, but neither are human beings. I just feel there is a need for balance, and it depends on the type of job. I think younger people more than older people tend to be more optimistic regarding technology.
As far as books, I'm not much of a reader. I find it boring. I would however read if it's required by a professor. As far as films, I don't necessarily have a favorite, since I'm not a movie person but I do have a favorite genre. I enjoy horror, fantasy/sci-fi, drama, and comedies in that order.
As far as technology goes I am neither an optimist or pessimist. I am usually a neutral person. I can find faults and positives in anything. I do enjoy technology because it does help simplify my life. As with everything I don't think there should be too much technology, i.e. robots replacing train conductors, etc. I don't think technology is always correct, but neither are human beings. I just feel there is a need for balance, and it depends on the type of job. I think younger people more than older people tend to be more optimistic regarding technology.
