Qns: What do you hope to achieve in life? What do you plan to do after you graduate from polytechnic (if it is NS, then what do you intend to do after NS)? How do you plan to go about achieving your aim(s)?
Ans:
Achievements in Life: 1.To be a certified outdoor instructor, and work as an instructor for 2 to 3 years. 2.To pursue a master degree in psychology. 3.To get into a prestige university abroad. 4.Finally, to join the teaching force and a counsellor in my own secondary school.
These are my hopes. But first and foremost, let’s first discuss about what do I plan to do after I graduate from polytechnic. I plan to work two to three years as an instructor before heading to a university to study on psychology – this still depend greatly on Singapore’s economic. If after I graduate, the economic is still bad, I will rather go abroad to pursue my degree and master degree before working.
I felt that after learning my own personality, I felt that I am in the right course. I am studying diploma in outdoor adventure learning, which means that I need to be outgoing and to be committed in the task that is given at hand and not to think too far. According to the personality test, I am not as outgoing as I thought, but I could be one if needed, and according to the test, I am very committed in completing the task that’s on hand. Even though it is not shown in my daily work, maybe is due to the fact I have not persuade myself to like the subject. For example, in today’s lesson about enterprise, I really do not have any interest, but since it is in my module, I just put in my very best to understand.
I am seriously still lost about personality about who can work with whom, this still confuses me. I will be reading through the worksheet again and refer to more information to understand more. To become a certified outdoor instructor is definitely is possible, but about getting into a prestige university or just getting into an university, it may not be that easy. Especially since I want to go into psychology (which seem to everyone a fruitless effort). It is hard to get into University without studying psychology in polytechnic but I believe it will help me in my workplace. With the knowledge that I have gained in today’s lesson, I will be able to understand why certain people do things in a certain manner and how do I communicate with such person. Therefore helping me to understand on how I should work with my future team mates and the current team mates, to finish the task that’s on hand.
About the fact that I wish to join teaching force, is still true. I hope that with all the learning experiences example; Problem-Based Learning (PBL) and different working experience, I will be able to work in my secondary school to improve the student’s result toward certain subject such as physical education, science and art. I hope that I will be able to apply what is taught in RP to my own secondary school. When time is right, I hope I can become a counsellor like how my counsellor had counselled me. Which I believe without her guidance and her persistent that I will get into polytechnic, I will not be in RP. Therefore, in order to not let my teacher down, using the personality that I have taken this morning, I shall persevere on to get what I want.
Lastly I want end off with a quote to encourage myself on; “In a crisis, don’t hide behind anything or anybody. They’re going to find you anyway.” – Paul Bryant, legendary University of Alabama football coach