Monday, February 21, 2011

First Update- School

Alright Annie Banannie, I give in.
I will write another update.

This semester has been strange when it comes to school.
I'm only taking 13 units (Design 1, Practicum, Pilates, and History and Systems of Psychology).

History and Systems is my only "real" class, although I must say it is by far the toughest material I have encountered...It is the history of Psychology starting with the ancient Greek philosophers and consists of an insane amount of memorizing people, dates, books, theories, etc...

Design 1 is a basic art class (I have to take some sort of art class to graduate) and although it's not a class that consists of tests or reading, the assignments take up a lot of time. This class has only confirmed my knowledge that although I have a great appreciation for art, I lack and talent for creating it.

Pilates...well let's just say I'm IN LOVE. 10x better than yoga (in my opinion).

As a B.A Psych student, I'm required to take Psych Practicum which consists of getting an internship, putting in 100 hrs over the semester, and class once a week.
I got an internship at a local High School with the school psychologist. Two of the main things I do is counsel students one-on-one and observe and write up summaries of students' classroom behavior.
So far I really love my internship. I've gotten to witness a lot of the inner workings of the school which has been interesting to compare to what I remember of High School as a student. The counseling aspect of my internship has been quite the learning experience so far since the only "background" I have in counseling was the Clinical and Counseling class I took junior year. Suffice it to say, I often feel like I have no idea what I am doing.

This semester has been hard for me to take my classes seriously. I have classes on Tuesdays and THursdays and MWF I either only have my internship, pilates, or both.
I'm realizing that in order for me to be in the school state of mind, I have to have the structure of a regular school schedule. So, this semester will be a mental challenge for myself. And beside the irregular school schedule, I find that with the continued rehab on my knee, I don't have as much time throughout the day as I would like/need to get stuff done.