Thursday, November 19, 2009

Essay #3 Revision Plan

I'm going to rewrite my essay to make it more professional looking. I'm going to remove some unnecessary pictures and change paragraph order (possibly) to make it flow better.

Essay #3

When I started college, I thought I wanted to be a doctor. I had my mind set that I was going to change the world by helping people. The more I thought about it, the more I realized I don't like people. I'm not anti-social or anything, I just can't stand unintelligent people. I've recently decided to change my major. I choose Computer Information Systems. This was probably the most logical choice for me because I've been obsessed with computers ever since I was little. I always wondered how computers work, how programs are designed, everything about them. I'd like to take this career as far as designing video games. I know, I know. I'm a huge nerd. I even like my comic books a little too much.

When I was younger, you couldn't get me off of a computer. I was always playing some kind of game or tinkering with some other type of program. I was always good with figuring out what was wrong with computers, so my grandpa would have me take a look at his whenever it went down. Just recently, one of the computers at my grandpa's house had some really nasty viruses. The start menu and the desktop wouldn't pop up. There was this super obnoxious pop-up that would keep coming back. It was trying to sell anti-virus protection. After about an hour or so, I had the computer running like it was brand new. Over the summer I had tons of spare time. I was pretty much being a nerd and teaching myself a variety of different things. One of these subjects included c programming. I didn't finish learning all of it, but I did learn the basics.

When I first heard of the Computer Information Systems major, my first thought was "I want to do that. I could design new platforms for video games." I started thinking about it some more. I'll find myself using a program and I'll want to do something in it, but I won't be able too, or the process is too complicated to even worry about it. I think it would be awesome to design programs and make them simpler so that the average person could use it with ease.

Of course I always have my doubts. To be quite honest, I have no idea what I what to do. I would have to say that I am an overall highly cultured person, not education wise but culture wise. I've been exposed to most all walks of life. I've been rich, I've been poor. I've been the cool kid, I've been the nerd. I've been the jock, I've been the reject. You name it, I've probably been it at one point or another. This being true, I've been exposed to a variety of different subjects. I have an overall love for learning. I'm highly interested in all of the sciences, music, business, law, technology, English, foreign language and culture, and the arts. If I could find a way to incorporate all of the above, I would. To be quite honest, I don't believe anybody really knows what they want to do, they only know what they don't want to do.

I've wanted to do a huge number of things. When I was in high school, I wanted to be a high school teacher, a fashion designer, a business man, a scientist, a doctor, a disk jockey, a music producer, an aeronautical engineer, and more. I wish I could do all of these. I don't think anybody is really satisfied doing one thing. If they are, I fell sorry for that person because there is far more to life than the daily rigmarole.

I don't know what I want to do with my life. All I can really do for know is explore and figure it out. Sooner or later I'll find my niche. Sooner or later I'll find out where I'm supposed to be. Even though I have my doubts, I'll probably continue my pursuit to be a doctor. After all, this doubt could be a result of fear.

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