I’ve always been
the introvert, the silent one, the one that stood by and let things happen. Not
anymore. Somewhere along the way, something changed inside of me. I’m no longer
afraid to speak my mind, to stand up for my beliefs, to fight for what is
right. I guess that’s why I chose the career path that I did. Anyone who knows
me, knows that I hate being in the spotlight, hate people noticing me or
judging me. Choosing this career path was an easy decision, but one that forced
me to change the way I act about, well, pretty much everything. My thoughts and
beliefs haven’t changed. The only thing changing is the way I respond or don’t
respond to situations. The other day in class, actually, my teacher presented
the class with a situation which involved an irresponsible college guy and
asked us how we would respond to it.
Ignorantly, I said just to tell the guy to go home. (I can be pretty
heartless sometimes, I know.) Of course, the teacher just laughed at me (even
though I was dead serious at the time). She explained that if you’re in the
social sciences, you have to approach every client with respect and compassion.
Instead of telling him to go home, I should have tried to further understand
the whole situation and provide him with non-biased advice. Needless to say,
that’s something I need to keep working on. In another class, my teacher called
me out in my cowardliness with my relationships. It was very eye-opening and
caused me to reevaluate my own motivations for the things that I do.
