Salisbury University Top Questions

Through the eyes of a future educator, I see teaching as more than just a job. It is a window of opportunity that offers the ability to create paths of achievement for future generations. As I continue on my own path to becoming an educator, I am becoming more aware of the importance of education in a child’s life. For some children, school is a safe haven. It is their place to go because they desire opportunities that are a direct result of their continued hard work. However, for other children, attending school is torture. These children do not see that the light at the end of their path holds importance and a future of achievement. My number one goal for receiving a degree in the education field is to make a contribution by creating successful paths for my students that end with a bright and expanding future. I believe that by attending Salisbury University, it has helped me develop my dreams and look at them as reality. Salisbury University is preparing me for a bright future in the education field.

I can say that College was the most fufilling time of my life. It is not just the classes and studying that really educate you for the future, it is the whole experience. Everything from learning to manage your own schedule and keep yourself organized to finding a way to live outside on your own. Learning how to make friends and connections is just as much a part as the class time itself for preparing you for the real world. The preparation that I got for my major was a great help as well leading to my Internship becoming a 2 year real world job experience. I will always keep what I learned from college and use to my advantage for each new opportunity that comes my way.

Living on my own at college has taught me so much. I have learned how to make friends, manage a household, balance my checkbook, and pay bills. I have also had to learn how to balance my social life, work life, and school. The best thing I have learned is how to work with people and to take care of personal issues on my own and without my parents help.

I studied Kinesiology as an undergraduate at the Unversity of Maryland many years ago. In addition to taking classes I participated in an exhibitional gymnastics troupe (gymkana) that performed "no-drugs" shows throughout the spring semester. I was nothing more than a playground gymnast when I walked into the gym. My time in the gym, with gymkana, coupled with my classes taught me the power of learning. I became capable of things I didn't know I could do. Now, many years later, I have been accepted into the GIS and Public Administration Masters program at Salisbury University. To qualify for the program, I have been attending an upper level undergraduate GIS course. This course has given me confidence and reawakened in me that sense of the power of learning. However, I am a much better student this time around. Taking this class has caused me to embrace those qualities of tenacity and discipline. Additionally, studying at Salisbury University enables me to live a lifestyle that I welcome. My life again includes LEARNING. I am learning, growing, developing and changing. Finally, the location of Salisbury University is ideal as it is close to the beach.

I really enjoyed college at Salisbury University. The classes were the perfect size so that students had names and not numbers, but they were also large enough that the classes were well diversified. The Business program is very strong and I plan to keep in contact with a few of my professors. I'm currently applying for Culinary Art School and I look forward to applying my Business degree to the hospitality world in hopes of one day opening my own restaurant. I enjoy to learn and research new ideas and concepts and my college career really assisted in expanding my knowledge and respect for education. I now have the necessary skills to begin a career and the maturity to succeed in the career of my choice. Without the preparation, knowledge, and experience that I have gained over the past four years, I would be no where near ready for the professional world.

When I first finished high school, I was ready. I wanted to take on the world. I wanted to meet new people and travel wherever I could. I know that to be able to do everything I want, I need to finish my education. I am currently in my second year at Howard Community College. I hope to transfer to UMBC in Fall 2010 and finish my masters. I hope to go back to Graduate school after I finish undergraduate. I want to be a computer scientist and to do this I need a full education. When I started at HCC, I played Volleyball and met many new friends. I now know how important all of these friends I made. I'm still great friends with all of them, and I want to meet many more while I'm continuing my education.

I have learned so much in college, one of the biggest things i have learned especially from living on campus is tolerence, and understanding of others. I have also developed wonderful time management skills which help me succede in my classes, as well as knowing that hard work will always pay off, and that what you put into something is what you will get out of it, so give it your all everyday. In addition, I learned how to balance my social and school life and make everything work.

If I could go back in time I would force myself to apply for more scholarships knowing now how hard it is to get one when I am a junior in college. Most scholarships are for high school seniors and it makes it hard for those who didn't really know what they were doing at the time to get any help with funding. I would also request a random roommate just for the experience. It's one extra person that you get to meet and what kind of people or things they do/believe in.

I would tell myself to think more carefully about where I am and where I am heading. Being at Salisbury University was a total climate change for me because it's not as populated as urbanized as Montgomery County was. It is rather small and that makes me unsure about if I want to attend this college next semester. I love it but I don't know if this school is the best thing for me. I would tell my high school senior self to stop listening to everyone else and figure out what is best for me because I know myself better than anyone out there. And I am a big procrastinator which comes from being hesitant to try new things and always being so cautious and afraid to fail at what I try so sometimes I figure I shouldn't even try it, I would tell my senior self that it's okay to fail sometimes and you learn from it and get over it and work harder for what you want the next time.

I graduated high school in 2001. I didn't take college seriously until I enrolled in the local community college in 2007. When I was a senior in high school and up until I started college, I hated school. I was determined to do well without a college degree. Although I knew I could do well in school if I applied myself, I did not possess the motivation to do so. Knowing what I know now, I would love to have the opportunity to go back in time and tell myself to suck it up and just do it. As much as I enjoyed my experieces between high school and college, I wish I would have started sooner. I feel that I wasted time. I know that I am doing far better in school now than I would have if I attended directly out of high school, but maybe I could have convinced myself otherwise.