I am unsure of what my "favorite" subject in school is because i have several, but i do like art, computer classes, band, and economics. The most difficult subject in school for me is any of the math classes except for geometry which is easier for me. I am unsure of where i want to go for college partly because i am unsure of what i want to do as a job. When i go to college i want to study either art, economics, or engineering. Im not entirley sure of what i want to do for a career but i was thinkin of something that involves designing cars like some sort of engineering job.
I am the oldest of all my siblings i have 2 sisters and one brother(who are very annoying at times lol). My dad works at the jeep plant in detroit on the night shift and leaves right as i get home from school so i dont get to see him that much except for sundays or when hes laid off. My mom is a stay at home mom and she takes care of all of us when my dad isnt home. For fun i like to hang out with friends, or go outside and work on the trucks when my dad is home. I also like to go offroading riding quads, snowmobiles, dune buggies, trucks,.......basically anything offroad capable lol. My dad usally takes the whole family up to the silver lake sand dunes to go offroading in his truck, and hopefully next year ill have the ford in our yard fixed up enough to take that too since i got my license this year. I also like to go to concerts because i love music and i play 2 instrements, Trumpet, and guitar. When it comes to offroading and motorsports my favorites are Dennis Anderson the monster truck gravediggers driver, and Dale earnhart Jr. I run cross country and my favorite runner has to be Prefontaine he ran crazy fast. My favorite Band is Flogging molly who ive heard have some pretty good concerts. I have no favorite food because i will eat almost anything because i like to eat. I do not know where i see myself in 10 years b/c im unsure of some things.
One of the questions i already know some tings about but not all is how to do well in high school. What should i do to prepare for college? what do i do to prepare for a career? what kind of things are you interested in? anything interesting about you? What do you do for a hobbie? And why did you decide to be part of the mentor program?
As ive said before i want to gain insight on what is important to do in high school to become sucessful in the future. I also want to be able to be able to talk about other things besides talking about other people like some of my friends do. Thank you for reading this and i look forward to reading your reply soon
Sincerely,
Nathan Gartner
1 comment:
The most frustrating thing about being 16 is the pressure from well-meaning people to immediately lay out your life plan at the drop of the dime.
You point this out in your post, Nathan. What do you want to be? What do you want study? What do you want to do with your life?
I hated that stuff.
My wife is 33 years old. For the last 10 years she's worked as a television producer for three different stations. She's been in communications for AT&T for the last five years. She's now going back to Lansing Community College to be a nurse. Go figure.
I talked with a man who turned 60 yesterday. He told me that the average person will change careers five times in a lifetime.
I mention these things just to remind you not to let the weight of the world fall on your shoulders. Don't believe you've got one shot to make a life-altering decision today and that's it.
That said, I think it's important to go into careers where you have an interest. Sounds like you may be interested in cars and vehicle design stuff. There's a big market for that and you would be very employable.
Art is tough to make money in unless you're really good, but you should definitely take some classes and see where it takes you.
College is probably where you want to be. If you want to spend a year in Community college to get a better an idea of things, that's not a bad place to start. I spent two years at Grand Rapids Community College myself.
Once there, you can take some classes and get an idea of what your skills and passion are. Let them guide you.
-- kyle melinn, editor, www.mirsnews.com
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