What I am Doing At Purdue

Okay so when I came to college, I thought that I had everything figured out. I had participated in an internship program my senior year of high school. When I applied I originally wanted a position in a Social Service agency but couldn’t work it around my schedule so I settled for a physical therapy office. I really enjoyed that position and so I took the event that happened as a sign that I was not suppose to work as a social worked but as a physical therapist. Throwing away everything that I previously thought I was going to do with my life, I came to Purdue as a Movement and Sports Science major. My first semester I was enrolled in Human Anatomy and Physiology which was a class that kicked my ass. No matter how much studying I did I could not comprehend what was going on. So I thought back to my previous desired profession and looked at the reasons I had for wanting to do that and compared them to the reasons I had for wanted to be a physical therapist and ended up realizing that I had more reasons for wanting to become a social worker than I had for wanting to become a physical therapist. With that and the fact that I was failing the first of many science classes I would have to take I changed my major to Youth, Adult, and Family Services.

I don’t know why I had ever doubted that, that was what I was supposed to do. With this degree I want to become a social worker who works with mentally and physically disabled people. I have a cousin who is mentally disabled and he is the one person on that side of the family that I connect with. He can not talk to me but he has ways of showing me he understands and he connects with me as well. Also when I was in elementary school I volunteered to help the special needs class with gym class. Those kids in that class touched my heart like no one had ever touched my heart before and to this day I have never had anyone touch it like they did. Working with mentally disabled kids and adults would be so rewarding for me and no matter what I will get paid for the job it will be worth it just to be working in a career that I find totally rewarded and that I enjoy doing.