go to school

Going to take my Computer Placement Test for class placement tomorrow or Tuesday. I already know I am going to need to take a pre-college level math. It’s okay though, as long as I learn what I need to graduate. I will be alright. Classes are filling up too quickly, I need to take the test and get some of my prospective courses.

High school’s been over since last May, and I have to get around to college eventually. =P I took a semester off to travel a little and save some money (which was all spent on aforementioned travel… oops), but now it’s time to get back to the ol’ academic grind and start larnin’ some more. Here’s the plan:

1. Start at community college
2. Go at least the first semester full-time (12 units… easy full-time)
3. Continue taking classes until boyfriend graduates and moves on to grad school, at which point I will follow and go to that school or one nearby
4. Hopefully have some sort of major decided upon and start working on that.
5. Finish.

I have no idea what I really want to do. So community college sounds like a good idea right now.

SO. My goal-within-a-goal-within-a-goal goes like this:

1. Start at community college
a. Meet with an advisor/counselor person
b. Sign up for classes

Cool… Better get on that.

I received an acceptance letter from my prospective college today. YaY! I will begin school for Spring 2010:D When I begin classes I will mark this as finished.

well now im shooting for september and looking around for all my options and get my finances and my home stable and i guess keep my job going for someone one else to eventually take it over without the chaos….

I am enrolling in a local community college for January. My plan is to begin completing the general education courses required for the completion of a bachelor’s degree. The university I want to transfer to allows automatic transfer admission to students who have completed 15 transferrable credits with an average of 2.0 or better. I want to complete 15 credits in my spring semester and continue completing more of the g.e requirments in the summer semester to earn entrance for Fall of next year.

so i have been reserching my hinnie off about this one. i really do want to get my ass going and out of this mindless shit job i am in. the more stuff the dump on me the more i want it even more..

so here is a plan

1. consolidate all outstanding debts
2.make sure i have the program i want
3.try again to make another apointment to see intake person at the shcool
4.keep checking resourse sites to see if the program i want to take is honored in the field
5.ask poeple i know who took the course i want and the luck they have hand finding a job.

i will give my self a month for this one

so its now september 21st. so october 21st i will do a reporting back.
here we go

Apparently I have many random aspirations in life. I got accepted into an all expenses paid CNA class, a Phlebotomy course, and Lock Haven University (for business). After many, many days of debating, I finally decided to go to LHU. And Phlebotomy school. And then I changed my major to Healthcare. I’m hoping to eventually continue on to Health Science, either Community Health or the Physician Assistant’s track. Not sure if I’m that ambitious, but I would love to work in Psychiatry.

so this is where i want to start the journey. since i havent been back in school for almost 11 years i know this would be a good transition into beefing up my disipline and give more creditibility for what i already have just working in my community..

this is somthing i want to do in the next two years
Addictions & Community Services Worker

“Reward yourself with a multi-faceted career that is committed to assisting alcohol and drug abuse clients within your community. CDI College’s Addictions and Community Services Worker diploma caters to students who are interested in working in the professional health care sector. Graduates provide support in child, youth, and family social services, alcoholism, drug abuse, family violence and senior care. Career opportunities also exist in group homes, correctional and community mental health centres, and facilities for the physically and developmentally handicapped. Students are introduced to a wide range of core skills including writing, file management, assessment and treatment planning, counselling, and communications. Since addictions and community service workers are required to interact with clients and health care professionals on a daily basis these core skills are essential to the job. Additionally, students study the topics of psychology, pharmacology, addiction prevention and intervention, and other medical areas. Each student must complete a total of 320 hours over the course of 8 weeks in a mandatory clinical placement. CDI College provides a Career and Employment Strategies course that covers job searching and interviewing techniques, resume writing, and job counselling services to help students prepare for the work world.”

COURSE CODE COURSE NAME

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  BPYE     Basic Psychology     
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      o This subject provides the student with a basic knowledge and understanding of psychological concepts that can be applied in the subjects that follow.
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  CESE     Career and Employment Strategies     
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      o This course looks at the planning, preparation, execution, and follow-up stages of an interview.
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  CFME     Case File Management and Report Writing     
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      o This subject deals with preparing social work-related written reports to communicate the progress of a client. The student will be introduced to various methods of recording information, along with the requirements for various entries to a file within the parameters of legal and ethical requirements. Basic computer skills are further developed through a series of assignments.
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  CMAE     Case Management and Assessment     
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      o This subject will enable the student to become aware of the various testing procedures and the methods by which an appropriate and accurate assessment can be made. Subjects covered include laboratory testing, psychometric assessment, interviews, services, analysis of life situations, differential diagnosis and the matching hypothesis.
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  CRNE     Community Resources and Networking     
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      o The goal of an Addictions Worker is to accurately assess the client’s needs and provide the most appropriate referral in an ethical manner. This subject establishes a framework to assess needs and explores the various services available in the community. This is accomplished by guiding the student through a series of assignments to enhance their evaluation skills and knowledge.
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  FADE     Fundamentals of Addiction     
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      o This subject provides the foundation for further in-depth subjects in the study of addiction. The basic pharmacological nature and effects of a range of psychoactive chemicals are presented, with an emphasis on challenging the myths of which chemicals cost society the most in terms of economic costs and social burden of human suffering. Specific target populations are explored, focusing on women, children, adolescents, ethnic minorities, elderly, the disabled and those suffering from mental illness. Assessment, intervention strategies, and treatment options are presented, along with the most common problems encountered during treatment.
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  GPCE     Group Facilitation Concepts     
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      o This subject will provide the student with an overview of the nature of group work in a social service setting and an opportunity to explore relevant techniques and exercises designed to enhance group work.
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  ISAE     Introduction to Software Applications     
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      o This subject educates the student about the software applications that are commonly used in document preparation, report writing and presentations. The student will learn how to use a computer’s operating system; perform basic file management tasks; use a Web browser to explore the Internet and perform searches for information; create, edit, and format documents; and prepare a slide show presentation. 
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  ITSE     Interviewing Techniques     
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      o This subject will assist the student to define communication skills and demonstrate how to use them effectively in many types of situations. A group of core communication skills is essential to any interview, whether it takes place in counselling, nursing, social work, personnel work, or information gathering.
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  PHAE     Pharmacology     
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      o This subject provides basic drug information including the basic pharmacological nature and effects of a range of psychoactive chemicals. Students will build knowledge relating drug treatments/usage to various body systems and associated states of disease.
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  PHPE     Preventive Health Promotion     
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      o The student is introduced to various health and relationship concerns that are relevant in chemically dependent individuals. The student will learn to evaluate the effectiveness of program delivery and begin to create new ideas for promoting healthier lifestyle choices within a range of settings and diverse populations.
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  PRAC     Practicum     
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      o This program includes a practicum component consisting of a specified number of weeks of work at a job site. This practicum work experience is a mandatory diploma requirement and the business organization does not pay for the services of the student during the practicum. The number of practicum hours varies between programs. To learn more about the specific practicum hours for a specific program, speak with an Admissions Representative.
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  PSKE     Professional Skills     
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      o This course is designed to equip students with interpersonal skills identified by employers as essential for success in the professional world. Using a variety of instructional methods including case studies, group exercises, and discussion, students learn and practice key communication skills. 
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  RPIE     Relapse Prevention and Intervention     
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      o This subject will provide the student with an understanding of relapse as a natural part of the recovery process. The student will study a range of strategies and techniques to assist in minimizing and preventing the effects of prolonged periods of relapse during the journey of recovery. Students are guided through the entire relapse process by considering the application of some basic principles introduced in the CENAPS Model of Treatment (CENAPS is an acronym for Center for Applied Behavioral Research). 
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  SPOE     Selected Populations     
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      o Selected Populations provides the foundation for further in-depth examination of the relationship between substance abuse and a specific population in society. The purpose of this course is to gain a realistic perspective of drug-related problems affecting different sub-populations in society. To understand the complex issues surrounding drugs in our society, we need to recognize the enormous diversity that exists within the general population. This course will provide the student with the basic knowledge around being a multicultural counsellor and working specifically with sub-populations that are regularly encountered.
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  STSE     Secondary Traumatic Stress     
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      o Secondary traumatic stress results from helping or wanting to help a traumatized or suffering person. Students will gain insight into their personal strengths and weaknesses and will explore methods to prevent/reduce secondary traumatic stress.
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  TCRE     The Counselling Relationship     
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      o This subject is designed to provide the student with a framework in which to view helping functions and related skills in a systematic manner. The subject concentrates on the helper’s task of becoming a more aware and effective person. The emphasis is on empowering others to help themselves through the development of communication and coping skills.
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  WWFE     Working with

so i have been searching around looking at different places to exspand myself. i am tired of being a whatever at work. its a drag with you work your ass off and you have no realy job title to be alble to flaunt.. and you always are on edge of someone pulling the plug on you at any given moment. which seems to be a constant in my place of work..

i was at the bus stop growing impatient for waiting for the 106 new west, which always when you just want to go home is late late late. i eventually gave up and when on the 129. my brain got to thinking about some of the things with which im doing in my life. i know i have done a lot of putting the wrong things higher on the priority list. i realised i am great with the complex things in life..but the day to day stuff i seem to lack in.

i have been following a website 43 things and have been keeping track of many of those goals that have slipped through my fingers. not by lazyness, but sheer being exsausted at the end of the journey of a day working on way to many things out of the norm. the norm has its place.

but getting a bank acount,iidentification, my taxes in order, emailing around serching for what i am to be. im almost 30. its time now to begin to take on the “Adult” side of this more often. i still love my youthness and my freedomious feel. but time is time..instablility merly takes away from some of those freedoms. like spending time with my girlfriend,reading a book, feeding my pokemon addictions, going to place i have never been before. travel plans,plays,theater sports and all that stuff that is by past in the crazy of the “hobbies”

but i was on the bus looking through the window knowing that i have gotten through a lot of things so farr. the list dwindles and repaces it with things i never thought i would ever get to...but to fullfill a goal of myne"believe in the laws of attraction" i guess you could say in that "the secret" kinda way. but really using my own energies for the good. i know no matter what i wont get any goal achieved with work. routines changing,lifesttyle changes. home changes, having a place i like to come home to and find solace in because i have a carreer that offers a little stability. that is the heart of any goal really..even to be a rock in a sea of chaos.your still in one spot...

but i think when i got home i began searching and following up on some replys to a email i sent to an inquiries lining out some of the things i have already has much experiance in. now for the “paper” to varify it…the person directed me to options and reading up at the things i will have to learn to master in any councelling,youth,or reconnection,event planning. so i was reading on the course they sugested for the foundations…its not…too exspencive…i felt myself choke up. i hate debt, hate it hate it hate it but it is relitivly minor..but i was reading what i would be learning and i felt my self thinking a head. a lot of it i have some sorta experiance in it..or enough to be able to have some idea of what the speak of..

so i booked marked it and when on the hunt for more knowlage in the areas.some of the work i have been doing at this said non titled work..i do a lot of the things that it says it goes into and am finally seeing some sort of modivation to giver! and LEARN at work…

but i think i have a piece of mind on the career aspects…

this could be somthing grand for mr Rayne STrife..a way to use my skills to be able to like..have traveling,home,motorised item in which to play with, have a kick ass craft room with my Partner. proven a equality with them and learn to be equal with my financal responsibilities..and go to work feeling like i have a good job that gives me freedom,respect,freedom,give my skills to the communitys and the people around me…

Has been my worst attendance ever, of course I do this the only time it actually counts. I have to remember to bring in my doctors’ notes tomorrow, and fish out the other one from a heap of rotting food in my locker. I so don’t have it together.