Hey everyone and welcome back to the blog. We are entering week 3 at Berkeley and so far so good. Before i continue a reminder to all new and current students, registration for the Winter begins week 4 so start looking at what you want to take. Another announcement is that classes are cancelled on Monday in observance of Columbus day so enjoy the day off. This semester is a big semester for me as i am counting down the days until graduation. I am scheduled to graduate in the beginning of next year and i cannot weight. If i followed the standard 4 year plan i should have graduated in 2007 but better late than never. I am now faced with the issue of what i am going to do after i graduate with my bachelors? My ultimate goal is to go for my Masters in Information Systems Management. My ideal school would be NYU and i know that it is going to take a lot of work to get into it. Even if i have the GMAT score a lot of these Master programs want some sort of company sponsorship for the program and my job does not have any tuition reimbursement. I am hoping to not only speak with my boss about the possibility of getting some assistance but i am also prepared to speak to the Vice President himself. It is a good thing that i am taking Persuasive Communications this semester.
There are a lot of factors that are going to make this semester as difficult as last semester. The biggest obstacle i face is what i will do with my knee. As you can recall my late night blog last week about awaiting results for an MRI i took, well i got them last Monday. I have tears on both of my meniscus's and a Grade 2 sprain of my MCL. The MCL can be rectified through therapy and strengthening of the knee. The meniscus's are a different stories that has two paths that i can take. One road will be not doing any surgery, rehab the knee to strengthen it and live with it torn. The issue is with that is that it will hinder me from any athletic endeavors such as playing baseball or any sports. It will also make it more difficult to lose the weight because i cannot do any hard exercise. The more important aspect is that i have two kids and they are going to play some sort of sports and i want to be able to help them practice. The other road i can take is by having surgery on the knee to repair the damage in the knee which will allow me after a few months of rehab to return to normal activities. I am leaning toward surgery which will have me out of work and school for approximately 2 weeks. I will be meeting with my orthopedic surgeon on Tuesday to discuss options that i may not know about.
As i begin my count down to graduation i look back at the two years i have spent at Berkeley College. I can recall some students having issues, that eventually got resolved and i am glad i did not really have any issues. All my encounters with the staff and faculty at Berkeley have been great. It has to be the second best school i have been to with my first going to Penn State where i spent a year at. I can honestly say that Berkeley has prepared me for what i need to do when i graduate in a couple of months. If i could offer some suggestions i would like to see the Information Systems program expanded a bit. I would like to see more computer classes other than Office and Web Design as being the only mandatory classes that an ISM major needs to take. Classes such as Server, A+, and maybe an intro to Cisco would help round out the ISM student. Working in the IT department for almost 3 years i have seen how important it is to understand these things as it will help when it comes time for us to take positions of management in an IT department. Anyway i hope you enjoyed tonight's blog and i hope to see you guys later on this week.
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