Hello everyone and welcome back to BCB. As you can tell by the title i am extremely excited that baseball has now return to fill my sports void. It has been painful during this break between football and baseball since the team i normally watch for basketball has been horrible this year. Now as baseball season begins so does my final semester here at Berkeley College. It has been a long and hard trip through my two years at Berkeley and i want to take the time out to thank some of the staff at Berkeley that has made it easier. The biggest thank you goes to the whole continue education staff from Diana all the way to Carol Alleyne have made my experience with the department less stressful than it could have been. I would also like to thank all the people who have read my blog during this time and i hope it has been informative and fun.
As my last semester begins a new process begins which is application to a Graduate program. One of the tasks that i have to do for my application is to write a personal statement on why i want to pursue a Graduate program. This assignment is going to be used not only to gauge my writing skills but also as a way to see why i am even going for my graduate studies in the first place. This task can become difficult because you have to explain your reasons fully and clearly in order to convince them that you are right for the program. I have already done my draft and have begun revisions but i am sure this will be the most revised work i have ever written. This assignment has made me realize a lot about my goals and what i am on a mission to achieve.
Anyone that knows the IT field knows that there is so much information and so many different specializations that it can become overwhelming. This is especially true in the field i am focusing on and hoping to get my Masters in which is Information Security. At my current position i am just a help desk tech that does routine tasks re guarding computers. Most of it i learned on the job as i was actually pursuing a degree in accounting when i was first hired by my current employer. I have not taken any advanced computer classes until i started attending Berkeley but unfortunately it is not in the area i am pursuing. The classes are perfect for the Bachelors i am receiving though and it has given me a base to build my knowledge on. Most of the studying will have to be done on my own through self-study books which makes up a large portion of the computer bookshelves at any Barnes and Noble. Even taking the classes in my graduate program will also need to be aided by outside studying of different materials. This is a hard thing for one person to acquire and it is the current task that i have undertook. My goal is to have at least two certifications by the time i enter my graduate program and i hope to have a total of 5 or 6 by the time i graduate. Given the immense amount of information i have to study, i have my work cut out for me.
Well i hope everyone has a great semester. A reminder to those that are continuing on pass this semester that registration begins in week 4 so start looking at your degree audit and figuring out what you need. Thanks again to all those at Berkeley who have made my time there enjoyable and thanks to all the readers for sticking with me throughout the whole process.
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