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Reflection: Academic Path
Jessica Mock
Grand Canyon University
UNV103: University Success
Instructor Zuckerman
Assignment Due Date September 26
th
, 2021
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Reflection: Academic Path
Choosing the right school is hard when you have never attended college. For me, never
did I think I would go back to school to better my education. I don’t have much of academic
background. Thus, choosing to back to school was easy. I wanted to learn more, I wanted to
become something in life. I struggled to find a school that made me feel welcomed. Most schools
just want your money and don’t care about the aftermath of graduation. At the time of looking to
attend college I was very new to my Christian faith, and for a moment wanted to attend Bible
college. This is when I found Grand Canyon University, a Christian-based college that had the
field of study I wanted to learn. From there the rest is history, here I am today.
Once I fully committed to attending GCUs I had to pick a program I wanted to study.
This was easy for me since I knew what I wanted in life. I chose Psychology. To get to where I
want to be in life, I must first get my Bachelor of Science in Psychology. These are the basics of
the path I want to go down. GCU offers so many different psychology courses, so this part was
hard to choose, but my consular was super helpful in getting me into the right degree program to
start me off. This will start me off to continue bettering my education and getting my Master's in
Psychology in the future.
The main reason I want to study psychology is to allow me to have the tools I need to be
a therapist. I have two careers I want to go down. My main one is a sex therapist; I choose this
one because I have seen marriages fall apart because of this subject. Also, I have seen people
struggle to find love based on traumas they have encountered sexually. This is something I am
passionate about because the human body is beautiful, and sex is a way we connect to someone if
done under the correct stances. I want to help people learn how to connect better in this area not
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only with themselves but with their partners. Then there is the other career I’d like to peruse, and
that is a mental health therapist for adolescents. This hits home for me because when I was in
high school, I had no one to talk to, and this resulted in very bad thoughts of self-harm. Our
world is so much scarier today than it was when I was a kid. I want to be able to show a teenager
that someone cares, and they have a purpose in this world. The suicide rate in American stating
starting in 2019 ages 15-24 the suicide rate was up to 5,954 deaths, and it's only getting higher. I
hope to make a change in an adolescent’s life in hopes to save many lives.
What I want to study isn't going to be easy and doing it all online will be a struggle. Since
starting UNV 103 I am feeling a lot more confident in navigating online classes. One way this
class has prepared me is by teaching me the resources that GCU has to offer. The main thing that
stood out to me is the programs that are available to us as students. This is where we can connect
in the field, we want a career in. I would have never known that was there if I didn’t take this
class. Another thing I have learned from this class is making sure my grammar and punctuations
are on point. Before this class, I never practice proper writing etiquette. This has pushed me to do
it in my daily life and so far based on my grade the results have been paying off.
References
Grand Canyon University. (2020, May 4).
University policy handbook
.
https://www.gcu.edu/sites/default/files/media/documents/academics/handbook/2020-
21/University-Policy-Handbook-Fall-2020.pdf
Joyce, D. (Ed.) (2012).
University success
(2
nd
ed.) Grand Canyon University.
https://www.gcumedia.com/digital-resources/grand-canyon-university/2012/university-
success_ebook_2e.php
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