Sophomore Year of College

    I recently finished my sophomore year of college. In a way it was like my first year because I was living on campus for the first time. I had my own room with suite mates and we didn’t talk a lot, but we got along and there were hardly any problems with sharing a bathroom. The teachers were nice to follow the accommodations I needed for class and the Bridgewater SU Accessibility Office was also nice to adapt to the accommodations that I needed as the semesters changed. There was always one teacher who was harder to get through, and I couldn’t pick up on what they were asking to do the way they worded assignments. There also weren’t tutors available for some of my classes and when I visited the writing studio for help on writing a paper a lot of tutors didn’t give specific instructions. Overall though, I managed to get good grades.

    For a long time this year I was undecided about my major because it can be hard for me to make choices. Fortunately I made a decision, and I am going to major in communication studies, minor in criminal justice, and concentrate on marketing and I’ll tell you why. I picked criminal justice because I was very interested in forensic science in high school. I am also interested in cold cases like Jon Benet Ramsey, and I believe in justice for victims and also that everyone deserves a fair trial. I am going to take some marketing classes so that I can navigate a business option as a career, and I have heard that accessibility marketing is a growing field and something to which I could contribute.

    

    Finally, I am choosing communications as a major because I like understanding perspectives and how writers got people to listen to what they wrote by appealing to their viewers. The reason my life is going well is because people are listening to my feelings and taking the time to learn how to communicate with me in a way I understand. I want to spread that kind of understanding with more people through communication tools. Since I am through my requirements, I look forward to seeing where my major and minor choices take me next year.