My thoughts: February 2012

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Plan of Completion

When entering college unfortunately I had to take a remedial math course and a remedial English course. At SJSU, remedial courses do not count towards general education credits. Since I had remedial courses I will finish my time here at SJSU with 5 years total. My ideal plan at first was to try and finish college in 4 years but when entering as a freshman, I had no idea what I wanted to major in. First I wanted to be a forensic scientist because I loved the television show CSI, then I wanted to major in business because I wanted to start my own business of a makeup store. Finally I realized that I am passionate about doing makeup and teaching so then I realized I wanted to work in the training and development field for makeup artists. I felt that studying communications would be the perfect major to gain the skills that I needed to become the best trainer I can be. Thankfully I made my final decision to major in Communications by the time I started my 3^rd year at SJSU. I am finished with my general education courses and have passed the WST test. This semester is the first semester that I started taking upper division classes for communication. I visited the department website for communications and learned the requirements for a B.A in Comm. So far I am on the right track, this semester I am enrolled in to 2 Practice courses and my intro to Comm course. I understand that I need 2 inquiry courses, 2 foundation courses, 8 units of any I,F,P courses, and my senior seminar courses. I plan to finish my schooling and receive my degree in two years so I can graduate spring of 2014. I am extremely motivated and school is important to me therefore I am confident that I will finish my degree with good grades.

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Communication Anxiety

Communication skills do not come easily and I know this through experience. When I was a little girl I was extremely shy. I had a fear of speaking up for myself and ordering my own food when I would go out to eat with my mom and sister. I witnessed a lot of abuse in my home when I was little and I think it grew a fear of communicating because I would witness speaking, speaking turning into yelling, yelling turning into breaking things, then breaking things turning into physical violence. In my mind communication started confrontation which is something I wanted to stay away from. My mom started to recognize my shyness getting out of hand then taught me a valuable lesson which was the power of speaking up for yourself. I am now 20 years old and I am proud to say that I am way better at communicating and speaking up for myself. As a makeup artist I communicate on a regular basis with clients I do not know on a personal level which has begun to feel natural to me. Even though I am fantastic with communicating with makeup clients, I still struggle with communication. Since I had such a rough childhood I have built up a wall around the pain and have issues of expressing my emotions towards that subject. My best friend will ask questions about my past and I find myself not wanting to talk about it and coming off as being “cold”. I am not the type of person who likes to talk about emotional or personal things because I don’t like feeling vulnerable or negative. I have noticed that with me being this way people won’t want to talk to me about their problems or feel as if I don’t care about their problems. Even if I do not like to talk about my childhood problems I don’t want to be seen as someone that their friends cannot approach with those certain subjects. I want people to feel comfortable around me and be able to vent their issues to me. I think communication studies are fully capable of helping me learn a way to better communicate my feelings and thoughts about my personal life in such a way where I feel comfortable and not awkward.

Monday, February 6, 2012

Where I believe Comm studies will take me

When entering college I have grown an interest in communication Studies because every single class that has made an impact on my life was a communications course. I took the course Comm 10 which was about the communication between relationships with family and the study of communication between different cultures than my own. I have come to appreciate the relationships I do have with people from different cultures and backgrounds and have learned to understand them even better due to the Comm 10 course. I also loved the courses Comm 20 and Comm 41 which helped me become skilled in public speaking and more knowledgeable on communication from mass media. I would describe Communication studies as a field that touches on many different careers. I strongly believe that communication builds whether it is relationships, jobs, projects, etc. I feel that communication studies has to do with any type of interaction or thought, therefore communication studies has to do with every aspect of life. Once I receive my communications degree I hope to work in the MAC Cosmetics training and development area. I currently am a Makeup artist for MAC Cosmetics and would love to grow with the company. My passion is makeup artistry and with working in the Training and development area I would be able to help develop artists into becoming better artists and communicating to them about makeup technique, trends, color theory, etc. This career also includes being able to host makeup lessons and executing makeup at fashion shows, photo shoots, and special events while representing the company of MAC. This career demands excellent public speaking skills and communication skills. I am excited about gaining my degree in communications and I am confident that it will help me get to where I would like to go in life.

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