Thursday, August 23, 2012

All About Me!


Hello everyone!  I go by Missy, I am 39 years old and have been going to Sierra part-time for the last 2 years while juggling working full-time and raising two teenage kids.  I recently changed my major from Nursing to Accounting because of the odds of getting into the Nursing program at Sierra and also because I have done Accounting in one form or another for the past 20 years.  In my free time (what’s that?!?) I love to travel with my kids, spend time with friends, go to Giants games or go to live music shows.  I am a self professed concert junkie!!  So far this year I have been to five concerts and still counting!

I have zero experience in communication studies.  I honestly have dreaded taking Speech class to the point of considering dropping out of college at the thought of getting up in front of a class and talking.  I don’t like being the center of attention and have a hard time expressing myself verbally.  However, I am always open to new ideas and learning styles and hope that if I can take one thing away from this class it is to better communicate with the rest of the world, whether it be verbal or written, personally or professionally.

4 comments:

  1. Hi Missy,
    I wouldn't worry too much about the public speaking class. I took it over the summer with Donna K. at Sierra and she was awesome! She made every speech easy. The longest speech we had to give was 8 min, and the hardest part about that speech was not going over time. Good Luck, Katey

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  2. Hi Missy,
    I am also a huge concert enthusiast! Last year, I think I went to 13 concerts...? I sort of lost count towards the end! I won tickets off of the Wolf radio station for six of the concerts last year! That was pretty awesome! I took a ton of classes over the summer so I wasn't able to go to any concerts this summer, the last one I went to was in February, so I am now having withdrawls! I feel you about public speaking. I am not afraid per se to speak in front of a large crowd of people, I am just worried that I will jumble up my words or mess up royally! Luckily for me, this is the only Comm class I have to take. Yay! Good luck this semester!!
    Kate

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    1. Hi Kate, what concerts have you been to? I wonder if we have actually been to some of the same ones! If you won them off of Wolf...I think that is country so perhaps not. Although I did take my daughter to see Blake Shelton in March!

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  3. Would have never have thought one would go from nursing to accounting! The way I looked at accounting was I was good at numbers and there is always a need for money counters in this world. This is my first communications class too. good luck!

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