Creating Own Future

As Abraham Lincoln once said, "The best way to predict the future is to create it".

Analyzing one's inspirations as well as career pathways is a challenge. This might related to the number of options and areas one can possibly choose. Choosing. Were the challenge begins. Although being aware that one's Major subject in college does not necessary relate to one's job that same person might succeed in, just the talk and the mentioning of the words "college" and "IB" gives me chills and goosebumps. But now is the time. The time to begin creating that road ahead of me. But then, the doubts:

Will I be successful? Will I be able to choose that respective area that I am most interested? Will I be happy with my chosen IB Courses?

But then again, the hard work:

Success will only be reached through hard work.

Facing the actions and coming out of the "rough street" through the creation of objectives, will be the key to one's success. That is why the Academic Leadership course has offered a 10- day Career Orientation Class, conducted by Vanessa Benaci. This class will supervise and guide my decision in an organized manner; or in other words, guide my through the process of creation.

Vanessa Benaci, with that objective in mind (orientation), has been providing the 10th Grade class some guidance and tips. Because I am interested in choosing my IB Courses although still confused, attention was given to the maximum; intrigued from the start. While she talked about one's education and career, referring to the graduating seniors, I pictured myself graduating from ISC. I pictured myself walking around in a college campus, while carrying my books and computer going to class. I could see all of that. I could picture the situation. Everything. As if it were happening in that moment. "Oh... (long and deep sight)"; that utopian dream- like vision. Could and would it be eventually real?

As Mrs. Benaci continued with her lectures, she handed out the first activity, which related to the following:

If you could live 5 lives at the same moment, what would they be?

And no, they were not directly related to one another. It was a process composed of writing down the emotions I felt that exact moment.

As days passed by, other tests were accomplished, so that student's had a broad idea of what area they liked the most. Like is not the most appropriate diction, but it is one that perfectly describes my situation:  due to my liking of all subjects, confusion begins to arise, in relations to my career goals. My History teacher would always say that I was going to accomplish something related to the Humanities or the Educational Area - i.e. college professor. However, I always denied it. I denied it, because my parents had always been influencing me to become an engineer, since I worked well with numbers and Math; but was I really going to work with numbers my entire life? 

In order to clean most of the confusion in my mind, Mrs. Benaci gave us approximately three to four tests that would reflect what areas and careers interested each individual. The tests were based on two theories: My Holland Code and Myers-Briggs Typology theories. Both reflected one’s personality, values and skills. What I really enjoyed about these tests was that they were not bias, since I did not really understand the meaning of the results – the letters.

These were my results:

Both test gave me the same results... Could that be destiny?

Test 1 Results– My Holland Code

Test 2 Results – Myers- Briggs

Test 3 Results– Combination of My Holland Code and Myers- Briggs

What had freaked my out the most was that my History teacher was correct... How could that be possible?

Here are some careers that valued my skills and personality:

1. Teacher 
2. Social worker 
3. Politician/ Diplomat 
4. Psychologist

I was happy; now I had a common sense and idea of what I was really dealing with and the possible career pathways based on my values, skills and personality. 

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