First Steps:
The two steps that I wrote that I was going to do to move towards accomplishing my goals were to study for my Vertebrate Embryology class test that I have Thursday after spring and to finish my Anthropology essay paper that is due Tuesday after spring break. So far I have not started neither because I thought I would have time over spring break, but as the saying goes " nothing ever goes as planned". To accomplished this two steps I will start to study tonight and everyday until Thursday for my vertebrate embryology test. For my Anthropology essay that is due on Tuesday I will probably spend all Monday to finish it.
Optional Role Model Interviews :
Since I went home to the suburbs for spring break, I pay a visit to the old pharmacy that I used to work at before so that I could see how my old co-workers/friends were doing and also interview my old pharmacist boss, but she wasn't working on the day that I went to visit. I tried to interview the floater pharmacist that was working, but the pharmacy was really busy and the floater pharmacist told me to come back later, but my schedule did not permit to go back. I will probably call the pharmacy this week and interview the floater pharmacist or my old boss, which ever one is on duty this week.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
Assignment #9 : Reaching out Part III
Exercise #1 : Interview 2 of your role models.
First interview : Karon H. Pharm.D
My first interview was with one of the pharmacists that I work with. It was a face to face interview and she is African American. Even though I have known her for a while now, wow... was it awkward asking her about how she became a pharmacist. I asked her what path did she took to become a pharmacists and she said:
At first I was going to go to medical school, but after I did some internship at hospitals and see first hand what doctors do and other aspects of being a doctor I decided not to pursue being a doctor because I could not handle being a doctor and it wasn't for me. But since I have taken all the science class that are towards the medical field and I didn't want it to go to waste or start over in another field. During my internship at hospitals I saw what pharmacists do and some of my friends that were already in pharmacy schools encourage me to look into being a pharmacists, which I did and here I am, I have been a pharmacist for 15 years at Wal-Mart.
I was not able to ask her other questions, because we did not have enough free time to go through the rest of the questions. I probably ask her this coming weekend when I work with her again.
Second Interview : Courtney T. Pharm. D
My second interview was with a floater pharmacist that regularly work at the pharmacy that I work at. She is Vietnamese and graduated from UIC college of pharmacy. I asked her what path did she took to become a pharmacists and she said:
I was born in Vietnam, I was put in jail for a couple of months for trying to escape from Vietnam when I was 8 or 9 years old.... ( And me IDRIS said: WHATTTTT ARE YOU SERIOUS) I am serious because back then Vietnam was a communist country and the government wouldn't let any one leave so people have to find ways to escape to other countries and finally to America. When I came to America me and my family were on welfare for a while and one of the hardest thing for me was learning English and plus when I came to America I used to live down south, which explains my southern accent sometimes. I went to UIC for my undergraduate studies and when I was in school I had to work two jobs and when I got into pharmacy school I used to study all the time because I did not want to be a mediocre pharmacist. I wanted to graduate pharmacy school with honors... ( and me IDRIS said: Did you?) yes I did. It didn't matter if it was friday night, saturday or sunday I always study everyday during pharmacy school.
During the interview the pharmacy got really busy so I was not able to ask her other questions, but I will save that for the next time she work, but I was surprise about the stuff that she told me.
Exercise #2 : Complete your planning Wall.
I have to say after finishing this part of the assignment I realized the importance of having a digital camera and that camera phone are crap. Just thought I vent a little bit.
Exercise #3 : Complete your first step.
One of the first step that I have to do to achieve my goal, is to study for the tests that I have to take for the classes that are required for my goal. I started studying for one of the three tests that I have to take this week. The first test I have to take is for the class Vertebrate Embryology lab, which requires me to memorize 100+ words of different parts of a developing chick embryo. I started studying on Sunday evening and studied with a friend this morning. I am almost done studying for it, but then again only after taking the test would I know if I know each embryo structure. The next test I have is for community psychology, which is on Thursday morning, I am going to start studying for that test tonight then alternate between community psychology and Vertebrate Embryology tomorrow and Wednesday. The last test I have is french, which I will start studying for on Thursday night and Friday morning and hopefully be ready for the test on Friday afternoon.
First interview : Karon H. Pharm.D
My first interview was with one of the pharmacists that I work with. It was a face to face interview and she is African American. Even though I have known her for a while now, wow... was it awkward asking her about how she became a pharmacist. I asked her what path did she took to become a pharmacists and she said:
At first I was going to go to medical school, but after I did some internship at hospitals and see first hand what doctors do and other aspects of being a doctor I decided not to pursue being a doctor because I could not handle being a doctor and it wasn't for me. But since I have taken all the science class that are towards the medical field and I didn't want it to go to waste or start over in another field. During my internship at hospitals I saw what pharmacists do and some of my friends that were already in pharmacy schools encourage me to look into being a pharmacists, which I did and here I am, I have been a pharmacist for 15 years at Wal-Mart.
I was not able to ask her other questions, because we did not have enough free time to go through the rest of the questions. I probably ask her this coming weekend when I work with her again.
Second Interview : Courtney T. Pharm. D
My second interview was with a floater pharmacist that regularly work at the pharmacy that I work at. She is Vietnamese and graduated from UIC college of pharmacy. I asked her what path did she took to become a pharmacists and she said:
I was born in Vietnam, I was put in jail for a couple of months for trying to escape from Vietnam when I was 8 or 9 years old.... ( And me IDRIS said: WHATTTTT ARE YOU SERIOUS) I am serious because back then Vietnam was a communist country and the government wouldn't let any one leave so people have to find ways to escape to other countries and finally to America. When I came to America me and my family were on welfare for a while and one of the hardest thing for me was learning English and plus when I came to America I used to live down south, which explains my southern accent sometimes. I went to UIC for my undergraduate studies and when I was in school I had to work two jobs and when I got into pharmacy school I used to study all the time because I did not want to be a mediocre pharmacist. I wanted to graduate pharmacy school with honors... ( and me IDRIS said: Did you?) yes I did. It didn't matter if it was friday night, saturday or sunday I always study everyday during pharmacy school.
During the interview the pharmacy got really busy so I was not able to ask her other questions, but I will save that for the next time she work, but I was surprise about the stuff that she told me.
Exercise #2 : Complete your planning Wall.
I have to say after finishing this part of the assignment I realized the importance of having a digital camera and that camera phone are crap. Just thought I vent a little bit.
Exercise #3 : Complete your first step.
One of the first step that I have to do to achieve my goal, is to study for the tests that I have to take for the classes that are required for my goal. I started studying for one of the three tests that I have to take this week. The first test I have to take is for the class Vertebrate Embryology lab, which requires me to memorize 100+ words of different parts of a developing chick embryo. I started studying on Sunday evening and studied with a friend this morning. I am almost done studying for it, but then again only after taking the test would I know if I know each embryo structure. The next test I have is for community psychology, which is on Thursday morning, I am going to start studying for that test tonight then alternate between community psychology and Vertebrate Embryology tomorrow and Wednesday. The last test I have is french, which I will start studying for on Thursday night and Friday morning and hopefully be ready for the test on Friday afternoon.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Assignment # 7
I was not able to get in touch with any of my role models, due to scheduling conflicts and lack of means of communicating with them over the internet, since most of my role models are still stuck in the age of big brick looking cell phones, big floppy disks, computers with Kilobytes RAM and dial up connections. But hopefully I will be able to figure out something by next week.
And for some odd reason I am missing and can't find my in class activity about the activities I love... damn why is it I have been forgetting where I put stuff lately, crap! hopefully Alzheimer is not kicking in yet.
And for some odd reason I am missing and can't find my in class activity about the activities I love... damn why is it I have been forgetting where I put stuff lately, crap! hopefully Alzheimer is not kicking in yet.
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