If there is one thing I've learned at Sheridan that is simply that no matter where you go and what you do, there will always be people that don't put in the work. Sounds like a pretty negative thing to learn at a fine learning institution such as Sheridan. It did help me push myself to be better than I have ever been at any point in my life. There is one constant that never fails and that is when it comes to taking life seriously you never really get on the horse until you get older. When I was in college for the first time I THOUGHT I knew what I wanted to do. I was convinced that I wanted to pursue a career in advertising. Well that was a big mistake!!
It took a trip around the world, a couple of really bad jobs, and my eventual plummet into the situation where the government was paying me so I could live, for me to really take my future seriously. It hasn't been easy by any stretch of the imagination, but from what I have gone through when I was a child to me being on my own now, I think I've learned valuable lessons. Sheridan has reinforced these lessons but they did originate from my past life experiences. Maybe one day I will look back and feel like having to take care of myself since I was 18 actually helped me deal with the more difficult things I will encounter in the future. Whatever helped me, the guidance of the faculty that taught Journislm-Print unfortunately or fortunately, have had a greater impact on my development as a person than my absent father or my complacent mother.
Well besides realizing that some people don't put in the effort I guess I can say I also learned about life. Sometimes you're doing well, and sometimes no matter how hard you try, nothing works. Whatever it may be, there is only one person in the world that can control your destiny and that is yourself. You are only as dumb, and slow, and incapable as you think you are.
