Scared to Death

I am going to be a Senior in college this year and I am scared to death. I am afraid that what I have learned in college is not going to be enough for a job. I am about to start an internship with Grow PR, which is a PR and Marketing Firm in Plano, Texas and I am so scared. I don't want to mess it up, I am really unsure about my abilities to do a good job. I know that as a PR student, we should be good at writing and I am not. I like working hands on and writing is my flaw and that scares me, because I am going into a job field were writing is a must. I don't want to do bad, and I just don't know if I am going to cut it at my internship. I know what I want to do with my life after college and where I want to work, but right now I don't feel as though I have learned enough. If I was thrown into a PR job right now, I would be lost. I know it takes time and experience to be good at anything, but being put into something that could be life changing scares me. What if the company wants to hire me and I still haven't learned enough and make mistakes. Being a failure has always scared me, and I have yet to have a job that I didn't do well at, but this is all new to me. I know I shouldn't worry, and that with time things will work out, but right now I am scared. I don't want to let anyone down, especially myself, because I choose to do PR and I just hope I didn't make a mistake.

Healthy Foods

Our society today is full of overly obese people and children. Everybody is trying to lose weight, exercise, and eat right, but nobody said it would be cheap. I understand why so many people are overweight, because healthy food is too expensive. Our society is not that rich and there are plenty of people who are living in poverty and can't afford the right food to help them be healthy. I understand the reason why healthy foods are so expensive, because they are mostly fresh produce. Anything fresh is going to cost more, and I think if it cost less then people would be healthier. If the farmers would charge less or cut better deals so people can afford their food, then our society would be on a better track. Eating the right foods, and being healthy go hand in hand, but if you can't buy the right foods then people are going to keep going to fast food places. Unless all the fast food places only serve healthy foods, then our society is not going to change and if anything it may get worse. Something needs to change and I think cheaper, healthier foods is the best way to start.

Tattoos, Piercings, Workforce

In the workforce today, they are saying how you can't have any tattoos or piercings because it is unprofessional. But why should these things be counted against someone who does a great job. I mean to me if they are a great worker, then who cares what they look like or have on their bodies. I personally have a tattoo on my lower back, and several piercings, one in which is in my eyebrow. Now at my last job I worked as a Manager of a shoe store and when I started there my boss had a nose ring, and it didn't matter. To me it really shouldn't matter and it seems that because of how tattoos have been represented in the past people see them in a bad way. Same thing goes with piercings and I think that yes, in some industries they shouldn't allow them. But in others they choose not to allow them and I think they could. Unless the piercings or tattoos get in the way of them doing their work somehow then I think they should allow them. I think that if they allow people to express themselves and be comfortable then they will work harder because the will stop worrying about what others think about them. I feel this way because my last job allowed me to be myself and because of that I felt more comfortable at work and was able to do my job better. I stayed at that job for 5 years and the only reason why I left was because I moved to go to college. I loved going to work and being myself, if all jobs were like that then I think workers would do better.

Dollar Movie

I love going to the movies, but sometimes it is too expensive. I hate it that when you go and it cost about $8 dollars for the ticket and then like $15 more for food. This is ridiculous and that is why I like to go to the dollar theater, because it is so cheap. But I think it is so weird how when you think about a dollar theater, you think gross, small, trashy theater. But where I live we have an awesome dollar theater. It was an old United Arist Theater, so it is really big, very clean, and super cheap, which I like. But the thing I am wondering is that why don't they make every dollar theater like that. I mean I know that the movie industry is losing money for how cheap the tickets are, but if they had cleaner, bigger ones then I think more people would want to go. Also I think small college towns should offer a dollar theater or have the local theater have dollar movie night, because college students are usually broke. So if the movies were cheaper I know I would be going all the time, and that would add up for theaters. Cause they aren't changing the price of the food, which is always more expensive, but jus the tickets. Maybe one day this will happen and then broke college students will be able to go to the movies and not worry about the cost.

College life of an outsider

Going to college out-of-state can be a good or a bad experience. I know first hand because I am originally from Texas and I go to school at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville. When I decided to come here I knew that I would not know anybody and that winter would consist of snow, which i was not used to. I lived in a dorm with someone I didn't know and it was scary at first, but then I started making friends and everything was going ok. But then drama started and things feel apart. My roomates friends who I thought were mine too ended up backstabbing me and that started the downward spiral of everything going wrong. College should be a time of fun, adventure, and learning. But living in a town that I was not used to, with people who didn't understand why I did the things I did, was a huge reality check. Because of all the bad parts that happened to me while being here at Northwest I left the school and went back home. However, it was not long until I realized how much I had missed Missouri, the college, and the experience that when times get tough, you gotta get tougher. So I moved back and am now about to start my senior year. I am very excited and happy that I came back because even though some things were bad, I am going to proud to get my degree at Northwest Missouri State University.