I am a graduate student. I am a counselor. I am done with my first week of grad school. All three of those statements are hard for me to believe! I can't believe that this time last year I had no clue what I was going to be doing with my life and going to grad school for counseling was not even on my radar.
An interesting fact I learned this week was the number of people in my program. I don't know how true the actual statistic is, but I was told that there were 28 people in the program as first-year school counselors and over 200 people applied. (you do the math, that means the program is VERY selective!). To be honest, I think there are about 35 people in the program, but it still makes me very proud to be in this program and to be at NYU!
My classes are fairly interesting. I think my two favorites are going to be my lab and my ethics class. I think the lab is going to be a lot of fun because we basically become counselors for everyone else in the class and practice being a counselor while learning what to do and what not to do. It is great practice for the real world and you are spending the whole time just talking or listening to people! My ethics class seems interesting because the professor seems very knowledgeable and interesting. She has a lot of energy and I think that will help with the class. I am not too thrilled about the ethics in general because I think some issues are too black and white and that is not how life works. I also have a hard time because everything is based purely off of NY state law and basically we talk about what we can't do because we might be sued and the code of ethics that is used. I think there is a deeper issue when everyone always needs to walk on eggshells because they worry about being sued, that is not how a society should function!
I also had a class called foundations of school counseling, and I think that one will be interesting. I got to talk to the professor after class and I am excited about some connections she has that might help me in the long run. She is not the most interesting person in class, but she tries hard and I think after the first day it might get a bit better.
My hardest class with be the theories about counseling and psychotherapy. I did not major in psychology, so I need a crash course on terms and things. I know I will spend more time reading and trying to grasp the concepts in that class because it is so much information!
I only have class on Tuesday and Wednesday, each of my classes is about 3 hours so that gives me time on Monday, Thursday and Friday to work. I still need to find a job, but I am excited for everything that the future holds!
I know it sounds exciting, but my roommate and I decided to celebrate our first week done with grad school. Since we are still int he process of getting our apartment together we got smoothies and built our kitchen table. At least we now have a kitchen table!! We figured we would celebrate more another night :)
An interesting fact I learned this week was the number of people in my program. I don't know how true the actual statistic is, but I was told that there were 28 people in the program as first-year school counselors and over 200 people applied. (you do the math, that means the program is VERY selective!). To be honest, I think there are about 35 people in the program, but it still makes me very proud to be in this program and to be at NYU!
My classes are fairly interesting. I think my two favorites are going to be my lab and my ethics class. I think the lab is going to be a lot of fun because we basically become counselors for everyone else in the class and practice being a counselor while learning what to do and what not to do. It is great practice for the real world and you are spending the whole time just talking or listening to people! My ethics class seems interesting because the professor seems very knowledgeable and interesting. She has a lot of energy and I think that will help with the class. I am not too thrilled about the ethics in general because I think some issues are too black and white and that is not how life works. I also have a hard time because everything is based purely off of NY state law and basically we talk about what we can't do because we might be sued and the code of ethics that is used. I think there is a deeper issue when everyone always needs to walk on eggshells because they worry about being sued, that is not how a society should function!
I also had a class called foundations of school counseling, and I think that one will be interesting. I got to talk to the professor after class and I am excited about some connections she has that might help me in the long run. She is not the most interesting person in class, but she tries hard and I think after the first day it might get a bit better.
My hardest class with be the theories about counseling and psychotherapy. I did not major in psychology, so I need a crash course on terms and things. I know I will spend more time reading and trying to grasp the concepts in that class because it is so much information!
I only have class on Tuesday and Wednesday, each of my classes is about 3 hours so that gives me time on Monday, Thursday and Friday to work. I still need to find a job, but I am excited for everything that the future holds!
I know it sounds exciting, but my roommate and I decided to celebrate our first week done with grad school. Since we are still int he process of getting our apartment together we got smoothies and built our kitchen table. At least we now have a kitchen table!! We figured we would celebrate more another night :)
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