For this blog post, I decided to discuss my experience with the Focus 2 Career Interest Test. It presented me with all sorts of activities along with several different career options that I could consider as a major.  There were five categories: Work interests, personality, leisure activities, values, and skills.  The test also provided me with numerous career tools, which included: career planning readiness, self assessments, career exploration, take action plan, and career portfolio. While taking the test, it guided my through a reliable, intuitive career and education decision making model to help choose majors. It let me know what was being offered at the college that I attend and I was also able to explore several occupations and make informed career decisions. I was able to better understand how my interests . I feel like I was able to better identify where my skills can be applied along with what steps I can take to achieve goals as part of my career path.  Surprisingly, the jobs that they recommended that I look into had a lot to do with humanitarian studies, ones that require good communication skills, in other words I would have to be a “people person.” I was curious if this is the type of result I would get as it’s not too far from what I would to consider as a career goal. Occupational therapy, psychology, and a social worker was what popped up when the site gave me a list of job option or career choices I may want to consider or at least look into further to better understand what sort direction I will take in the future. All in all, this test was incredibly helpful especially since I am an undecided major. I hope I will try and pick classes that fit my abilities based on this test so I can find a passion and pursue it as a serious career option.

 

 

I was excited to choose the MET, Metropolitan Museum of Art, as a place to visit to write my blog. Since I couldn’t go during the week, I went on a Saturday with my older sister. We walked around the outside for awhile because the weather was very nice and everyone was enjoying the outer view of the museum, which is famous for its stairs and aesthetic fountain. When we made it inside, we were able to enter for free and decided to visit the exhibit that features work from the Roman Era that dates back to 200 A.D. We saw many interesting sculptures, busts, and several different works of art that have been preserved for people to see upon their visit to the MET.

In the photo, that I had to take while I was there, I am standing next to a bronze portrait of a Roman Emperor, whose name was Caracella. Its origins are tied to Mesopotamia and dates back to 212 A.D. I was simply amazed at the way art was being used as a form of expression during that time period. It was like walking through some sort of time portal, understanding more and more how these people lived and what their idea of fine art really was.

After spending a good amount of time on this floor, we visited another exhibit where we saw oil paintings and cruised around the African Art wing where we saw really decorative masks and sculptures, some of which were carved intricately out of wood and made into odd-looking faces and figures. It was educational and thrilling to get a taste of historical art and definitely enjoyed my visit to the MET. The day would not have been as enjoyable and nice if it weren’t for the museum’s priceless works of art.