Rachel
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Previously on Real Life...
If you are considering coming to RMC and cannot decide if this is the right place for you, I would like to give you a few facts that will help you make your decision. Keep in mind that I can only really vouch for the Springfield campus but I have always heard that the other campuses are like this too.
Are you serious about school? - If you’re not then RMC is not for you. This school, the students, and the teachers are all very serious and professional. That was one of the reasons I wanted to come here. I wanted to speak, write, act and be a professional and I felt that this school had the most serious students, and they do!
Do you respect authority? If you don’t then look somewhere else. RMC is the only school that has made me feel like an equal. It’s like of like Cheers, sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name. Everyone knows everyone and they are here to help you! (Totally true, you have to see it to believe it!). So I have seen my share of students be rude to teachers and disrespect them. One student in particular thought he could just get by without doing any homework and sleep in class. He is now no longer a student at RMC and I saw him working the drive through at McDonalds the other day. Not that there is anything wrong with that at least he is working, but what kind of career is he going for?
Do you get along with other people? - At RMC especially in the business program there are a lot of group projects. I always say that you have to meet and make friends with the hardworking students if you want to do well. But now that I think about it, if you are a hardworking student that’s all that matters. Because if you get stuck with a non hard worker (which I have many times) then you will only be learning more. You will learn more about the subject and become a better leader at the same time, and trust me teachers notice that!
Well I hope this helps anyone who is thinking RMC. I am not even sure if anyone reads this thing besides my dad. But I can't help but hope that someone out there in cyber world is having a hard time picking a school and happened to fall upon this. Good luck new students, I am almost done soon so I must leave you with some words of wisdom, wow that sounds weird coming from me!
It really does fly by! Before you know it you will be in my shoes
It is an odd feeling. In week 10 the quarter before my last quarter here many thoughts are going through my head at this point. At the end of a quarter you get this feeling of accomplishment and now you are free to do what you want. You are no longer stressed by homework on the weekends. However, by the time Sunday comes I personally do not know what to do with myself. I will be in anticipation of the new quarter and I feel a little lost without my homework. I know what your thinking what a book worm she needs homework she must be crazy. Actually its not that I need homework. Because trust me it is not on my favorites list, I miss that thing that occupies my time. So when I go several days with out it by the time school starts up again I am so ready to just have something to do. I would say I think about homework about 75 to 80 percent a day. So what do I think about when I have none. What takes up that time? I myself can’t answer that questions and it is my brain. Just last weekend I was gearing up for finals and my nephew was watching me. He is 10 and I think he is old enough to start thinking about his future and start having dreams and making them come true. So I often stress to him the importance of college. He wanted me to play a game with him real bad and I said I couldn’t because I had to get this homework done. He asked if I could after it was done. I said that would not be tonight. He went on to say, "You are always doing homework. College doesn’t look very fun". He is so observant it amazes me sometimes. I explained to him that what was important was what I am getting out of this homework. Then he wanted me to quiz him. It was a great time.
So ten weeks left I am still wondering what the future holds for me. Will I stay in Springfield? What kind of job will I get? Will it be enough to have a place of my own? (I hope). But one thing that I have been thinking about is graduation day. The real one. The one that is in May. I hope that I will make honors and get to have cords put around me. But only the big guy upstairs knows if that will happen. I have also been thinking about how much I would love to be the guest speaker. That has always been a dream of mine and I wonder if it could come true. But on the other hand a little part of my does not want to have that on my shoulders plus I would love to sit with my friends rather than on stage away from them. I want to share the experience with them. Over the past 2 years I have learned more than I ever expected here at RMC. This school gave me so many opportunities than I ever thought was possible. The Springfield campus is not just a school it is a family and the faculty and staff have done excellent things here and will continue to do so. I am not sure if this will be my last blog or not. I don’t think I reach many people with this thing. Maybe my dad and Mark from recruitment. Oh and I think Alisha in admissions. But what I hope more than ever is that I reached at least one high school student looking for a little guidance. Thank you for reading today and I hope the future looks bright.
~It will be better in the end. If it is not better. It is not the end~