Week 3 Post 2

This is my last post. It's the end of school and the beginning of something new. Who knows what adventures will come my way, school was definitely an adventure that sometimes got tough but I struggled through it. The last day of my placement was great I brought in Timbits to say thank you it was supposed to be something else that turned into a disaster that I wanted to throw at the wall.  So now to answer the rest of the questions.

Recommendations for the curriculum is to split a few of the courses up especially litigation and family law because that is a lot to do and take in for one semester especially having two portfolios due. I found out transcription is actually important to do, though really wasn't my favourite they seem to do a lot of that at the office I was at. Plus legal grammar is slightly different than normal people grammar. All the courses for law are needed though.
Document processing should be changed for legal students because we format differently and that got kind of confusing.

There were a few courses that I felt were not needed because they has nothing to do with what we were learning.
Ethics though it did have some kind of interesting things it is kind of out dated and I personally have my own form of Ethics that probably don't make much sense to people.
Career Planning is something you would take before you go to college and really isn't tailored for legal administration students. We end up having to change everything in our resumes anyways.
Interpersonal Communication should be optional or an elective by time a person reaches college especially if you're older you kind of know how to deal with people.
They need to fix the keyboarding like if you're able to pass with 55 words on four to six tests in the second semester you shouldn't have to take it for the rest it would relieve a lot of pressure because I found it was more my nerves than my typing with keyboarding.

My favourite course was Presentation Software because you got to be creative and probably my electives for the same reason.
If there was a way to change the curriculum I would say put the electives first year because there seemed to be a lot less work in that semester it kind of tricks you.

Also one suggestion is it would be nice if the labs that had vmware always worked because there wasn't always a lot of computers available and it was difficult when computers were unavailable. It was really nice at the end of the semester when the one lab was available because no one was using it.

To keep developing professionally, I will learn as I go. This is how I learn best.

I'm not sure much has changed with me from first year to second year. I've learned a lot, but I've also learned I am unsure I like being totally professional sometimes I just want to be me. I know I need to find a place that can accept that. Though this I have learned through many years of working also, me and rigid standards don't get along so well, I end up in a strange place that seems cut off from myself. I have to find a place that is a balance. I guess one thing that might have changed in my thoughts is money may not be the most important, it is important, but I rather work in an environment that is fun and accepting.

If I didn't have to blog it would be okay. I like reading about everyone else's experiences. I am just not fond of doing it myself. It goes against my no social media ideas. I understand the need to because how else would we see what other people are doing, but it's still not my thing.

I was as prepared for my placement as I could have been. It is a lot different from school, but it was great. The people I worked with were the most amazing patient warm people.

Well, is this career right for me? I have to say probably not, it doesn't quite fit my personality. It's too much perfection for me and not enough creativity, my mind wonders and I find myself daydreaming, especially when it's too quiet. There are other careers I can look at with the skills I have learned and I have learned a lot. I really think the right career for me would be to win the lottery! 😜 (There I go daydreaming again)

I'm not sure I have my own standard of excellence when preparing documents, there were some things I noticed I wanted to fix like too many spaces in between words bothered me a bit, but for the most part I find if a document looks good that is fine to me, I'm not particularly picky about margins or other things. I'm pickier than I was, but not so much that if it is off my an inch it would bother me unless you've done a program like this most people would not notice anyways.

Anyways that is all! I am done! I finished I am happy! This has been one crazy roller-coaster ride of an experience, and yes, I am proud of myself I finished something I never thought I would.
💙💜💙Hope all of you have an amazing life!💙💜💙