Extra! Extra! Read all about it ! I learned something from Library Research and I want to shout it :)

Assignments that were assigned in and out of class weren't too bad in my opinion. It was almost like a review on how things worked online but, with a twist of extra information on top. An example would be an assignment that I did which had to deal with working with MedlinePlus and the other websites given in the class. The most hardest part about finding information and researching about a topic from these sites was just getting the results that pertained to what I needed. I had to keep narrowing down my search and making sure that the information that I received was reliable and accurate. The other part that was hard was that while searching for my topic, other topics would appear that had nothing to do with it so, it made my researching take longer then it should have. For the most part though, everything else was easy besides that fact in finding information.

So, during these past five weeks that I've had in this program, Library Research was actually one of my favorite classes to go to. It taught me things I already knew but, it also went over things that I barely understood. This gave me an even better understanding of how to utilize my time on the internet by not wasting it on researching poorly, how not to plagiarize, and how to tell if a website is a phony or not. What would've been more helpful is if we were able to learn how to track someones IP address or learn how to hack a website. But, I guess that would take longer then five weeks to learn it and it wouldn’t pertain to this curriculum. Still, I think it would be fun. Anyways, I hope that when I get back to school and later on in life, these helpful tools and lessons that I’ve learned in the class will be helpful to me to make me become an internet friendly user =)

" Since everything is on the internet, I don't need books. . . . right ? "

I feel at odds thinking this but I feel that because of the Internet, we don't really need books anymore. Technology has advanced so much since the year that it was invented and because of its advancements, society's normal life is all on the Internet. Nothing that we do now a day is in person. Examples include job searching, sharing basic information, and even reading books. I feel that this makes things so much easier than in person because its fast and easy access information that we can read quickly and are able to gain the information that we need. But, when it comes to books, you may need to read or skim a whole section just to find the information that pertains to what you’re looking for. This also saves a ton of trees from being cut down to produce books and other reading materials which would mean we would have cleaner air and a better forest that animals could inhabit.
On the other hand, not everyone has the availability to have technology within the palm of their hands and not everyone like the use of technology to read and find information. Also, information within websites can be altered and mistaken for other materials so information online can’t always be trusted like books can because they are never altered unless you are talking about the revision state. In general, the use of books still pertain to today’s society but I feel the use of them have been decreasing as everything is now more available online.

" the best bedtime story is the dewey decimal system ."

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As a child growing up , my imagination always had the best of me. I always thought of Liberians as teachers without a classroom but a library. I thought they all lived in books within the library and that’s why they knew where all the books were and what they were all about. Of course, as I grew up, I learned that that wasn’t the truth at all. To an extent, my claim was right. Librarians were teachers. They taught us how to properly use the library sources and how to utilize our time wisely while in the library.

Seen in shows and cartoons, librarians are always portrayed as cranky, old, and boring folk that don't enjoy their jobs and not that I'm saying that they are, I'm just making a reference. Anyways, I think it would be super cool if the librarians were actually magicians who could pull out any book on the shelf for any reader who had a hard time deciding what to read as if they could read their mind. It would almost be like a cover up as a super hero. That’s why librarians display such calmness, but in reality their wizards!

As technology increase and trees get cut more, I believe that the future of the library will go technological. So, most likely it will be just a huge study building with everyone on their nooks or electric device that holds books but the same concept of library’s will withstand. A place to read a book and study. 

" The best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time . "

The future is yet to come, but I hope to achieve greatness in the years to come my way. I hope to pursue a greater education in the study fields of psychiatry or the field of forensic pathology. These two medical careers have always been an interest in my mind because the challenging aspect and the people you meet along the way just seem so infatuating in the 'adrenaline' kind of way. I find that because it is mostly biology based and or of probing the human mind, there are many things to explore within these two careers. If it is anything like the T.V show CSI, I think I’ll enjoy it very much or anything like those psychology sessions you see in film where you can find anything out of the ordinary. When and if I ever get the opportunity for a job opening for these two, I'd grab it the blink of an eye. I believe that the Pre-Collegiate program will help me in the career paths that i choose in ways of being prepared for how college life will be and how rigorous course will be. The program will help me exceed in the long run by giving me a taste of first hands on experience of what I should expect in collage and what's expected of students in the classrooms. Hearing from my friends that were in this program, they said that they we're thankful to be part of it because it showed them that collage life was no joke and the teachers in collage really don't care if you fail or pass their class. Once you enter collage, it's the students responsibility for whether they do their own work or not because the teachers aren't going to hold your hands anymore. I hope that by being in this program, I'll be more prepared for what's to come in the future.