“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.” Woodrow
“I'm a student of world religion, so to me, it's hugely important to have knowledge and to understand what people are doing.”- Will smith
Throughout my time in the Communication department I have learned many things. However, I feel that one of the biggest impacts I have had within my ungraduated career is the certificate program Conflict Analysis and Resolution. I chose the first quote due to the skills we acquired throughout the program. When I first heard about the program I thought to myself its only 12 credits how hard can this be? Little did I know then, just how much these twelve credits would change my view of life?
I feel like my purpose in life is to help others, and how you ask I do not know that quite yet but I am hoping to get that situated before I embark on my next journey in life. The second quote applies to my journey in many ways as well. But all in all I owe it to our great professor Dr. Shailor who as times slips in a little politics and catholic faith. I see how open he is and …show more content…
Mary, said something very obvious yet important that day. She said violence occurs when you run out of words to express how you feel. I found that profoundly helpful, I started to think about the environment I grew up in, and started applying this as an answer. As I sat in my chair I grew extremely quiet, I couldn’t believe I finally knew why all the violence occurred in my neighborhood. The neighborhood was full of people who thought that there words lost value. From that day forward I started to take the program more seriously. And I applied this philosophical way of thinking towards everything in my