Criminal Justice

Well I have not posted much in awhile because I have been busy with school. After graduating high school in 2002, I decided to attend MVCC for Nursing. After one semester I realized that just was not for me. The second semester I changed my major to Social Services. I did alright. I then changed my mind again and wanted to double major in Social Services and Business Management. That did not go to well. After taking approx. 1 year off from school to work and catch up on some bills I decided to re-enroll at MVCC to try and get my degree in Social Services. I was doing well in school. But the life I was living there was not. I had a very mean land-lord who treated my room mate and I like slaves. We were dirt to them. Not so much as, do the dishes, etc. But after moving in, said our chairs were to loud on the floor? How is that possible? The television was to loud...The radio was to loud, we were not allowed to have guests over unless we had their permission, we went from parking in the drive way to having to park across the street and paying rent to park! My room mate and I payed our land lord the money for parking and because they did not give it to the people in time that we were renting from, they super glued notes to every window of our cars. It was just a disaster. After a little mishap with the police, I packed up and moved out the next day. I took some time off again. During that time, I was job-hopping, not to exciting. I realized how much it really sucked not being able to have room for advancement at my jobs because of my lack of college experience. Minimum wage just wasn't cutting it for me. So I decided to research some schools and majors I would be interested in and try to re-enroll in school again. After talking to a friend about what she was doing with her life, she mentioned she had enrolled in online classes at HCCC. I kept that thought in my head. I went home and did a little research on the college and found a major that just rang my bell. Criminal Justice-Forensic Investigations. Most people think of the tv show CSI, to be honest with you, I've only seen one episode of the show, and yes it is very similar to that. I applied to HCCC and was accepted. HOORAY! I enrolled in some online classes for my first semester and loved them. I then took a couple of summer classes to help catch up. I am now in my second semester and am taking 3 online classes and have 2 labs and 2 lectures on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the college. I dont mind the commute it takes just a little over a hour to get there. Going the speed limit, I'm sure it would take a little longer. But anyways, I absolutley love my major and just cant get enough of it. I must also say this school is so much cleaner, and much more professional than the first I had attended. I have the same teacher right now for my labs, lectures and one of my online classes. Mr. Lynton Clark. He is an amazing guy. After all the different agencies he has worked for, I must say he really knows his stuff. (For example, he was on a television show on Court television for a case he helped solve in 1979. I will get back to you with the name of the show. But the case on the television was called Blood Money.) I am so glad I am in his class.

Well now that you have the basic info. on my college life, I would like to share with you everything I learn from a couple of my classes this semester, in hopes that you may find this just as interesting as I do.