IDS has been a long and extraordinary learning experience for me this semester. Taking Intro to Interdisciplinary studies has taught me one great tool, creating an e-port to self reflect on the course throughout the semester. Social media was one thing I learned to self promote myself and to explore other disciplines within my chosen …
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Struggles with College at age 60
If I were 18, or 19, I probably would be using the aid of my parents to get me through the first year of college. At 60, that is impossible because both parents are deceased. I am on my own to support my finances and pay a huge out of pocket fee this coming Spring …
Hollywood, Or Bust
Joel Weiss What am I doing at the moment? Trying to figure out my future plans for a career. I recently attended the Rhode Island Comic Con in Providence. I had the pleasure of meeting actor by the name of Anthony Michael Hall, from the hit movie “Vacation”. I discovered that Anthony is currently working …
Pre-Medical Pathway
An interdisciplinary Approach Joel Weiss Pre – Professional Allied Medicine Since Plymouth State University does not have a Pre – Medical program, I chose to change my major from an Allied Health Bachelor of Science to the Interdisciplinary Studies as my major. I created this program to directly match the prerequisites for the Direct Entry …
College now and Then
I read the articles entitled “Brainology and “The Struggle is real”. I can remember the first time I entered a college campus back in 1979. It was called a junior college back then, and it was in Rhode Island. It was called Rhode Island Junior College. Some kids in the area referred to it as …
Joel’s PLN PLAN
This is my personal learning network plan What did your research tell you about how people share ideas in your fields? People in my field usually share ideas on a professional network found in several medical journals in my chosen field, Orthopedic medicine as a future Nurse Practitioner. My other chosen field is in Forensics. …
About Joel (Gemini Guy)
Being born a Gemini, I have many interests. They say most Gemini’s cannot make up their minds when choosing a career path. Through out my early childhood, I thought it would be cool to be an Astronaut. Well, That idea got shot into space. Next I had a passion for hiking and meteorology. That led …
Future Nurse, Or Crime Scene Analyst I?
Joel Weiss Reflection My passion to become a Nurse Practitioner all started when my mother who was a RN let me thumb through her medical books. Something sparked inside of me and I knew right then and there I wanted to become a medical doctor. My mother trained as a RN in New York in …