Welcome, and don't forget to smile!
My name is Ariel. Like Ariel from Shakespeare's play The Tempest, despite my fondness of Disney's The Little Mermaid.
I was home-schooled for most of my life, only entering public school at the age of 16. This gave me a different perspective of the world and the schooling system than other young people who have been immersed in it since pre-school. From my home-schooling experience I have an unquenchable urge to always grasp something from every situation, and if exposed to something remotely interesting that I am unfamiliar with, to learn what I can about it, or how to do it.
My other loves are singing and helping people. I've sung for my whole life, and with the May Festival Youth Chorus, giving me the chance to sing solo and on stage at Cincinnati's beautiful historic Music Hall. It is the most wonderful feeling to let music out of yourself and let it soar. And helping people feel better, smile, and get the most out of their life is another passion I'm trying to figure out how to do best.
It's hard to believe that four years of undergraduate education is nearing its end. It has been a rollercoaster ride of majors, classes and emotions. I can't believe that the freshman year I hated so much is dimly in the past, and the 24 credit hour semester I took in fall went by without a hitch. I will graduate with, God willing, two business degrees, an EMT certification, and memories from two service trips, a LeaderShape conference, and weeks in India, China, and Jordan. If all goes to plan, I will work with Bosch Inc. at their steering division after graduation, and take the GRE and further prerequisites towards my intended Masters as a Physician Assistant. It's a change of fields, but my heart calls to help people medically, not necessarily through manufacturing, however I can't say for certain until I've experienced working in that field, which I am excited to start in summer.
Time keeps moving, and life continues rolling forward. Milestones appear, are passed, and new ones form on the horizon. It'll be my new challenge to continue shaping my life in a unique way, and not become a byproduct of societies norms and expectations. It seems to become harder as the responsibility becomes more and more your own, the further you move from mandatory education, but thankfully I still have a few years of safety left. Either way, we must keep up with the pace life sets us, and remember, the only thing we can change is ourselves.
I am so thankful for my time as a Bearcat, and very bittersweet about having to leave, now that I know the ropes, the people, the places and the resources. It has been a huge blessing and a significant part of my life which I will never forget.
I was home-schooled for most of my life, only entering public school at the age of 16. This gave me a different perspective of the world and the schooling system than other young people who have been immersed in it since pre-school. From my home-schooling experience I have an unquenchable urge to always grasp something from every situation, and if exposed to something remotely interesting that I am unfamiliar with, to learn what I can about it, or how to do it.
My other loves are singing and helping people. I've sung for my whole life, and with the May Festival Youth Chorus, giving me the chance to sing solo and on stage at Cincinnati's beautiful historic Music Hall. It is the most wonderful feeling to let music out of yourself and let it soar. And helping people feel better, smile, and get the most out of their life is another passion I'm trying to figure out how to do best.
It's hard to believe that four years of undergraduate education is nearing its end. It has been a rollercoaster ride of majors, classes and emotions. I can't believe that the freshman year I hated so much is dimly in the past, and the 24 credit hour semester I took in fall went by without a hitch. I will graduate with, God willing, two business degrees, an EMT certification, and memories from two service trips, a LeaderShape conference, and weeks in India, China, and Jordan. If all goes to plan, I will work with Bosch Inc. at their steering division after graduation, and take the GRE and further prerequisites towards my intended Masters as a Physician Assistant. It's a change of fields, but my heart calls to help people medically, not necessarily through manufacturing, however I can't say for certain until I've experienced working in that field, which I am excited to start in summer.
Time keeps moving, and life continues rolling forward. Milestones appear, are passed, and new ones form on the horizon. It'll be my new challenge to continue shaping my life in a unique way, and not become a byproduct of societies norms and expectations. It seems to become harder as the responsibility becomes more and more your own, the further you move from mandatory education, but thankfully I still have a few years of safety left. Either way, we must keep up with the pace life sets us, and remember, the only thing we can change is ourselves.
I am so thankful for my time as a Bearcat, and very bittersweet about having to leave, now that I know the ropes, the people, the places and the resources. It has been a huge blessing and a significant part of my life which I will never forget.