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My Journey<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

When I first came to SIUE, it seemed like a huge place that I would easily get lost in. Now, I obviously get lost in buildings, on bike trails, and ever just in the quad, but eventually, I was able to find my way. I wanted to start with that because this basically explains my life in only a few seconds. Looking at what I said in a different light; when I first came to SIUE, I had my whole life planned out from that very moment up until 12 years from now, or I thought I did. I knew I wanted to declare a biology major because it would allow me to study to become an OB\/GYN, but other than that, I was just coasting through hoping that I would land on my feet. SURPRISE, I didn’t. Instead, I ended up spiraling into a slump where I didn’t even know if I wanted to be in college anymore. I knew I didn’t want to be a doctor anymore, but I didn’t know what I did want to be either, and I still don’t. I eventually decided to declare my major as Sociology because I was told that it deals with things I am intrested in such as government, social problems, etc. I will be taking a Sociology class during the spring semester of 2025 to see if this is something I want to go through with. On the other hand, I declared a minor in Theater and Dance because I “need some joy in my life,” which was what I told my advisor. I have been interested in musical theater after participating in a musical in my junior year of high school, and I have always been interested in acting and dancing. So, this minor seemed like the best thing to do at the moment. I will be taking a dance class during the spring semester of 2025 as well, so I hopefully this will be something that I enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Your \u201cMy Journey\u201d page is a chance for you to talk about how every aspect of your experience as a student at SIUE is informing who you are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your \u201cMy Journey\u201d page should tell a story using artifacts that are records of your work and achievement. That might be something you did in a class, like a paper, video, or group project. Or it might be something you did outside the classroom \u2013 a club you participated in, an organization you collaborated with, a team you played on. Your achievements don\u2019t just happen in the classroom! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Put those artifacts in context. What did you gain or learn from the experience of producing that artifact? How did you feel about the activity before, during, and after you did it? How does it fit in with your goals, values, and\/or priorities? Reflection is a crucial part of the learning process<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You should use digital storytelling to take those individual artifacts and reflections and puts them together into a story of your growth and your identity. What do those artifacts tell you and tell your audience about who you are, what you value, and what you\u2019re capable of? That can feel like a weighty task, but the \u201cmy journey\u201d page is something you can come back to and update or revise at any time. We constantly grow and change, and so will this page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more about the \u201cMy Journey\u201d page here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I first came to SIUE, it seemed like a huge place that I would easily get lost in. Now, I obviously get lost in buildings, on bike trails, and ever just in the quad, but eventually, I was able to find my way. I wanted to start with that because this basically explains my life in only a few seconds. Looking at what I said in a different light; when I first came to SIUE, I had my whole life planned out from that very moment up until 12 years from now, or I thought I did. I knew I wanted to declare a biology major because it would allow me to study to become an OB\/GYN, but other than that, I was just coasting through hoping that I would land on my feet. SURPRISE, I didn’t. Instead, I ended up spiraling into a slump where I didn’t even know if I wanted to be in college anymore. I knew I didn’t want to be a doctor anymore, but I didn’t know what I did want to be either, and I still don’t. I eventually decided to declare my major as Sociology because I was told that it deals with things I am intrested in such as government, social problems, etc. I will be taking a Sociology class during the spring semester of 2025 to see if this is something I want to go through with. On the other hand, I declared a minor in Theater and Dance because I “need some joy in my life,” which was what I told my advisor. I have been interested in musical theater after participating in a musical in my junior year of high school, and I have always been interested in acting and dancing. So, this minor seemed like the best thing to do at the moment. I will be taking a dance class during the spring semester of 2025 as well, so I hopefully this will be something that I enjoy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_sb_is_suggestion_mode":false,"_sb_show_suggestion_boards":false,"_sb_show_comment_boards":false,"_sb_suggestion_history":"","_sb_update_block_changes":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/ayiana-baynes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/ayiana-baynes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/ayiana-baynes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/ayiana-baynes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/ayiana-baynes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/ayiana-baynes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":416,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/ayiana-baynes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolio.siue.edu\/ayiana-baynes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}