extra credit virtual child

a. Are there any issues you had with your parents, school work, friends, or romantic involvements in the last two years of high school that continued to be issue in college?

The only thing I can think of is that my parents had a hard time letting go of me. They kept me under strict rules even after I was 18... the problem was that I was not listening to them, I felt like I should be allowed to make my own descisions and come to them when I felt I needed help. I did this with my virtual child and she was able to come and talk to me and trusted me for good advice. It wasnt forced on her. I didnt date that much in highschool, I think I had 1 or 2 boyfriends while in highschool but when I started working after graduation I dated a bit more. But I met my husband before I started back at school and when we got married I started staying home with our son and I went back to school.

b. Reflect on your own personality, interests and cognitive abilities at the time you graduated high school. How have these personality characteristics and abilities continued to manifest themselves in subsequent years ? How have they changed since your high school days, if at all?

I think my interests have changed since high school. While in high school I wanted to be a forensic investigator for some reason and between now and then I have changed to nursing and feel comfortable with the descision. I think what is manifesting that is the same is my desire to help people. Now I know what I want to do and how I want to help people. Also I found out what it would take to become a forensic investigator and decided I didnt really want to go that way in a career. I wanted to help people in a different way, by helping them get better. I think my study habits have changed from highschool, I am doing better now in school then I did in highschool.