Author: Joye

College for me isn’t just a fancy word for further schooling and excessive teaching.  College is my hope and my dreams of my future.  It makes me feel safe that once I go through with this, I’d be settled for whatever career I would like.  It lets me realize that I still have a chance into changing my life’s direction from a dead-end job into a career that serves as my passion.  There is nothing better than these emotions and feeling towards college.  Although it makes me sound like a geek, wanting more schooling, teaching, and long days being without my family, I’d love to attend a college for a better tomorrow.  It’s my salvation; my hope.  Having a better and solid education doesn’t only go for myself though.  I’d also would like to show my baby brother, Joel, what he can be confident into doing.  If he sees that his sister who came from a little town with a school with under thirty kids into becoming some sort of writer or veterinarian traveling around the world, then he can also have that confidence of becoming anything or anyone.  I’d love to break those boundaries of insecurity and unsureness to set a sort of competition of doing better since I know he would want to do better than me.

Today, as the first day, was quite an interesting expierence.  I was able to learn much more about genetics, literary devices, and social networking.  Everything has been so exciting which things should be for the first day.  I keep wondering what type of career I’d take on and study for.  There are many different possibilities of jobs I can take after, yet I can’t choose.  This pipeline will help me very much to make the best life choses and on what I’ll study for.

When I hear about the word “college”, I think of the importance and the intensity of it that make it very intimidating.  I’ve noticed that in the past research that shows only a small quantity of Native Americans go to college; let alone, graduate high school.  My perspective on these occurrences trace to the understanding of people fearing the future.  Although that sounds bizarre, so does college seem to other Native American maturing forthcoming young adults.  The intimidation and at times the cost of college makes things seem even more complex to others.  They’re scared, poor, depressed, shy, and even chained to the responsibility that their parents hold them at.  Those things are what keeps one person from going through with finishing their lives with success and accomplishments.  I know that people aren’t dumb or retarded.  I know they are just not meant to become anyone big.  They can accomplish many things if they just have that bravery to continue with their path.  Just like Richard Trench once said, “A good ship is never tested in calm waters.” meaning we all need to go through those obstacles with confidence without giving in.  That’s what people really look into when getting to befriend someone.  It’s best if their friends will never let them down.

Today, participating with these exercise helped me into understanding on what career best suits me.  I’ve obtained many different academic qualities yet my irregular knowledge makes my life and career choices tougher to decide.  When people look at me, they think I’d be best at writing or doing astronomy or veterinarian work yet I don’t know what I should do.  There is the class Ms. Hurley occupies that leads me into becoming more decisive of my choices.  Later on, I’ll better understand each career and maybe come to a conclusion to set my life towards.  It’ll be very hard but I’ll get by. 🙂

Joye Charlotte Lehen is my name and a complicated one too.  I’m from a little town called Lee Vining in the Eastern Sierra Mountains.  Being at Pitzer College allows me to connect more to my Native American culture and it enables me to explore further outside my comfort zone while in my everyday life; I’m isolated within those mountains.  This pipeline is good for me and my future to help me see inside behind the college life while all at the same time, I can goof off and have fun making new friends. This new environment makes the journey even more adventurous and exciting and I can’t wait to see what the next day and week has in store for me.

As you probably have guessed, I’m quite the adventurous person and I don’t like things to be boring.  Although my thirst for an exciting journey is ravenous, I could be a quiet and shy person.  I at times laugh at the idea of my mixture of personalities.  it’d be hard to guess what I could be when I obtain various qualities and skills that would help me in the future.  This Pitzer Pipeline Program will help me find what kind of person I really am and what my story is really about.  This is just a cover of myself and the story has just begun.