Beginning the college years.

I didn’t go to college in the typical sense I actually went to a special apprenticeship course offered by the college and high school as a way to help transition students. It was called the Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program(OYAP). I took computer networking and at the end of two years received a college certificate and best of all had no student loans owed. But it wasn’t all easy. Computer Networking like most trades was and I am sure still is a male dominated field. In a class of 20 students I was the only girl. It was quiet awkward. A few of the guys in the class were lacking in self confidence when it came to girls and for the first while were uncomfortable talking to me and others were still just children and would ask ridiculous questions about girls. I know some of them laughed at me for not being a “girly girl” but I never cared. I studied hard and received highest marks at graduation. If I had it to do over again it is not what I would choose to go to school for. It turns out it isn’t a field that I actually have any interest in working in. That being said I am not sure what I would have taken instead. I still haven’t decided what I want to be when I grow up. 🙂