Had to write a thing for Intro to Engineering, seems relevant

"StoneCold" (StoneCold) 01/30/2014 at 23:30 • Filed to: Too personal

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So I wrote a thing:

My goal to graduate Northern Illinois University is to take the knowledge and the experience gained from attaining my engineering degree and use it to enter the automotive field in some aspect. Whether this is directly for a manufacturer or a supplier, only time will tell, but working with cars in some capacity feels like what I need to do. It's close to a compulsion for me. I've grown up under unibody frames, hands crammed in engine bays, or shaking aerosol cans of brake cleaner. Cars and engines are what I know and what got me into tinkering, and then into engineering. In the meantime, however, I need to address my current situation of student and the difficulties that accompany that.

Before transferring here, I was a part-time student with a part-time job that required full-time hours. I worked to pay for a community college that I could not succeed at because I worked too much; it was quite the vicious cycle. I finally got over that at the age of twenty-three and moved full-time to NIU, but have ran into the same challenge I had when first attending Butler University when I was eighteen: the disconnect between viewing school as work. Visualizing school as the key to more rewarding opportunities was extremely difficult compared to the much more immediate pay of a job. Education was not the problem, as I was always excited to learn and pick up new things. The problem was school , and my approach to the school work for in class and at home was holding me back. I needed to conceptualize these things as a job : lectures the equivalent to meetings, homework equal to tasks at hand, teachers as supervisors, etc. After working for five years, this is how I need to continue to view the learning process if I am to succeed.

Two other goals I have after I graduate fall into separate categories: one is personal, while another is career-oriented. One day, I wish to have a garage all of my own. My own lift, my own tools, my own cars, my own time, and then I want to pass all that passion onto someone else. Perhaps that will be one of my possible children, or my sister's future children, or my friends' children, or just someone who lives in the neighbourhood. That is my personal goal for my life. For my professional goal, I wish to one day make a difference, however small, that will be noteworthy in a Wikipedia.org page. This may seem strange, but this is another way I can think of to put some sort of mark, regardless of size, on the world as a whole. Something in a text that mentions my contributions that outlasts me.

Brian Silvestro > StoneCold 01/30/2014 at 23:34

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I might steal that first paragraph. My school doesn't have engineering and I'm starting to regret it.

StoneCold > Brian Silvestro 01/30/2014 at 23:36

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Well don't steal it now because I've just found two typos I need to fix in it -__-

Edit: Got 'em

Brian Silvestro > StoneCold 01/30/2014 at 23:37

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Is it still plagiarism if the author gives permission? Because it's really good.

StoneCold > Brian Silvestro 01/30/2014 at 23:48

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You, Brian Silvestro, hereby have my permission to use the first paragraph of the unique report "Compose and Post Graduation Goal" by me, Steven Austin, on this date, the 30th of January of 2014.

However, I would like to stress that plagiarism is sometimes expanded in certain cases (depends on the fine print in the plagiarism protocols of your particular institution) to encompass all work that is not your own, regardless of permission. Sometimes this is included in a set of broader "Dishonesty Policies", of which plagiarism is a subset.

And thank you for the compliment, I usually don't think very highly of my writing :/

Kailand09 > StoneCold 01/30/2014 at 23:51

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I'm about to graduate, trying to see if I can find an automotive job myself. We'll see... there's a bunch out there right now.

Brian Silvestro > StoneCold 01/30/2014 at 23:51

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I, Brian Silvestro, hereby accept your permission to use the paragraph of the unique report "Compose and Post Graduation Goal" by you, Steven Austin, on this date, the 30th of January of 2014.

I'll keep that lawful stuff in mind when constructing my piece. Your writing is much better than mine I assure you. (have you seen my write-ups?)

Thank you!

HorizontallyPredisposed > StoneCold 01/31/2014 at 03:06

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Engineering Survival tip #1: get more & bigger monitors.

StoneCold > HorizontallyPredisposed 01/31/2014 at 04:47

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Done and done.

http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/at-first-i-lik…