My whole life I lived in the suburbs and went to a small elementary and high school. When I had the opportunity to get away from all the same people I have been seeing for the past few years, I took it. At the age of 15, I was seeing my doctor, social worker, and psychologist regularly and was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder, combined with Major Depressive Disorder and Generalized Anxiety. My entire high school life I dealt with mental illness so when it came to the day where I had to apply for the program of my choice, I choose the Psychology profile in the social sciences. This was the first step in the pursuit to understanding my own issues and also helping does who are struggling.
My experience at Dawson College has been
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The course that impacted me the most was psychology, particularly General Psychology with Rajesh Malik. My class with Rajesh Malik was my first class ever at Dawson College and he made me fall in love with the field of psychology because I could see how passionate he was about it and I related to him. I learned all the basics of Psychology in that class and were able to discuss many areas of psychology. Sociology, specifically society and sexuality was another class that I fully enjoyed. It opened my eyes to the issues of sexuality and society and how we live in a generation where still binary and although we’ve come a long way, were not as progressive as we think we are.
Two other social science courses I was required to take were Research Method and Quantitative Method. These two coursed taught many important research steps such as: collecting data, reviewing academic literature, proper citations and so on. I learned how to write a research paper me how to scientifically and critically evaluate information. Quantitative Method was the first time I came in contact with statistics and it really showed me how much information and depth one can go into even when calculating