20 My field of studies and what I would like to do after my Cégep, being in Liberal Arts. terms
Hello, my name is Laura, I’m studying in Liberal Arts in Cégep de Thetford. Liberal Arts are a program specializing in Arts and Literature, for a period of two years. This program has artistic subjects, such as photography, cinema, journalism, theater, and more. You also have a lot of literature in your classes, so a lot of writing works who required imagination. Languages are also very important, we learn English and Spanish during the program. After my diploma, I want to specialize in law and criminology at university, my current field of study looks not useful, but if you want to go in law, a really strong and long domain, it is essential for creativity, and the speed of comprehension, but also the literature, specially writing, which is a pillar of law.
Arts
art is very large. It can be shows by many things like painting, writing, dancing, singing and many other manners.
The expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.
Example: We have to go to a museum, it’s full of art.
Collaboration
collaborate is very important in your job. When you have to work with someone else, you have to listen to the other person and takes advice from each others
The action of working with someone to produce or create something.
Example: We have to work together, let’s have a collaboration!
Comprehension
comprehension is something very important for everything, like in your job and in your life in general
The action or capability of understanding something.
Example: Some have more comprehension than me for what I want to do.
Coroner
for being a coroner, you didn’t have to just follow laws studies, but you have to follow medical studies.
An official who investigates violent, sudden, or suspicious deaths.
Example: If someone died in non-natural causes, a coroner will investigate the cause.
fr: médecin légiste
Creativity
everyone is creative as its own manner. You can show it by painting, creating music, dancing, writing and many other manners.
The use of the imagination or original ideas, especially in the production of an artistic work.
Example: By painting a canvas, you’re using your creativity.
Criminology
criminologists examine a variety of related areas, including: Characteristics of people who commit crimes.
The scientific study of crime and criminals.
Example: If a murder is committed, an investigator specializes in criminology is called.
Diploma
depends on what you want to do, a diploma is required for having a job.
A certificate awarded by an educational establishment to show that someone has successfully completed a course of study.
Example: If you want to be a lawyer, you have to get a diploma who proves that you have the competencies to be one.
fr: diplôme
Exercising
exercising is one of the most important thing for being healthy and maintaining a good life balance.
Engage in physical activity to sustain or improve health and fitness; take exercise.
Example: She still exercised every day.
fr: s’entraîner
experience
you can’t have experience the first day your start a job, but with patience, you will get experience. You don’t have to be perfect the first days, you’re learning.
Practical contact with and observation of facts or events.
Example: He had already learned his lesson by painful experience.
Investigation
investigate is a part of many jobs, like a criminologist or a police officer. It’s necessary to investigate when you have to discover something that isn’t said.
The action of investigating something or someone; formal or systematic examination or research.
Example: If a murder is committed, an investigation will start.
Judge
by following laws‘ studies, you can be a judge, after several years. A judge can be specific in domains, like in criminology or in familial cases.
A public official appointed to decide cases in a court of law.
Example: If you disgrace a law, you will go to the court and the judge will decide to your sentence.
fr: juge
Laws
each country has its own rules, and each country can decide how they punish those who doesn't respected these rules. They are voted (in some country) with a referendum, and marked as legal or not legal.
Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior.
Example: You broke the law by using your neighbor's car, that's a robbery.
fr: loi
Literature
literature is writing that is considered by both critics and consumers to be of a high quality and cultural value.
Written works, especially those considered of superior or lasting artistic merit.
Example: You can increase your imagination by writing, and that’s called literature.
fr: littérature
Mentor
if you want to be experimented on a special domain, a mentor can help you, you can watch him and he will explain his experience.
an experienced and trusted adviser.
Example: Thanks to your mentor, you have more experience and you know what you have to do.
Open minded
you have to be open minded to succeed in your working life and in your social life.
Willing to consider new ideas; unprejudiced.
Example: A serious and open-minded newspaper.
fr: ouvert d’esprit
professionalism
professionalism in the workplace has to do with the way a person conduct himself or herself in the workplace and with their colleagues
The competence or skill expected of a professional.
Example: Her politely shows professionalism.
self control
at your job, you have to get self-control, because even if you don’t like a person or an attitude, you have to cooperate with it.
The ability to control oneself, in particular one's emotions and desires or the expression of them in one's behavior, especially in difficult situations.
Example: Lucy silently struggled for self-control.
Serotonin
serotonin is the happy hormone. She fixes your mood, and that is why you have to do a job that you love to be happy in your life.
Serotonin or 5-hydroxytryptamine is a monoamine neurotransmitter. Its biological function is complex and multifaceted, modulating mood, cognition, reward, learning, memory, and numerous physiological processes such as vomiting and vasoconstriction.
Example: If you eat something you really like, your serotonin will increase and you will be happier, and your body too.
take a break
sometimes you have to take a break, even if you are strongly working to have your job and to follow your studies, you have to take time for yourself.
To stop doing something for a short period of time.
Example: I need to rest, let’s take a break!
University
if you want to be in the domain of laws, you have to follow a field of study, it’s around 3 and 4 years.
An educational institution designed for instruction, examination, or both, of students in many branches of advanced learning, conferring degrees in various faculties, and often embodying colleges and similar institutions.
Example: After your Cégep, you can go to university or not, it depends on what you want to do and what you have to do for a special diploma.
