The Back Story; Life Goes On Part II

Like the title says, life does go on. I carried on with school and college preparations and just took every chance I could to be with my friends. Every now and again I had my moments of feeling hopeless or lost, but for the most part I did pretty well. Besides, who couldn't be happy? Graduation was nearing with each day passed. Alas though, this blog is not supposed to be about me pouring my guts out. This is about my journey to become a law enforcement officer and the steps I take to complete that task and school. Along the way posting links and information concerning this process and on occasion just some fun stuff. So carry on, I must.

I began college in the fall of 2010, so I haven't been there very long. I declared my major as Pre-Medicine and started taking the core classes under CLS or college of letters and science. About half way through the first semester I decided that Pre-Med was not for me. I took the biology courses and found myself uninterested by it. To this day, I don't know why I feel that way, I loved that same class in high school. So I began looking at my other options, finally settling on becoming an English major. Of all the AP classes I took in school English was among the subjects. I didn't love it as much as science but I was definitely the best at it. When registration for second semester came around, I knew what I was going to do. I re-declared myself as an English major and was happy with that decision even though, I really didn't like college. And that right there, was my downfall. I didn't attend class, I didn't do all of the work and my grades suffered for it. It just happened to be easier that way.

By the time second semester was underway I was put on academic probation. I hadn't planned on returning back to school but I had just crashed my car and I needed the financial aide to buy a new one. So last month I returned back to MSU with my English and History classes at the ready. As of yet, I am doing far better than last semester. I like my classes more and better yet, I am doing all my work and getting better grades.

You might ask, why did I decide I wanted to be an LEO (Law Enforcement Officer)? Well, I had always entertained the idea in the back of my head. My father was an officer and when I was growing up I had always wanted to follow in his foot steps. I had it all planned out, I would enlist in the military and when I got out, I would become a police officer. As luck would have it I was turned down by every branch of the military due to my hearing loss. After learning that, I sent those dreams to the back of my mind. Then, one afternoon just after Thanksgiving all of that would change. Montana Highway Patrol Trooper David DeLaittre was brutally gunned down in Three Forks, MT. On what was just a routine traffic stop a crazed suspect used a shotgun to shoot the trooper. The Trooper was shot once in the abdomen and then once in the head execution style by the suspect. After that event I knew what I wanted to do. I would become an officer and stop people like that.

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