As I consider this question, "How do I want to contribute", it brings me to a couple of situations I've been through recently and am still dealing with today. I've noticed that as I deal with dilemmas that have come up in my path, I have issues with patience and irritation. I don't have much trouble with having an openly short temper, but I found that I was easily exasperated by imbecilic idiocy. Now, I've been told that I can keep my cool and seem to behave well with people. Being truthful in what people may see on the outside as composure, deep down eats me up mentally and I feel the exasperation building and burning with anger inside that unless the outside person was me, they would never see or know so authentic. fun thing to do, but as a way to interact more with others, assist those who may be attending functions, mingle and mingle with those around me, lend a hand, study and assist with others who may need help with understand tasks or information provided by professors that perhaps already come easily to me, and much more. By doing this I will learn to have a servitude type posture, I will learn and understand the personalities of others and realize that they are theirs, I will learn and recognize others for their strengths as well as their disabilities and then I will learn together how we can transmute the perception of their inability to act positively, understand the wants and needs of others and possibly help them achieve one or, perhaps, both, but above all learn to understand people at their mental level and accept that they are doing their best to be who are at their categorical level, regardless of whether it is an A, B, C, or D level. If I can learn to master this skill, it will lead to less harassment, fewer misunderstandings, fewer disagreements, and may even help decrease the additional stress. I come from a very disciplined background, pretty much militant and strict. I was trained to rely only on my partner and teammates on cases we worked on together during investigations. Also, rely only on facts. I remember one of my previous coaches used to state, “Never assume anything because the word assumes just means 'ASS-U-ME', designating it would make an A** OUT OF YOU AND ME,” making assumptions. So I learned to see only in black and white with no gray areas. Some cases might be so deep that a person hasn't actually shared any information with strangers or what would be considered civilians. There were also those moments when we were almost not sure if we could trust each other. Some cases were so dangerous that my life was almost taken away from me more than once or twice, and this led to me feeling withdrawn and maybe even a little cold at times. Not always safe but very attentive to my surroundings and attentive to people's flaws. This has been drilled, trained and instilled in me for more than fifteen years. All this while maintaining a composed look and feel. Once I entered the field of forensic science, things took another turn for me in regards to the way I perceived the world through the lens of a camera, the study of murdered victims, blood splatters and traces of tests. This is actually my first semester around a crowd of civilians