"Aja aja fighting!"

To the academic counselors that have "guided" me through my undergraduate career, I like to wish you all the best in your future endeavors. 

I have never met a genuinely caring counselor at school before.  Every time I come in, there's a slight frown and this attitude of pessimism waiting to greet me at the office.  The first time I went to meet with the Humanities Undergraduate counselor, she said that I'm never going to go far in psychology (or transfer) if I decide to change majors because of my grades.  Months later, my request was approved and my love for education flourished.  Another example of poor social academic support, a counselor from Social Sciences promptly told me that I probably won't do well in the graduate course that my professor recommended me to take.

Is there something wrong with this picture here?  As academic counselors, shouldn't they give you a glimmer of hope that they'll be able to succeed if they apply themselves 110% and keep motivated?  I do have to thank them for their lack of enthusiasm, because without it, I wouldn't have pushed myself so hard to finish my senior year with a bang.  Hopefully this worked out the same way for a lot of other students.

Like I told my friend yesterday.  No matter what job I end in, if I'm going to end up as someone's mentor or influence the minds of many people, I have to put in my best.  Other people are dependent on you and they need you to do a good job.  And if I do end up as a counselor or therapist anywhere, I'm going to make sure I won't ruin someone's self-esteem while trying to help them.