College!!

When I began college this past fall I had numerous expectations. I expected independence, clubs and activities, new friendships, and of course lots of academic work. But what I experienced was so far off from my expectations. I learned the importance of time management, on-campus connections and I also learned that money truly does not grow on trees.

                I didn’t think time management was all that important until I began college. I use to believe that as long as I got the work done than it wouldn’t matter how I got it done but I was wrong and that was a real challenge for me. I had to convince myself that multi-tasking is not as effective as single-tasking. Attempting to perform numerous tasks simultaneously only takes away from the overall outcome of each one. But single-tasking it allows for each assignment to receive undivided attention.

 One effective step toward better management of time is the use of a planner. It allows for efficient prioritizing and helps eliminate procrastination. This is why I began using a planner. A planner not only helped me academically but also with my personal life. With a layout of what must be completed and assessed each day including class and meetings, I was able to better plan my entire day including when I would wake up and when I would go to bed. I failed to utilize the library and its resources throughout this semester. I recently learned of the numerous areas available for quiet study and research. I plan on using this new discovery to my advantage to insure academic success in all of my classes next semester and the years that will follow. I was convinced that I could easily complete school work in my dorm room aside from all the distractions occurring around me and I learned the hard way that the best place to do so is in a quiet, work-centric area like the library.

The majority of my time and energy was spent completing English papers. This is another reason why utilizing the library’s resources will be beneficial. Often times they took up more time than they really should have because of my bad habit of procrastination. Papers that would have only taken a couple of hours to write often took up days because I repeatedly found distractions and interruption that kept me from focusing on my work; leaving me to complete them just before they were due.

 College it like a scavenger Hunt you have to work to discover important resources. Everything can scene out of your reach when it only under you noise. The word college means more to me than ever. College is the place where I learn to grow not only as a person but as a student, College It the place where I was the student and as well as the teacher. College teaches you how to locate your own resources. Yes a student can read an entered book on the campus and what it has offering but yet that not half effective on one who go out and discover things for her/himself.  Having a lot of connection is like another survival skill that you need to learn. It does not always seem like it but often time having the ability to communicate with other cliques of people but your own is always a good thing.

 

Aside from all the homework and learning to manage my time, I also learned that a budget is well needed. That one of the top stresses I face with this semester and the semester that will come is money issues. As we develop we start to understand the value of money better every second. Going back to  when we was just five years-old and your parent or anyone who had given you a dollar, in your mind you would think how many candy or sticker can I  buy with it, right. As most college student you now have to think how many days does we have until the next bill come. The Financial Aid Office will be the place you visit the most. Paying for school every month is a struggle for me working and going to school at the same time it haven’t been easy.  Buying books in the beginning of the semester literally put me in financial debt. Although I had access to food from conn hall and the student center with my meal plan. There were still other expenses that came right out of my pockets. A part of being a college student is having fun at the club on a Thursday night. In order to be admitted to the club there usually is a ten dollar entrance fee. That’s not even including drinks (water of course) in the club. Another type of budget that I needed to worry about is the amount of money on my hoot loot (your life card) to print my essays and other papers for class. It cost five cents per page for printing and this semester I spent over ten dollars on paper alone. That’s a whole trip to the club on a Thursday night! Also, including the fact that you need money for paper on you hoot loot, money for laundry is needed as well. The cost is three dollars per load and this semester I did two loads of laundry every two weeks. After realizing that I was going broke I needed to start doing things a differently I decided that I need a job on campus to help pay for some of my expenses. One thing I learn from college is independence.

 

 

 

this Semester it over

If you take a look at the word “college” in the dictionary it will state { noun- an institution of higher learning, especially one providing a general or liberal arts education rather than technical or professional training}(dictionary.com). The word college means more to me than ever. College is the place where I learn to grow not only as a person but as a student, College It the place where I was the student and as well as the teacher. The place you would need to learn some survival skills real fast. To tell you the truth I got a second chance on life. I’m going to talk about what i learn from the first semester of college. First how I got to call myself a college student in one month and a week, second the way some professor work. Let’s began.

        I use to think not everyone was made for college.  College has taught me a lot about myself and my surrounding in life. Even though SEOP convinced me I belonged in college, there are still things about it I don’t understand for example, professors I don’t understand then and will never do. When they say something they mean something else. Some professors don’t give you homework but when it comes to take the quiz you wish you paid attention those past classes. that was one of the struggles with knowing what to include while taking notes.
     One thing I would change about my first semester is I should of try harder than I did. Focus on more important things thing the point less things. I know I could have done better then right now. Next semester it’s my turn to be in the library every day doing homework.  The books are going to be my best friends. I would also like to make some new friends as the years go by. Friends that are in my major that I can also relate to. Well you have it I talked about things I learned from the first semester of college.one thing i would take away with me to the next semester is professor are human just like me. you dont have to be scared to talk to then..

I got an Idea

Let’s start by saying that I really don’t know where my final project is going. I start answer the questions that we have to include in the project that went ok. I want it to be interesting and for people to get a feel from where I am coming from. I want this to be prefect. I wanted it to look like a journey type thing. I want it to have a beginning, middle and end. I want it to be funny and interesting to watch. But I just don’t know how I would set it up and fix it. I’m kind of stress about this project and how it going to turn out.  

            There a lot of question that going to my mind but I just don’t know how to put them all together. I really wanted to do the video also I do not want to do a blog post is because it has to be 600 words and I hate a word count because I feel pressured to complete that requirement. And I would just start talking about anything that goes to mind. Also knowing that I have to follow the questions that was given to us. In my video I wanted to include what the different between college and highs school I don’t know how this is going to end up but I’m crossing my finger.

VIDEO PROJECT

  VIDEO PROJECT

http://youtu.be/tl7m474fO48

       I think this video turn out to be very good. It took a lot of on making this video. At first I really didn’t know what to talk about. I was trying to come up with a problem almost everyone can relate to. A lot of people had come to me and saying how they don’t like their roommate and some of the problems they have to deal with. Knowing that you going to have to change some of your life style. Due to the fact that you now living with someone that you really don’t know. It was also very hard to film it because I had to use my laptop camera and I couldn’t take good shot or angle it right. Editing it was hard as well I had to cut out a lot of stuff, because I had to make sure I didn’t go over the minute that was given to use. I went over it by 4 minute. I had a lot of fun doing the skit with my friends. I think this video was pretty good to do and very enjoying. i really didn’t know how to post it and how to turn the movie maker program into a movie because at first it didn’t allowed me to do so.

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Library trip

Our teacher told us to meet in the library to explore everything the library has to offer. At first I we took a walk around the library Wendy point out where everything is. I really like that because I really didn’t know where nothing was, and didn’t even know who to ask. While walking around I notice a lot of corner I could go to study on my school work quietly. When Wendy took us up stair to a computer room all I can was sleep time it was going to be a boring lecture. I end up leaning   how to find all kind of book. She guide us step by step where to go to look for books online and some article. She was very helpful and really nice as well and she loves what she doing. Always had a smile on her face and every cheerful. She shows me once I find the book on line how I can look for it, by showing me a map of the library and what each number mean in the map. We also had this work sheet we had to do in class that part was not fun at all or enjoying to do. Searching for article was easier than I thought you first but a word down for an example “love” it would find any article that have to do with love. I didn’t like how some article wasn’t publish yet but they still appear and have a date on it. Wendy told me what when it show a date that the date it will be appearing on line. There a lot of step you need to take I didn’t like that as well. I didn’t not know that the library pays tons of money to get information Google does not offer, But I end up checking out a book in I read it over the break “ The Autonomy Myth a theory of Dependency” by Martha Albertson Finemam one of the chapter I like was 5 talking about the Future of Marriage. How is marriage itself as a legal constructing that carries with it significant societal benefits.

My Perfect World

In your own words define perfect world. In my mind I am always living in a perfect world. My perfect world is a world in which there is balance a world without pain or fear where everyone understands one another, a world without war. My perfect world includes situations where the rich don’t get richer by at the expenses of making the poor poorer. Earlier, our parents were the ones who taught us right from wrong. Nowadays, the youth are being misled by the media who glorifies extravagant and sometimes inappropriate behaviors. This makes the next generations of people worse off than the earlier set which is the opposite of how it should be. The generations should get being better and better than the generations of the past but that isn’t often the case nowadays. When the media inappropriately teaches your children, they children run a risk of being wrongly influenced. Then, when the parents finally notices the behavior of their kid, they become shocked and often the parents become the bad guy as they straighten out the child.

My perfect world is one in which I can wake up and scream to the top of my lungs without anyone thinking I am weird. As a child I would dream about ponies and princesses but now I dream about ending poverty and starvation, which is almost impossible to do. In my perfect world, the truth is not scared and the truth doesn’t hurt people because they are mature enough to admit when they are wrong and strong enough to take the blame for their own actions. In this world, they are strong enough to be able to apologize for something wrong and are able to say “my bad” or “I am sorry” about that. In this world they would be honorable and respectful. There would be no one to twist, turn and skewer the truth to captivate people’s minds in to being dumb, deaf and blind to the true reality.  

Face Your Fears

The main topic is fear; everyone had faced a fear in their life or in their daily routine. We don’t speak up when we got an idea, we think too much of what people say, we run away from or problem instead of facing it. The biggest fear is we discourage ourselves to do better. “Put a name to your fears helps cut down to size” (Twyla Tharp 31).we must realize what kind of fear and start working on it. I’m not a very good writer. I don’t know how to put my taught on paper. I sit here and come up with different ideas but actually writing it down that something different. I fear that people is going to laugh at me, they going to take me as a joke. I know the saying you don’t do things for people you only do things for yourself. My fears start kicking in not letting me put my taught down and letting me to give up. Doing blog every week is kind of stressful to me. Sometime I get some great idea like how I’m going to start it but when it comes to writing it down my brain just shot off. I know practice make perfect. In the book it say “every day you practice you’re one day further from being good” also if it something you want to do make some time for it..