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..

CREATIVE HABIT

The New York Times Bestseller, Twyla Tharp the Creative Habit learn it and use it for life .from reading this book I realized that there are few things I need to change about myself. In the book it stated that it is easy for someone to procrastinate on things if what they doing is changeling or not interested. Also do something that would get their mind of the things that need to be done. I see myself doing things at the last minute. I didn’t know the important of routine until I read this book. In fact you need a routine to keep a basic life style or you end up always in a rush. A daily routine become second nature, discipline morphs into habit. A routine is like a creative process you must work on it for you to be better.one of the problem I end up facing from time to time is having an idea on my mind and trying to create it on paper. I get really mad and less motivated.th author talked about fear, the key is to learn how to keep free floating fears from paralyzing you before you’ve begun. I truly think that true if put that in your mind that you can’t do something, you end up not having the courage to do it.one of her fear she stated that people will laugh at her or someone have done it before. At of her five fear list those two I can relate to. She stated how everything has been done before, and nothing is really original if you really look at it in her point of views. Also so what if people laugh at you what do you have to lose. Creativity is learned from the painful experience of going about it in the worst possible way. You also learn a lot of things though experience in life.

Video #2 Reflection

I am really happy the way my video went. I completed it on time. I am pretty proud of myself for how it came out. I took a day to play around with the movie maker; I learn I can add whatever I want to my movie. I really didn’t know what to add in my video, I came up with talking about the different clubs and organization we have here at Southern. I wanted my movie to have lot of color and to be fun at the same time. It was really hard for me to pick music to go with everything. I went around seeing how other student video look like they all did a great job. I strength for this movie was that I had a lot of picture to put on the slid but I just didn’t know what order should they all go in. one of the weaknesses I had was the music and what to write on the different slid. My last video I did not know what to do at all and I didn’t spend as much time as I did with that one. I didn’t like the way my last video came out, that why I work really hard on that video.  One of the progresses I made was learning the entire tool in the movie maker and not having to ask anyone for help at all. I really hope you guys like it and enjoyed it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OssWkYf1hoc&feature=g-upl

PICTURE:

1.        Southern Connecticut state university  (southern website)

2.       Dance team, all the other picture as well (gimmeparty.com)

3.       Dance team at SCSU, step team,  (Southern website)

 What does this remind you of?
 

At Southern Connecticut State University you don’t know what to expect. Everywhere you go there different things you will notice and different Sculpture you will like. Have you ever see something so beautiful and so odd that you just have to stand there to take a good look at it. Also it reminds me of the old day by the color. I don’t know if it just me but it so peaceful. When I want to go find somewhere to think I go sit right next to it. My mind just wonders of to a better place. When I see this sculpture it like two big ball rolling of and never stop. It like an unfinished building, I just don’t know what to say about it. The located is behind Engleman Hall, Herk Van Tongeron, Serie Metafisica XVII Bronze 12' x 22' x 13' it was in 1983. I wanted to find more about this sculpture so I want on line to get some more information on it. This monumental sculpture relates to the buildings and spaces that surround it. The visual perspectives in the work, intended in part to create an intensified sense of perspective and classicism, interact with the immediate environment (Connecticut still revolutionary, Public Art Tour). I think the builder try to make people wonder on that sculpture.

I don’t know what this sculpture is but I really love it. Remind me of a big bird flying away. It reminds me of an air plane. It also one of those things that you just don’t know what to say, really nice But it has to do with controlling the temperature.

Let’s put on a show J

   

                                                                 

Campus Safari #10 attending an SCSU sponsored event.

Last week on Wednesday night was the best night of my life. I was in the Caribbean show, at first I was really nerves to see all those people watching and cheering us on. There was different performance, dancers, singer and modeling different cloths from different cultures. Before the show I was worried that something would go wrong but that night I had a big smile on my face. I am so happy for everyone that was in it. They did a great job. We were there for each other, our hair person show up late we pull it together and did each other hair and make-up. In the beginning we didn’t know each other at all but we all come together as a family and put on a show for the Southern student.  SCSU really puts a lot of effort into their events and they are a lot of fun. Everyone was jumping around having lots of fun.

    

 

I need to try harder next time

I don’t know where to start with this. I am so thankful that I still have a chance of bringing my grades up. I'm so thankful that my midterm grades right now are not my final grades for the year. When I was looking at my midterm grade all I could think of what is my parent going to say, they going to give me this long speech on how much I let them down and how I disappoint them all. I am not at all satisfied with my performance and with my grade. I know I can do better them that. To tell the truth I don’t know how I can let my grade drop that this is not me. I use to have A’s and B’s not that low grade. Right now I really feel like I let everyone down, even myself. My grade does represent the amount of time and effort I put in my homework. I need to really find somewhere quite to do my homework and study. I’m not going to lie to myself but I been doing homework at the last minute and letting my friends come before my work. I really need help managing my time. Looking at my grade my GPA would not be good at this point.

My English mid-term went really well I have an “A” on that class also my math grade is good. I was just worry about the rest of my classes.  I need to find out a good way to study for my mid-term; sometime I study too much for one subject not enough for the other subject. I'm still getting used to it. I know when I had to study for mid-terms it was hard for me to keep up with some of my classwork and assignments. I just need to change how I do thing around here..

CARIBBEAN SHOWCASE 2012!

 I always told myself that I would try new things and join different club. I was always nervous on doing so, my sister and my friend was talking about the West Indian Society club and how every year they put up a big show for everyone to come and watch different talent such as dancing, singing, and model different clothing from different country all around the world, which sounds fun and interesting.  People come to watch you walk and if they like you they would ask you to model one of their clothing pieces. Also you have different organization groups that going to be there to donate money. Every dime we make it will go out to build school for third world country kids and to build a better education.  At first I was like “no” I wouldn’t be good enough and I don’t have any talent, my sister told me that there not looking for people who have talent they looking for people who want to be part of something and to have fun doing it. Making everyone come as a group and put on a big show to help build school. So I went to the meeting they was having, it went great we talk about different topic. We talk about how we as society few boys and girls different. Also some negative way the societies view us college students. I also went to one of the practice they were having and I can’t believe I been put in to the show to model for one of their cloth.

CARIBBEAN SHOWCASE 2012!

Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 7:20pm

I really didn’t know what I was getting myself into but I know it would be fun to do. It is a club for the West Indian students who have a common interest to raise cultural awareness and instill diversity at Southern Connecticut State University. Also there  a members of the West Indian Society also aim to educate those not of West Indian descent in order to enrich their knowledge on the various Caribbean Islands as we strive to learn the customs and tradition of their cultures as well.

                                  This semester is not over yet?

I’m stressing out already when this semester is not even over. At first it was heading to a great start and a new beginning. One thing I admire at SCSU is such a diversity school with different activity and different group to join. This semester did a whole 360 on me in a bad way. I know when I enter college it was going to be different. Once I started getting work from all my classes, I began to get overwhelmed. I needed to do something fast. I build up a time schedule for myself but it end up not going as planned. I had all those free time in my hand but didn’t know how to use it wisely. My friends and everything around me start getting out of control. I start seeing myself waking up early and going to bed late to do some homework that not a smart idea. People kept on knocking on my door to come out to hang out. I needed a quit place for myself. Where I can get everything done and no one is calling my name. I started thinking of ways to fix that problem I have, I started going to the library more and hanging out with friends less I couldn’t juggle those two tasks all at once any more. Also every home that was giving to me I would start doing it right after class so I won’t forget about it. When they say no one is looking after you in college they really mean that.

I set a lot of goals for myself which I failed to achieve it. That was upsetting. It was to focus on what important to me which was school work.  Also learning how to manage the college life, in high school I had good grade and I wanted to maintain that good grade of my but it look like I need to work extra hard in doing so. I really think that things could of and should of have go differently. I know I could push myself to do better. Next semester everything will go different for me and my grade.

            But overall I feel like it went okay an okay first semester. Yes there’s a lot of room for improvement. I will push myself more for the second half of the semester.

 

Mindsets falling in love

We all dream right, the dream in finding the right person who could take our breath away, who can read our mind and know what we’re thinking. Who can put a big smile on our faces even if the world is out there to get us! Notice that in those dreams we never see us trying, the struggles or the process it take for two people to fall in love and trust each other right. I learn a lot reading the book Mindsets the new psychology of success by Carol S. Dweck, PH.D. When you have a bad breakup in your relationship you either have the fix mindset, a person felt judged and labeled by the rejection. All your thought is” how can I get that person to feel the way I felt”, or even “revenge is sweet” when the other person is hurt the way they hurt you. We keep the pain deep inside and sometime would ask ourselves what we did so wrong? In the other hand a person with growth mindsets it was about understanding, forgiving, and just moving on. Every relationship teaches you who the right person for you. The number one goal you have to put in mind is forgiveness. Also growth mindsets know how to move on and embrace the future.

I need to learn how to have a growth mindsets, I am still struggling with letting go off my past relationship that lasted 4 years. How can someone just pick up everything and leave not giving any explanations on why. Right now I have the fix mindset on getting Revenge, reading this small passage made me think of myself in how I’m keeping all the pain in hurt inside. I know it been a couple mouths now but thinking about the one person that you thought you would spend your rest of your life with end up being a person you hate. I’m not feeling sorry for myself,  I just could of wish something’s could of went different.

Campus Safari Items

                Talking to any professor I think that the scariest thing to do, but I know it was time for me to sit down and get some one on one help. I know I needed some help on math but I just didn’t know how to say it or who to ask. I really did not want the professor to think bad thought about me. Our midterm was right around the corner and I need to learn fast. Dr. Gubitose really help me a lot I ask what going to be in the midterm? And what are some things I need to focus on? She told me there a practice one on line. Also give me some chapter that going to be on the midterm. Hopefully I don’t have to take this class again next semester. To tell you the true professor are not that mean at southern, in the beginning I really thought she was a mean teacher or someone who’s always having a bad day at lest

Instructor: Dr. C.B. Gubitose

Office Hours: MW: 2:15-3:15PM

Location: EN D 114

e-mail: gubitosec1@southernct.edu

 

Food Options

Food Options On Campus

What can I say about this video project? This movie did not go to well for me at all. The first thing that came to mind after we got this project to do, that it was going to be fun to go around asking people question about this school. This movie headed in the wrong direction, it was very stressful. It got me starting to have gray hair already. I am not good with technology at all. While creating this video, I had a tough time managing through Windows Movie Maker. The more I attempted to do the video, I found myself becoming frustrated at the whole process. I had everything all laid out for me,putting it together into one that was the challenge part.  After fighting with the whole video program, I took a deep breath and asked a friend for some guidance.  I think I did a okay job, but I could have done a better. I spent a couple of days filming, and then a day or so editing it all together. Windows Movie Maker doesn't allow me much creativity and flexibility. Achieving the goal of making this video did not go as I plan. There was a lot of good information that I received, and it took time to really decide what I should keep and what not to. Afterward; I came up with a 4 minutes long video describing the different food options here on campus. I wanted to show people the different places you can go grad something to eat well you on campus. Also how you can use your hoot loot for food all around. There are many options on your food choices.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrmHhgA4e14&feature=plcp

What direction you heading  

                    Reading the book Mindset by Carol S. for my INQ class I learned the different mindset we have. Fix mindset and growth mindset the different between the two I came with the conclusion that we all have a little of both or one of the mindset work better for us more. The first one is fix mindset belief that our abilities are set in stone/ unchanging, talent whose hand and hand with creating success. Growth mindset is another set, belief that you basic qualities are capable of growth through effort and you have to develop your traits and skills. Both of the mindset adds up to the 10,000 hour we talked about in class because it relate to how much effort one puts in. the 10,000 theory is the theory that if a person put that much hours of hard work and practice you will be an expert in your field of study. Growth mindset is being able to work hard and putting a lot of effort you will be successful. The theory would not work for the fix mindset because it doesn’t avoid failure by not trying at all. And don’t make room for people to improve on the area that need to. You either have the capability or you don’t. it also have to do with how you was raise as well. If the people around you always anchorage you to do your best without giving up when things goes wrong your mindset would change. I think that I have a fix mindset working my way to a growth mindset. I think that you have the talent for you to be good at something. I think you are capable to teach yourself to change your mind set on something’s. I’m teaching myself to have a growth mindset where I don’t need to avoid failure by not trying. Where when I’m not good at something i practice to improve at it. There a lot of area that I need to work in if I want to change my mindset. I’m not saying that I didn’t put a lot of hard work to where I am today but I need to try harder. I want to try working harder on the person I want to become

Campus Safari

 

The campus safari I chose to do was number five. I attended a football game on Saturday. I really don’t like watching any sports but my friend who plays for the southern football team really wanted me to come in support the team. We needed more people cheering for southern. The opposing team was Saint Anselm. I really didn’t know what was going on, all I knew at that time was when our team made a point we all jump up, and so I cheer on louder than I was.  Our fans was really supportive, even if we didn’t get a point they was stilling go “SCSU”. The fans are what made the team stronger I think. It was very cold outside that was the bad part about the game. It was close but we strive to the top by 45 to 34, yes I can say that southern won this game. Go owls. There will be more game that I will be attending to.

Food is the main topic…  

It was very hard to pick a topic that was going to be interesting to talk about. I decided the first thing that come to mind that what going to be my topic. I end up with FOOD.  

Have you ever been so hungry that you don’t know what to eat or even where to go? We all get hungry all the time right; we have lots of questions that need to be answer. Coming out of high school we all know that the café that where the FOOD is, but we need a little extra.  As a first year student we don’t really know how things work.  In my video I will be talking about the meal plans, resident Students and commuters.

             The first question I plan to ask is, where are some places I can get something to EAT? I felt that this question was something to be asked; we really don’t like eating at the same place all the time. We want options.

The second question I plan to ask is, what are the different type of meal plans that we can choice from? We have variety of campus meal plans that will fit all different schedules and lifestyles.

The third question I plan to ask is, what are the hours where things are close or even open? We have classes every hours of the day. Starting at 7:10 am to even 10:30 at night we want food, snake any hour of the day.

The fourth question I plan to ask is, what is there to eat? Are there different options of food or is it the same every time?

I think these questions will help my video more interesting to hear, everyone would want to know. It will help the upcoming freshman.  In the video I can have the upperclassman answer these questions truthfully because they have already lived through their freshman year. I would be able to ask the staff members as well. I will be able to gather a lot of information, some of us needs to know what are the options that’s in front of us.

 

“Time flies when you're having fun.”

                 In college we have so much time in our hands that we just end up doing nothing. We end up doing our homework and even study at the last minute. We try to motivate ourselves to join a club or get involved or even get our work done early, but that never happened. I notice that when we siting in class time goes by so slow that everyone eyes in that one clock. I never know where or how time past by that fast. The topic in our INQ class was time management; our professor asked the class to write down almost everything we do for a whole week straight.  Making sure we put how much time we spend doing homework and even socializing with friends. I was thinking I manage my time GOOD and EFFECTIVLY. I starting planning my “time” a head, that might sound funny but I did.  I’ll do all my homework an advance so I can have more time for myself.  At the end of the week I look at how my time sheet paper. I notice that over the weekend I work a lot at my job back at home, the total hours was 30 in 2 ½ days. So I did not do too much time socializing this weekend. I don’t know how to count the hours of homework because when I’m doing it I’m with friends which takes longer to do. I also get my homework done right after that class, but I spend 2-3 hours on homework a day because all the reading. I notice that with all this time I don’t get enough time to sleep. I go to bed late and wake up early. I also notice that I spend a lot of time eating in Conn Hall with my friends and sister; sometimes we will be there for hours just talking and laughing. Looking back at the time sheet it looks like I live there (kind of funny). The one thing that I need to change in my schedule is finding time to sleep and finding a place to do my homework quietly. I can’t really get my work done at night because I get to tired or my roommate and I would spend half of the time talking or goofing of.

 Campus Safari

I always wanted to have the job of becoming a CC at SCSU. I heard a lot of good things about that job and some benefit you have. Being a CC is a facilitation of student development, response to student concerns, administrative and facility management, and participation in department initiatives and campus life. The position requires an ability to promote student academic success; provide leadership for positively managing a diverse student community; and applying student development responses to residence hall community development, student concerns, staff supervision, student organization advising, and educational & social programming. I want online to look at CC position responsibilities. Nicole is one of the CC in my hall that helps me get some information.

POSITION RESPONSIBLITIES:

*.Maintains an accurate inventory of all keys, equipment, supplies, and furniture within the residence hall.

*Requests maintenance and custodial repairs and insure their completion in a timely manner.

 *Prepares all required reports, records and evaluations promptly and accurately as assigned.

*Complete other assignments and duties as assigned by the Director of Residence Life or his/her designee.

*Performs other duties and responsibilities related to these enumerated above which do not alter the basic level of responsibility of the position.

Application Process:

1) Before a letter of application, you need to get a recommendation from a Hall Director.

 2) You need to have a current resume in hand.  The names, titles, and contact information for at least three professional references.

3) You will get interview like any other jobs.

 

Me Judging NO ^{who am I to judge PEOPLE  blogs}  

First, let’s start by saying that I don’t have the right to grade people blogs; everyone put their time and effort in their blog. Time is a big thing in everyone life. Time is very precious, for every minute or seconds you use, you will never be able to gain it back. You can agree that some people might spend more time on theirs. To me looking at all the different blogs, everyone did a great job. To me, if they follow all the requirements and show that they tried then that is “A” material. I can tell that people are starting to be good at blogging.  There’s a lot of blog that stood out to me by the way it fun to read. Some of the headings are great. Every blog is different in its own way. All the blogs have different colors, the heading are different, and there stories behind the picture. I feel like if I’m not sure what to blog about I can look at a few blog to help me. If I have to give a grade I’ll give everyone an “A” for trying. I won’t grade anyone but I can list a few blog that stood out to me.  

Kiersten Bernier her heading stood out a lot, I think a title can say a lot about a person. It was really good to follow on what she was saying on every blog.  I like the picture and how everything connects back to the main topic. I also found the readings in Angela Caputo’s blog to be well organized, including pictures that did a good job depicting what she was talking about. Besides the reading stuff, she knows how to design their page. .I found her blog to be very appealing physically, with a pretty background. Don’t get me wrong there more blog that I think was great. Everyone should get an ‘A’ for trying.