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.