Blog 15V

 

 

Autonomy means to have independence or freedom. This to me relates back to college students. Unlike High school we now have the freedom to choose what we want in life now as long as we make the right decision. As to the independence part there is no one that is going to call you parents when you deiced no to go class, but now it is one you. When you make a bad chose that is now you own fault we are in charge of ourselves.

Two other words that I have heard this week were Data and equivalent. Data means information that is gathered to prove a point of something. Data also means “something given”. Equivalent is the comparison of two items that are seen to be the same. Two things that are thought to be of equal value

Blog 15B

Try not to stress it will be over soon.

 

First semester is almost complete and I can say time did fly by really fast. As finals are approaching most students that I know are stressed out. Finals can be a very stressful time of the year for most students. I can say that I was stressed in the beginning but now that I have managed my time better I think that I will do just fine. Since I work and go to school it was hard for me to find time to just sit down and study. But now that I use my time wisely while on campus in between my classes I found time to study. A lot of students I know decided to study in study groups which will help many students pass their exams. For myself I found it easier to study and practice on my own. I will ensure success by making sure I don’t over study and that I do get a lot of sleep.

Even though this time of the semester is hard and stressful being able to relieve your stress will come in handy when you are studying.

One thing that I am making sure I don’t do is cram for the finals last minute. When I was in high school I always waited till last minute to study because there wasn’t as much material to go over. Now that I am in college my past ways of studying that will not fly by anymore. The work load is different I can say, but once you learn how to manage your time to the way it fits your needs you are sure to succeed.

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”
Thomas A. Edison

Blog 15A

Finals Week

 

Who would have thought that the first semester would fly by that fast, we are one inch closer to being college sophomores. I can say even though I haven’t been at Southern for very long but I have learned so much that will help me succeed in the rest of my college years to come.  

After watching my peers as well as my own rough draft video for our final project, I have seen so many different problems that are faced. There are a lot of different ways one may handle a problem but that all depends on how they manage their time. As the semester comes to an end there are a lot more problems that one can face. While being at SCSU I have learned many things but the biggest that that I have learned while watching these videos was how to use my creativity in a different way. In my final video I have a lot more to add; so far I have gotten good response and the advice that I was given will help me a lot. A few things that I will add are more slides with information and I will also add a skit showing the right way to study and the wrong way. There are many other little things that I plan on adding it.

When I think about creativity there are so many ways that It can be brought out, but everyone is different they might see it as something different and interoperate it different that myself and others. So far all of the drafts that I have seen did have a lot of creativity and information and watching those drafts has helped me into completing my project and has given me ideas on how to finish and create I good end of the semester video.

Video Rough Draft

 

- I still have to add in my Skits and Statistics 

Blog 14I

Thanksgiving

The one day that I have been talking about for weeks has finally happened. Thanksgiving is one of my favorite Holidays not one because all the food, but because my family is all together. Ever thanksgiving before we have dinner if some people can wait and control their selves; we all sit in a circle and say what we are thankful for and why. This year it was very touching more than the previous years because my nieces, nephews and little cousins were the ones to start it off. I remember my Eight year old niece saying, "I'm thankful for everyone being here today and we can all get along and share the food that we love the most. I'm thankful for my Mom, my aunt Brittney, all my uncles my Nana and Papa and for all my family for loving each other."

I looked around the room and seen some people had started to tear up because no matter what happens with family members we will always be there for each other. Shortly after we had are "Tradition" I decided to do my mom a favor. She wanted a new T.V. for her room so I decided to go to Wal-Mart and get a ticket for a 50inch flat screen T.V. when I told my mom she started crying because she was excited.

Blog 14B

Goal Achieved

 

 

This semester I can say that I have learned a lot, even when I thought I wasn’t going to remember something surprisingly I do. I just want to say thank you to all my Professors for sticking with me and helping me threw the struggles that I have encountered. It will help me succeed better in life. The few things that I am very thankful for this semester as it is coming to an end is my professors, the new friends that I have made and my family for helping support me.

When it comes to my family, a lot of them have not made it to college so the pressure was on me, but my family has faith in me. They know that I will do what it takes to make it threw and I know that they will be with me every step of the way. Threw all my struggles they have been there to guide me to the right path. My family means a lot to me, an all I want to do is make them proud in the next few years.

Out of all the things that I have learned this semester I can say having motivation has helped me a lot. If it wasn’t for me having the motivational drive that I have I wouldn’t try for half of the things that I have achieved. I wouldn’t have learned anything that I have learned but I can say motivation has been the push that I needed. Sometimes when it comes to homework I do get lazy and don’t feel like doing it, but then  think to myself I’m not going to achieve anything but just giving up before I tried. This has worked very well for me because now one of my goals has been achieved and that was to get good grades. Even though I had a rough start but because the motivation that I had it pushed me to be better and show everyone what I can do.

Blog 14A

Stress-be-gone

 

 

Threw out the semester I have ran into a lot of stress related issues but I have managed to overcome all of them. Everyone has their own ways to handle stress it can be the simplest things that could change someone’s mood. For me the few things that have made it easy for me to deal with stress are listening to music, writing poems, taking walks and talking with family/friends.

 

Music is a big part of my life, ever since I was little I would just dance and sing around the house not knowing the meaning of the song but it made me happy. Now that I am older and music has evolved a lot since I was little, the songs that help me relieve stress was music that was created around the time I was born. This might sound odd but if it wasn’t for music I wouldn’t be where I am today (I believe).

 

Next to music talking with my family and friends is the biggest stress relieve to me. I remember my first few days at Southern I would call my mom and my sister between classes because I was nervous scared and stressed. Just hearing them tell me everything was going to be ok reinsured me that everything was going to be perfect. Now that I am settled in more I meet with my friends and we talk about how our days are going and eat lunch together. It does help me a lot knowing that my friends and family are there to support me very step of the way.

 

Taking walks is the easiest and simplest stress relieve. Between classes the majority of the time I will put my head phones in and begin walking normally I would be to a friend’s house that lives close by, but the walk there just relaxes me. At the same time you’re getting exercise.