Midterm Video: What SCSU has to offer

Blog 9V

 Critical Thinking

Critical thinking is when you use all your knowledge to try and figure something out. When you go beyond the rational reason and find a more in depth meaning then what you were expecting to get. This can be applied to everyday life and mainly it can be applied to everyday college life for students. We all are trying to figure out what we want in life but the truth is there is many different paths to take. So if we use critical thinking before choosing something in life, we can find the right path.

Two other words I learned this week are Value and Agent. Value is the meaning of something and how much something means to one person. Agent is a person who acts on the behalf of someone else. To represent the person and prove them for who they are.

Blog 9I

#20

When Sonya Sotomayor came to Southern I was thrilled to know that she was coming to my school to speak and answer questions myself and my fellow peers had for her. There was many more questions that could have been asked but there was not a lot of time. Even though I did not go to the Lecture, the stories that I have heard from my friends and others students speak about was thrilling. It made me feel as if I was there. The fact that she had battled and concord all her mistakes and setbacks made me see that I can do that myself. When she had talked about failure as if it wasn’t a bad thing but it is a lesson learn situation it felt as if she was connecting with us. She has been in our shoes before and she can relate and give us advice on what we should and shouldn’t do.

When she said, “to make sure that we are well rounded students, and not to be afraid to take other classes that aren’t in our major’s curriculum, just to see what life is.” It made me and other think about what we really wanted to do in life, since registration time for classes is coming up.

Blog 9B

Midterms

"In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure." - Bill Cosby

Walking into my class for my first midterm I was nervous. Wondering if all the studying and preparing would do me any good; hoping I was going to pass with flying grades. For some classes this was the case, but for one it was not. Even though this was the class I studied the hardest for and spent the most time preparing, for some reason when I sat down everything began to turn into a blur. It wasn’t that I wasn’t ready it was that I second guess myself and end up getting it wrong. That’s one thing I can say I struggle on, but I have gotten better. All my classes I can say the grades that I have gotten is what I expected, besides one class.

For how I planned on being threw this year I feel that I am in the place I should be. I have worked hard and tried my best to get where I am, and there Is only room for more improvement. I need to work harder on getting my work handed in on time, and trying to focus between work and school and make sure I get what I need done first. There are many goals that I have set for myself over the years but now during college the goals that I set are the goals that count. These will be the goals that will be able to make a stand in my life, the goals that will put me into a further place in life. The goals that I ill set for myself for the second half of the semester will be the goals that will help me to succeed and make it to where I need to go.

Blog 8V

Mastery

Would you say for your first year of college you mastered at something? But what does that truly mean, to master at something. Well I had to do some looking because the definition I believed to be it didn't fit. So after figuring out and asking around I combined all the answers I got and but them together. To master at something is when you are in full command of the situation and you fully understand everything. So the question still wondering around have you mastered at something your first year of college?

Two other words this week I learned was rights and debate. Rights is something that someone stands up for when they believe something is wrong. When they feel that they are getting treated unfair. Debate is an argument when two people argue a point that thy want to get across.

Blog 8I

#7. Time to get your workout on

 One thing that is great about SCSU is that it has its very own gym for students and faculty. Instead of worrying about paying a monthly fee and the money being taken out at last minute when you thing you have money still in your account until you card doesn’t do threw. Yes it has happened to me before, it is sad to say. Losing $20+ dollars a month for a gym that I hardly go to is a waste of my money. Instead I found it the right time to find a gym that is more convenient and not so harsh on my money. Southern has just that to offer. When I first signed up with my gym I paid about $120+ dollars just for signing up! Which was crazy, SCSU gym is just have that cost for a semester it is only $60.00 and during the summer they have a promotion where it is only $25.00. You cant really beat that, and for the students like myself who have hours worth of breaks in between class there hours of operation is something you should get to know:
Monday – Thursday  7am-10pm
Friday 7am-8pm
Saturday 9:30am-4:30pm
Sunday 2pm-7pm

This gym is just one of the many ups that this school has to offer, that is why I am glad I chose SCSU as my home away from home.
(I couldn't get a picture or video of me working out)

Blog 8B

“Making a stand for our lives”

 

 During Orientation every incoming freshman received a book. “My Beloved World”, by Sonia Sotomayor. This was not any ordinary book, but a book about how some ones struggles and pains can bring them so far. I can say this book was well written and touching. This book always had the reader on the edge of their seat wondering what could happen next. The struggle that Sonia Sotomayor had to undergo growing up was just amazing that someone could come out so strong.

I believe this book was chosen as a Common Read for my class because this book tells about some persons struggles can take them far. In the book it talked about all the struggles and setbacks she had faced and look where she is now. These setbacks and struggles can bring someone to the top of the world and achieve. One thing that I as well as my pairs can apply to our first year of college from the book is that no matter what happens you can overcome anything. No matter how big or how small if you fight and stand up for what you believe you can win at anything. Everyone in their first year of college runs into problems but if you believe hard enough you can face it.

 For me one thing that I have had to experience was putting myself to the test. When I say this I mean pushing myself to the limit was I know I should be. It wasn’t easy at first and I’m pretty sure that almost everyone can agree on this that adjusting to a different surrounding isn’t so easy. After reading this book I can say it will help you face and win over you struggles. I would say this book is great for every incoming student to read.

Blog 8A

Let the students do the work.

 Reading through my fellow peers and classmate’s blogs, all I can say is that they were all great. Two blogs that stand out the most to me are:
( http://fnowak30.blogspot.com/  ) and  ( http://taylorsearles4.blogspot.com/ )

The reason why these two blogs stand out is because they have put their own style into their blogs and made it very interesting as a reader to read.  The first blog that I had read I would give an A+ because not only are all their blogs well written and good to read. Their blog that stands out the most to me is their blog called “No matter the Distance (6V)” I feel that this one blog relates to everyone that has every had to leave someone, due to many reasons. Reasons being that it is because most students are from out of state.  In all of her blogs she puts in a little story about her self so the reader can see a personal aspect of it.

The second blog that I have chosen to get an A+ was very much interesting as the first one. As soon as I opened their blog page, it was a blog about a popular MTV TV show called Guy code and Girl code. I have seen both of these shows so immediately my attention was grabbed. Both of these shows show the views of girls and guys on certain topic, and the fact that she had went to this event on campus was amazing! I think the main reason why I chose this blog was because all the pictures and blogs catch my attention, which isn’t easy to do. I also feel that as well as in the other blog they relate the blogs to them so we see a personal aspect of it.

These two blogs as well as all the others are very well written, I think everyone can say comparing are blogs from when we started we all have bloomed to be very good bloggers. Just reading these blogs you can find out all the fun things and great things that SCSU has to offer to their students.

Blog 7V

You are a Failure !

 

 

Everyone has heard this word, but does anyone know what this truly means? Well failure means to not be able to accomplish something. Also it means not being able to do something to someone else or your standards. I to me the word "Fail or Failure" should not be in ones vocabulary because the word doesn't exist to me. No one is perfect at anything so you cant really say to someone that they are a failure. Two other words I have learned this week was objectification and concepts. objectification means to think of a person as an object and to take advantage of someone. Concepts means the general idea of something.

Blog 7I

#10.

Homecoming !

Thursday October 10th was the day every SCSU student was excited for, mainly freshmen's. Homecoming ! 9pm - 1am is all everyone could think about. Walking up to the Ballroom in the students center and seeing the line reach all the way down the hall with people dressed up for the party. Excite and anxious to get in, as soon as you walk into the ballroom a wall of heat would hit you and that when I knew everyone was having fun. Running into classmates was the highlight of my night, seeing them outside the normal everyday clothing and dressed up amazed me.

My part of the night I can say was the best for me was when the Dj gave yelled out, "Happy birthday to Brittney Benjamin" I was so surprised that my friends had done that for me. When you are having fun time seems goes by fast, I looked down at my phone an it said 1:00 am. Sad to leave the party everyone walked back to the cars or dorms tired and worn out from the party. I can say my first college Homecoming was a success !
 

Blog 7B

Never Give up, Try Harder

“Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.”

Orison - Swett Marden

Coming into college I thought it was going to be a breeze, and not so much of a challenge. But I was wrong. I have had some struggles but I have been able to build my way back up. At times I felt as if I was knocked down by the work load. From the stories I heard from my friends about people dropping out and not making it threw their first year. I always said to myself, “It can’t be that hard” this was my saying this in high school where the work load was nowhere near what I had back then. In high school I found myself doing homework for about an hour or to a night and I thought that was hard.

The truth is that in high school depending on where some of us went, we had it made for ourselves. Nothing was truly hard back then, but now that we are for the most part alone doing our work for ourselves. But now that I am in college I can say that I find myself doing homework for hours at night on one class. The class that I can say I struggle in the most as of now is math, the work isn't that hard, it’s just the way I am use to learning. All my homework is online and we don't go over it at all, I thought this was how every class was but my friends that are in the same level math told me they have book work. So I learned it depends on the professor. No matter how hard the struggle will get for me and as well as my peers I can say we all ill manage to build are way up.

This book I read in high school called “Broken China” by Lori Aurelia Williams inspired me to never give up no matter how hard it gets. The book was about a teen mother named China Cameron that tried her best to be a good mother to her two year old daughter Amina even when she didn’t want her child at first. At the age of two Chinas daughter had passed away while she was in school due to an illness. Shortly after China was forced to drop out of school to get money to have a funeral for her child so she had to find a job, but she was only 14 years old no place would hire here besides a strip club. This book showed me that things in life can change and be taken away from you in a blink of any eye but you can never give up on your dreams. No matter how hard it may get through the struggle you have to make the right choice for you.

Blog 7A

You Have The Choice

"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."  Thomas A. Edison

Some people might say that failing is unacceptable, which this is not true at all. In order to make it somewhere in life you have to fail.

When it comes to the topics, is it ok for kids to fail some might not know how to answer this. Keep in mind that no one is perfect, everyone messes up and it’s human to do so. You can’t protect someone from failure no matter how hard you try it just isn't possible. If you try to protect your kid from failure, you are making them see no matter what you have to be perfect. Doing this will affect the child and make them see the world for only being perfect, which no wrongs. This not the world that we live in, no one is perfect. Also, I feel that every place is a safe place to fail.

If you think of failing as help, what I mean by this is in order to succeed you need to fail. Once you get knocked down, you have to build back up, and you will succeed once you get back on your feet.

 This reminds me of the movie Aladdin, in the movie he was seen as a poor person and had nothing going for him. Even though this movie might be a child’s classic movie, Aladdin did fail. He failed at being a good friend and treating and using Genie as if he had done nothing for him. Soon after Aladdin did realize the way he was acting was wrong he turned around and changed his actions. The truth about the movie is that he did fail many times at trying to be perfect and make everyone see him as such. At the end of the movie my favorite part was when he set Genie free.

Genie was confused why he would do such a thing, the reason behind him doing this was after all the times him trying to be perfect and prove himself as something he is not, he now showed that he has a heart and he succeeded to show everyone he can do something right. To my belief in order to succeed at something you have to fail.

Blog 6V

Just keep swiming 

“A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.” – Elbert Hubbard

Every one has Persistence, most people were born with it and most people developed it. This word means to not give up at something, to keep trying and to keep at it. No one gives up easy; we give it a few goes before one gives up. This reminds me of the movie Finding Nemo. The part of the movie that I am most referring to is when Dori starts to sing, "Just keep swimming" no matter what danger they are about to face Dori still has faith that they will find Nemo. This part of the movie can teach someone so much, not to give up no matter what happens and keep fighting for what you want in life.

Two other words that i have learned this week was assumption and overriding. Assumption means to guess before knowing the full story of what is going on or what happened. Overriding means to move over something and to take control of the situation. 

Blog 6I

Get some sleep                        

                    

                                                                                         Credit: dreamstime

One health problem that most college students face is sleep deprivation.

How many hours of sleep do you get a night? Most college students wouldn’t be able to answer this unless they write down everything that they do a day. For the most part of the day if you are not working you are in school, doing homework and or studying for an exam. Some might find it crazy when they count up there hours on how much they sleep a day. For my INQ class we recently had to keep track of what we do a day and record it down.

When I looked at all the hours added up I seen I wasn’t getting much sleep between school and work there was no time to sleep. No sleep can lead to a lower GPA, which it might sound crazy but it is true. Out of 1,125 students 60% of them had poor sleeping habits. Some people might think over the counter drugs will help with this but that is no the case. It effects you more than you know it.

For more information on other health problems go to :

http://www.livescience.com/39366-how-college-affects-health.html

Blog 6B

You will when you believe

 

For the past few weeks I can say I have learned so much while being at southern, I am learning skills I will need to become successful in my future to come. Last week’s class notes talked about setting and achieving goals in one’s life, and not taking skills. I found these very useful because everyone needs help with those to areas when they are just getting into college. The ability to set and achieve goals in college is so important without it; it’s difficult; this is something that brought interest to me because this is true. While in college you have to set goals and achieve them because without setting goals you will most likely fall behind. I think of this as part of time management, if you give yourself two goals to be completed a week will help. The readings also talked about enjoying student life, sometime it may seem impossible to do so, which is what I believed but anything is possible.

“Confidence translated into an ability to conceive and develop experiments.”

Everyone needs a balance and to worry about getting focused on getting good with a regular infusion. I do find it hard sometimes to make time to enjoy my life in college when I have to study and work most of my time. Down the line I’m sure it will come better with time management.

This week’s readings talked about “Grit”. Grit means to stick with things over the very long term until you master them. As being a college student we will face a lot of struggles and challenges but one thing we can’t do is put it off to the side and wait till later to do something. Angela Duckworth had developed the “Grit scale” to measure ones intelligence.

“Setbacks don't discourage me.” – Grit test

I believe everyone should have at least one setback so that they will come back stronger. Have you ever watched a sport on TV and there was a player that had one bad game. Everyone is expecting that player to have another bad game to follow but that player comes back even stronger, because of their set back. I think ones setback will be the best to bring them back to reality that just because they are doing good does not mean you can just slack off, but you have to keep working and getting better at it. I was once told, “One does not know the world until they have been blind” Which I find this to be so meaning full. No one knows everything and no one can act as they do, because there is always something new to learn.

Blog 6A

A real surprise

http://www.realignyourbusiness.com/2013/02/06/overcoming-your-fear-your-biggest-challenge-your-greatest-accomplishment/ 

Everyone faces challenges in there life time, ones that might make or break you. Sometimes they can be overwhelming depending on how someone can take the situation. All together I can say challenges are not easy as some people may make them seem. Almost everyone has heard, “You have to grow up sometime” from your parents. For my 18^th birthday I had a job interview as soon as I got out of school, I was nervous but more excited then anything. There was so many questions running threw my head would I get hired, am I wearing the right outfit. My teacher came up to me and said, “just because it is your birthday you will get a surprise today” not knowing what they were talking about.

So I walk up to the interview and get welcomed by a man named Pete who looked like a teddy bear to me. The interview was over before I knew it, this leading me to think I wasn’t getting the job. When later that night when I was at the movies with my friends I get a call saying I got the JOB! The best present that someone can possible give someone I got my first job. Well that’s when everything started going down hill. Working, school and cheerleading. Would all three of these last as I thought it would?

The day came where I had to make the choice, and I can say it was not an easy one. 

I decided I would have to quite cheerleading.. Shortly two months after working my boss pulled me to the side and sat me down the would I will never forget: “So Brittney I have been talking with the other supervisors and we have came to a conclusion…” I was near tears, thinking I was about to get fired “…we have decided to promote you to a shift supervisor, your performance over these past two months have improved and you are one of the star workers we have.” Me out of all people being the first to be promoted, its unbelievable.

After a few months of the promotion it hit me that I was overwhelmed and couldn’t handle all the stress and work any longer. For the most part my choice had been decided for me when I started my training for my CNA certification. Working and taking care of the elderly then having to come to work right after caused so much pain mentally and physically. So I sat my boss down and told him, that I will no longer be able to be able to be a key holder, due to the fact that I am overwhelmed with everything. He told me he did understand but also said, “ You were the best shift supervisor we had and will ever have.”

After this situation I have learned that no matter what I know my bodies limits and what I can and cannot put up with. Also I have learned not to over work my self to a point where I can no longer handle the situation at hand.